Abbreviations
- BLO – back loop only
- ch – chain
- dc – double crochet
- hdc – half double crochet
- mc – magic circle
- r(#) – round/row number
- sc – single crochet
- sk – skip
- slst – slip stitch
- sp – space
- st – stitch
- tr – treble crochet
- yo – yarn over
Special Stitches
Beg-PC – {beginning popcorn stitch}
Ch3, 3dc in same st or sp, remove hook from working loop of yarn and hold, insert hook into top of beginning ch3, replace working loop on hook and pull through.
Bpdc – {back post double crochet}
Like regular dc, but instead of inserting your hook in the top two loops of indicated st, insert from back to front around the post of the st.
Fpsc/fpdc/fptr – {front post single/double/treble crochet}
Like regular sc/dc/tr, but instead of inserting your hook in the top two loops of indicated st, insert from front to back around the post of the st.
Fptr-PC – {front post treble popcorn}
4 fptr around post of indicated st, remove loop from hook and hold, insert hook into top two loops of first fptr, replace loop on hook and pull through st.
PC – {popcorn stitch}
4dc in indicated st or sp, remove hook from working loop of yarn and hold, insert hook into first of 4dc, replace working loop on hook and pull through dc.
Picot
Ch3, slst to back bump of first ch. {View my Picot tutorial on YouTube.}
Standing bpdc
To start a round, with slip knot on hook, hold slip knot in place with thumb or finger, yo and hold that in place too, insert hook from back to front around post of indicated stitch, yo and pull up a loop, carefully yo and draw yarn through two loops on hook twice.
{Alternatively, slst from front to back around post of st to join yarn then ch3 to count as your first bpdc.}
Standing dc
To start a round, with slip knot on hook, hold slip knot in place with thumb or finger, yo and hold that in place too, insert hook in indicated stitch, yo and pull up a loop, carefully yo and draw yarn through two loops on hook twice.
{Alternatively, slst to join yarn then ch3 to count as your first dc.}
Standing hdc
To start a round, with slip knot on hook, hold slip knot in place with thumb or finger, yo and hold that in place too, insert hook in indicated stitch, yo and pull up a loop, carefully yo and draw yarn through all three loops on hook.
{Alternatively, slst to join yarn then ch2 to count as your first hdc.}
Standing PC
(Standing dc, 3dc) into same st or sp, then complete as for regular PC.
{Alternatively, slst to the indicated st or sp and ch3 to count as your first dc.}
Standing sc
To start a round, with slip knot on hook, insert hook into indicated stitch, yo and pull up a loop, yo and pull through two loops on hook.
Pattern
Round 1
Magic circle start: Begin with mc. {View my double magic circle tutorial on YouTube.} Ch4 {counts as dc, ch1}. [Dc, ch1] into magic circle 5 times. Close magic circle. Slst to 3rd ch of beginning ch4 to join.
Alternatively, Chain loop start: Ch4 and slst to first ch to form a loop. Ch4 {counts as dc, ch1}. [Dc, ch1] into loop 5 times. Slst to 3rd ch of beginning ch4 to join.
6 dc, 6 ch1 sp (12 st around)
Round 2
With new color: Standing dc in any ch1 sp.
Or, with same color: Slst into next ch1 sp, ch3 {counts as first dc here and throughout}.
Ch1, fptr-PC around next dc, ch1.
[Dc in next ch1 sp, ch1, fptr-PC around next dc, ch1] 5 times.
Slst to first dc to join.
6 fptr-PC, 6 dc, 12 ch1 sp (24 st around)
Round 3
With new color: Standing sc in ch1 sp after any dc.
Or, with same color: Slst into next ch1 sp, ch1 and sc in same ch1 sp.
*^Fpsc around next fptr-PC, sc in next ch1 sp, (fpdc, ch2, fpdc) around next dc,^ sc in next ch1 sp.*
Repeat from * to * 4 times more and from ^ to ^ once more.
Slst to first sc to join.
12 fpdc, 6 fpsc, 12 sc, 6 ch2 sp (42 st around)
{Hint: Place st markers in the r3 fpsc to make them easier to find in r5.}
Round 4
Work only into r3 ch sps, sk all sts.
With new color: Standing dc in any ch2 sp.
Or, with same color: Slst into next (fpsc, sc, fpdc, ch2 sp), ch3.
[Ch2, dc] twice into same ch2 sp as first dc.
*^Ch2, sk next 5 st,^ dc in next ch2 sp, [ch2, dc] twice into same ch2 sp.*
Repeat from * to * 4 times more and from ^ to ^ once more.
Slst to first dc {or 3rd ch of starting ch} to join.
18 dc, 18 ch2 sp (54 st around)
Round 5
With new color: Standing dc in the first ch2 sp after join {the ch1 after the first dc of any 3dc group}.
Or, with same color: Slst into next ch2 sp and ch3.
4 more dc into same ch2 sp as first dc.
*^Picot, 5 dc in next ch2 sp, ch2, sc into r3 fpsc keeping work behind r4 ch2 sp, ch2, sk the r4 ch2 sp that is in front of your work,^ into the next r4 ch2 sp make 5dc.*
Repeat from * to * 4 times more and from ^ to ^ once more.
Slst to first dc to join. FASTEN OFF.
{Hint: Close r5 with an invisible join or invisible join to standing stitch for best result.}
{View my invisible join tutorial on YouTube.}
{View my invisible join to standing stitches tutorial on YouTube.}
6 picots, 60 dc, 6 sc, 12 ch2 sp (96 st around)
Round 6
All sts worked into r4, keeping them behind r5 sts.
With new color: Standing bpdc around the first r4 dc of any 3dc group.
