Patterns Written in US Terms

MATERIALS: 16 oz. Skipper Blue 4 ply Red Heart yarn, 4 oz. Light Blue 4 ply Red Heart yarn, J crochet hook or hook needed to obtain gauge.
FINISHED SIZE:  26” X 26”    Gauge:  3 hdc = 1”, 2 rows hdc = 1”
RUG:
PLEASE NOTE: The rug is made using two strands of 4 ply yarn.  Beg ch-2 in ea rnd does not count as a st.
With Light Blue yarn and J hook, ch-5, sl st to form a ring.
RND 1: Ch-2, work 12 hdc in ring, sl st top beg hdc, ch-2, turn.  (12 sts)
RND 2: (Hdc next 2 sts, 2 hdc next st) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-2, turn.  (16 sts)
RND 3: Hdc next, (hdc next 2 sts, 2 hdc next st) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-2, turn.  (21 sts)
RND 4: Rep rnd 2.  (28 sts)
RND 5-7: Rep rnd 3.  (37 sts) (49 sts) (65 sts)
RND 8: (Hdc next 4 sts, 2 hdc next st) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-2, turn.  (78 sts)
RND 9: Hdc ea st around, join Skipper, fasten off Light Blue, sl st top beg hdc, ch-2, turn.
RND 10: (Hdc next 5 sts, 2 hdc next st) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-2, turn.  (91 sts)
RND 11:  Hdc ea st around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-2, turn.
RND 12: (Hdc next 6 sts, 2 hdc next st) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-2, turn.  (104 sts)
RND 13: Rep rnd 11.
RND 14: (Hdc next 7 sts, 2 hdc next st) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-2, turn.  (117 sts)
RND 15: Rep rnd 11.
RND 16: Hdc next 5 sts, (hdc next 3 sts, 2 hdc next st) 5 times, (hdc next 7 sts, 2 hdc next st) 9 times, (hdc next 3 sts, 2 hdc next st) 5 times, sl st top beg hdc, DO NOT FASTEN OFF, ch-2, turn.  (136 sts)
1ST PETAL:
ROW 1: Hdc dec next 2 sts, hdc next 13 sts, hdc dec next 2 sts, leaving the rest of the sts unworked and you are now working in rows, ch-2, turn.  (15 sts)
ROW 2-5: Hdc ea st across, ch-2, turn.
ROW 6-9: Hdc dec next 2 sts, hdc ea st across, ch-2, turn.  At the end of row 9 you will have 11 sts.
ROW 10: Hdc ea st across, ch-2, turn.
ROW 11: Hdc dec next 2 sts, hdc next 7 sts, hdc dec last 2 sts, fasten off.  (9 sts)
NEXT PETAL:
ROW 1: Join Skipper Blue yarn in next st after last st of row 1 of last petal made, ch-2, hdc dec same st as ch-2 and next st, hdc next 13 sts, hdc dec next 2 sts, leaving the rest of the sts unworked, ch-2, turn.  (15 sts)
ROW 2-11: Rep row 2-11 of 1st petal.
FINISHING:
With Skipper Blue yarn and J hook, join in any st in any petal of flower rug, ch-1, evenly sc in ea row and st around entire flower, sl st top beg sc, fasten off.