Shell Flower Dish Cloth II

Difficulty Level:  Advanced

Materials Needed: 1 ball of pink and 1 ball of green worsted weight yarn, H hook

Directions: 

ch 4, join with a sl st to form a ring

Round 1 - ch 4(counts as 1st dc and ch 1), *dc, ch 1* repeat from*to* 9 times, join with a sl st to 3rd ch of beg ch 4

Round 2 - sl st into ch 1 sp, ch 4, dc, ch 1 in same sp, in next ch sp work *dc, ch 1, dc, ch 1* repeat 9 times, join with a sl st to 3rd ch of beg ch 4

Round 3 - sl st into ch 1 sp, ch 4, dc, ch 1 in same sp, *skip next ch sp , in next ch sp work dc, ch 1, dc, ch 1* repeat 9 times, join with a sl st to 3rd ch of beg ch 4

Round 4 - sl st into ch 1 sp, ch 4, dc in same st, ch1 *dc in next ch 1 sp, ch1, (dc, ch 1, dc, ch1) in next sp* repeat from *to* 9 times, dc in next sp, ch1,  sl st to 3rd ch of beg ch 4

Round 5 - sl st into ch 1 sp, ch 4, dc in same st, *ch 4, sk next 2 ch 1 sps,  dc, ch1, dc in next ch 1 sp * repeat from *to* 9 times ch 4, join with a sl st to the 3rd ch of beg ch 4

Round 6 - sl st into ch 1 sp with green,  join pink yarn, fasten off GREEN, (you are now working with the pink yarn)  ch 3, work 4 dcs in same st, **dc in the ch1 sp that is 2 rows below and behind the ch 3, (this is round 4) dc in the same sp but in front of the ch 3, ch 1 dc in the next ch1 sp that is 2 rows below and behind the ch 3, dc in the same sp but in front of the ch 3 work*  in next ch sp on row 5 work 5 dc in same st  ** repeat from ** to ** 9 times, repeat from **to* once. join with a sl st to the top of ch 3

Round 7 -  sl st into next st, sl st into the next st and work, ch 3, 4 more dc in same st, **ch 2, sc in next ch 1 sp, ch 2,* in 3rd dc of the 5dc group on previous rnd work 5 dcs** repeat from **to** 9 times, repeat from **to* once. join with a sl st to top of ch 3.  Fasten off.

Copyright (c) 2001 Marlo D. Cairns