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Row 2: Ch 3 (counts as dc), dc in ea st across, change
color, turn.
Row 3: Ch 1, sc in 1st sc, dtr in st below next ch-1 sp 3
rows below (in front of prev sts), sc in next dc, ch 1, sk
next dc, sc in next dc, dtr2tog in st below prev ch-1 sp
and next ch-1 sp 3 rows below, sc in next dc; rep from
across to last 4 sts, ch 1, sk next dc, sc in next dc, dtr
in prev st below prev ch-1 sp 3 rows below, sc in top of
t-ch, turn.
Rep rows 2 and 3 to desired length.
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The bright pattern of this fabric looks great from either side
and is almost three-dimensional in nature.
Ch a multiple of 7 sts plus 2.
Row 1 (RS): Sc in 2nd ch from hk, sc in next sc, ch 7, sk 4
ch, sc in next 2 sc; rep from across, change color, turn.
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in 1st sc, sc in next sc, hdc in next 4 ch on
foundation (sk ch-sps), sc in next 2 sc; rep from across,
turn.
Row 3: Ch 1, sc in ea sc and hdc across (sk ch-sps), change
color, turn.
Row 4: Ch 3 (counts as dc), dc in next dc, ch 3, sc in ch-7
sp, ch 3, sk 4 sc, dc in next 2 sc; rep from across, turn.
Row 5: Ch 1, sc in 1st dc, sc in next dc, ch 7, sk ch-sps, sc
in next 2 dc; rep from across, change color, turn.
Row 6: Ch 1, sc in 1st sc, sc in next sc, tr in next 4 sc 3
rows below (in front of ch-sps), sc in next 2 sc; rep from
across, turn.
Rep rows 3–6 to desired length. End with a row 4, change
color.
Last row: Ch 1, sc in 1st sc, sc in next sc, dc in next 4 sc 2
rows below (in front of ch-sps), sc in next 2 sc; rep from
across, fasten off.
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