FRAMING A FLOWER 6" SQUARE

Framing A Flower   
Designed by: Aurora Suominen Copyright © 2010 All rights reserved.
6” square with an “H” hook and Worsted Weight yarn

SPECIAL STITCHES/ABBREVIATIONS:
~BEG CLUSTER: Ch3, DC twice keeping last 2 loops on hook, then yo and draw through all 3 loops
~3 DC CLUSTER: DC 3 times keeping last 2 loops of each dc on hook.  YO and draw through all 4 loops  
~BEG CORNER: Sl St into Ch-2 space, and work ch-3, dc, ch-2, 2dc.  Corner made.
~WORK CORNER:  2DC, CH-2, 2DC IN CORNER CH2 SPACE.

Round 1: Ch4, work 11dc in 4th ch from hook.  Join (12dc)

Round 2: Ch1, 2SC in same stitch, work 2 sc in each dc around and join in slip stitch. (24sc)

*NOTE* Work behind stitches in this round.
Round 3:  Work a slip stitch around the post of dc in round 1 directly below the sc you slip stitched in for rnd 2.  Ch4, counts as dc and ch1.  *BPDC around dc of round 1, Ch1* Repeat around and join in 3rd ch of beginning ch4.  (12dc & 12ch1)

Round 4: Slip stitch into next ch1 space, and work a beginning cluster. *Sl st in next dc, 6DC in next ch1 space, sl st in next dc, 3DC cluster in next ch1 space* Repeat around, your last sl st will be a bit difficult, just manage to sl st into the last stitch of the round, and stop there.  (36dc & 6cl)

Round 5: Work behind petals and clusters in this round.  Slip stitch around post of dc of rnd 3 directly under your last sl st.  Ch5, Counts as dc and ch2.  *BPDC in next dc of rnd 3, Ch2* Repeat around and join to 3rd ch of beginning ch5.  (12dc & 12 ch2sps)

Round 6: Ch3, DC, Ch2, 2DC in same stitch.  [+(2DC in next ch2 sp, DC in next dc)2 times. 2DC in next ch2 sp.  (2DC, Ch2, 2DC) in next dc+]3Xs  Repeat from +to+ once and join.  (48dc)

Round 7: BEG CORNER *see special sts.  Working in back loops for this round only, [DC in 12dc. Work Corner *see special sts.]3Xs.  DC in last 12dc and join. (64dc)

Round 8: Sl st  into ch2 space 3HDC in same sp. [HDC in 16dc across, (3HDC) in next ch2 sp.]3Xs.  HDC in last 16dc and join.  (76hdc)

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For more info on abbreviations and links to sites and videos that will help with certain stitches, please see my blog, “One Crochet Day at a time” at http://myblueangels.blogspot.com/
I will be adding a note to this when I do the color in a different color than the background, so you can see that as well.