Chapter 8 • Flower, Snowfl ake, and Joining Motifs 225
Orpha Motif
Bursting with chain-space petals, this motif makes for stunning jew-
elry when combined with simple beads.
Ch 5, sl st to 1st ch to form a ring.
Rnd 1 (RS): Ch 4 (counts as dc, ch-1 sp), [dc, ch 1] in ring 11
times, ch 1, sl st to 3rd ch of t-ch, do not turn—12 dc.
Rnd 2: Ch 1, [sc, ch 2, sc] in ea ch-1 sp around, sl st to 1st sc, do
not turn—24 sc.
Rnd 3: Ch 9 (counts as dc, ch-6 sp), sk sc and ch-2 sp, dc btw next
2 sc, ch 6, sk ch-2 sp; rep from around to last 3 sc, dc btw next 2
sc, ch 6, sl st to 3rd ch of t-ch, do not turn—12 dc.
Rnd 4: Ch 1, [3 sc, ch 3, sc, ch 4, sc, ch 3, 3 sc] in ea ch-6 sp
around, sl st to 1st sc, fasten off.
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