*^Ch2, (bpdc, ch2, bpdc) around next r4 dc,^ [ch2, bpdc around next r4 dc] twice.*
Repeat from * to * 4 times more and from ^ to ^ once more.
Ch2, bpdc around next r4 dc, ch2.
Slst to first bpdc to join.
24 bpdc, 24 ch2 sp (72 st around)
Round 7
With new color: Standing sc in first ch2 sp after join {the ch sp after the first dc behind any petal}.
Or, with same color: Slst into next ch2 sp, ch1 and sc in same ch2 sp.
*^[Ch1, sk next bpdc, sc in next ch2 sp] twice, ch2, [dc, ch2] three times into next ch2 sp,^ sc in next ch2 sp.*
Repeat from * to * 4 times more and from ^ to ^ once more.
Slst to first sc to join.
18 dc, 18 sc, 24 ch2 sp, 12 ch1 sp (96 st around)
Round 8
With new color: Standing sc in first ch1 sp after join {the ch1 after the first sc in any group of 3 sc}.
Or, with same color: Slst into next ch1 sp, ch1 and sc in same ch1 sp.
Sk next sc, sc in next ch1 sp, sk next sc.
*^3dc in next ch2 sp, sk next dc, 3dc in next ch2 sp, picot, 3dc in next ch2 sp, sk next dc, 3dc in next ch2 sp,^ sk next sc, [sc in next ch1 sp, sk next sc] twice.*
Repeat from * to * 4 times more and from ^ to ^ once more.
Slst to first sc to join. FASTEN OFF.
6 picots, 72 dc, 12 sc (90 st around)
{Hints for r9: {View my working into picots tutorial on YouTube.} Use the first method, what I call “standard” in the video.}
Round 9
Work only into r7 dcs and r5 picots for entire round.
With new color: Standing bpdc around the 3rd r7 dc of any 3 dc group.
*^Ch2, sc into center of r 5 picot, ch2, bpdc around next r7 dc, ch2, (bpdc, ch2, bpdc) around next r7 dc, ch2,^ bpdc around next r7 dc.*
Repeat from * to * 4 times more and from ^ to ^ once more.
Slst to first bpdc to join.
24 bpdc, 6 sc, 30 ch2 sp (90 st around)
Round 10
With new color: Standing PC in first ch2 sp after join {the ch2 sp before any sc made into a picot}.
Or, with same color: Slst into next ch2 sp and make begPC.
*^Ch2, PC into next sc {hint: for best result, split the sc by working under the top two loops AND between the two front legs}, ch2, PC in next ch2 sp, ch2, sk next bpdc, sc in next ch2 sp, ch4, sk next (bpdc, ch2, bpdc), sc in next ch2 sp, ch2, sk next bpdc,^ PC in next ch2 sp.*
Repeat from * to * 4 times more and from ^ to ^ once more.
Slst to first PC to join.
18 PC, 12 sc, 6 ch4 sp, 24 ch2 sp (102 st around)
{Hint after r10: For best result, push your PCs into place by sliding the outside two closer to the center one made into the sc.}
{Hint for r11: For best result, use an invisible join again.}
Round 11
With new color: Standing dc in first ch2 sp after join {the ch2 sp immediately after first PC in any group of 3 PC}.
Or, with same color: Slst into next ch2 sp, ch3.
3 more dc into same ch2 sp as first dc.
*^Picot, [sk next PC, 4dc into next ch2 sp] twice, sk next sc, sc into r10 ch4 sp and skipped r9 ch2 sp together, sk next sc, 4dc into next ch2 sp {the ch2 sp immediately before the next PC}, sk next PC,^ 4dc in next ch2 sp.*
Repeat from * to * 4 times more and from ^ to ^ once more.
Slst to first dc to join. FASTEN OFF.
6 picots, 96 dc, 6 sc (108 st around)
Round 12
All sts worked into r10 keeping work behind r11, except where worked into r8 picots. You’ll need to move r11 dcs out of the way to work into r10 sts. Sk all r11 sts.
With new color: Standing hdc in center PC of any 3 PC group from r10.
Ch2, hdc in next r10 PC.
*^Ch2, dc in next r10 sc, ch2, sc in r8 picot, ch2, dc in next r10 sc,^ [ch2, hdc in next r10 PC] 3 times.*
Repeat from * to * 4 times more and from ^ to ^ once more.
Ch2, hdc in next r10 PC, ch2.
Slst to first hdc to join.
12 dc, 18 hdc, 6 sc, 36 ch2 sp (108 st around)
{Note: This is where the pattern deviates from the original square pattern.}
Round 13
With new color: Standing dc in first ch2 sp after join.
Or, with same color: Slst into the next ch2 sp, ch3.
2 more dc into same ch2 sp.
*^Sk next st, 3hdc in next ch2 sp, sk next st, 2hdc in next ch2 sp, sc in next st {the one made into the r8 picot, try splitting the st here}, 2hdc in next ch2 sp, sk next st, 3 hdc in next ch2 sp, sk next st, 3dc in next ch2 sp, sc in the r11 picot, sk next st,^ 3dc in next ch2 sp.*
Repeat from * to * 4 times more and from ^ to ^ once more.
Slst to first dc to join.
36 dc, 60 hdc, 12 sc (108 st around)
Round 14
With new color: Standing dc in same st as join.
Or, with same color: Ch3.
Dc in each of next 16 sts.
*^(Dc, ch1, dc) in next st {this will be the sc made into the r11 picot, ch1 counts as corner}, dc in each of next 17 sts.*
Repeat from * to * 4 times more and from ^ to ^ once more.
Slst to first dc to join. Fasten off.
114 dc, 6 ch1 sp (19 st per side)
