Size : 27 cm ( 11 inches) diameter

Material: Pearl cotton # 5 , hook 1.7 mm (US steel 8 #); you can substitute with Cebelia #10 or equivalent ecosse or cordonnet thread (but the gauge can slightly vary)

Stitches :

ch, sc, hdc, dc, tr, dtr
Picot = 3 ch, sc in first ch.

Tr Cluster = trcl = (tr not closed on first st, tr not closed on 2nd st, close the 2 tr together.

Difficulty: Medium.

Directions

Start with 6 ch, join with sl st

1. 12 dc in lp, join with sl st to first st.

2. 2 dc in ea dc, join with sl st.

3. [tr on next dc, 1ch]*. Repeat * to * 24 times, join with sl st to first st.

4. [sc in next sp, 3 ch]*. Repeat * to * 24 times, join with sl st to first st.

5. [sc in next sp, 4 ch]*. Repeat * to * 24 times, join with sl st to first st.

6. [sc in next sp, 5 ch]*. Repeat * to * 24 times, join with sl st to first st.

7. [sc in next sp, 5 ch]*. Repeat * to * 24 times, join with sl st to first st.

8. [sc in next sp, 6 ch]*. Repeat * to * 24 times, join with sl st to first st.

9. [sc in next sp, 6 ch]*. Repeat * to * 24 times, join with sl st to first st.

10. [sc in next sc, 5 sc in next sp]*. Repeat * to * 24 times, join with sl st to first st.

11. [dc on next sc, 1 ch, sk a sc]*. Repeat * to * all around, join with sl st to first st.

12. [4 dc on next sp, 1 ch, sk a sp]*. Repeat * to * all around, join with sl st to first st.

13. [(4 dc on next sp, 1 ch)twice, 4 dc on next sp, 5 ch ]*. Repeat * to * 12 times, join with sl st to first st.

14. [(4 dc on next sp, 1 ch)twice, (dtr, 1 ch) 9 times in 5-ch sp]*. Repeat * to * 12 times, join with sl st to first st.

15. [4 dc on next sp, 1 ch, (tr on next dtr, 1 ch) 9 times]*. Repeat * to * 12 times, join with sl st to first st.

16. sk first tr [(tr on next tr, 2 ch) 7 times, trcl pointing hk in last tr and in first tr of next tr grp, 2 ch]*. Repeat * to * 12 times, join with sl st to first st.

17..sk first tr [(tr on next tr, 3 ch) 7 times, trcl pointing hk in last tr and in first tr of next tr grp, 2 ch]*. Repeat * to * 12 times, join with sl st to first st.

18. (sc, 3 ch, sc) in ea 3-ch sp, (dc, pc, dc, pc, dc) in ea trcl. Cut thread.

N.B.

    * Always substitute (also if not explicitly said) first st in a row as follows:
          o first sc with 1 ch, sc;
          o first hdc with 2 ch;
          o first dc with 3 ch;
          o first tr with 4 ch ... and so on
    * When you read "sl st to <location>", where the location is not immediately contiguous to last st, this means of course "an appropriate number of sl sts for reaching <location>".
    * Also if I do not specify it, if you lasted prev row on a st (say st1), while you must start next row in another st (say st2), make an appropriate number of sl sts to reach st2.