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Materials: J. & P. Coats Crochet Cord or Clark’s O.N.T. Knit-Crochet, 6 balls each of color 26 Nile Green and 88 Peach, format made of 12 blocks (3 blocks wide and 4 blocks long). Milward’s steel crochet hook No. 2.

Use thread double throughout, one strand of Nile Green and one strand of Peach.

Ch 5, join with sl to form ring. 1st rnd: Ch 3, make 15 d c into ring. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-3. 2nd rnd: * Ch 3, skip 1 d c, 2 d c in next st, d c in next, 2 d c in next. Repeat from * around. (Block is worked as spiral.) 3rd rnd: * Ch 1, d c in 2nd st of ch-3 below, ch 1, 2 d c in next d c, d c in each of next 3 d c, 2 d c in next d c. Repeat from * around. 4th rnd: * Ch 1, d c in d c, ch 1, 2 d c in next d c, d c in each of next 2 d c, 2 d c in next, d c in each of next 2 d c, 2 d c in next. Repeat from *.

5th rnd: * Ch 1, d c in d c, ch 1, 2 d c in next d c, d c in each of next 3 d c, 2 d c in each of next 2 d c, d c in each of next 3 d c, 2 d c in next. Repeat from *. 6th rnd: * Ch 1, d c in d c, ch 1, 2 d c in next d c, d c in each of next 5 d c, 2 d c

in next, 2 d c in next, d c in each of next 5 d c, 2 d c in next and repeat from *. 7th rnd: 3 d c in each of next 2 sps with ch-2 between, * skip 2 d c, ch 2, d c in each of next 2 d c, repeat from * 4 more times. Then ch 2, and repeat from beginning of rnd 3 more times.

8th rnd: 3 d c under next ch-2, ch 2, 3 d c in same place (a shell formed), * ch 2, s c in next sp. Repeat from * 5 more times. Then ch 2, and repeat from beginning of rnd 3 more times. 9th and 10th rnds: Shell over shell in corners, ch 1, 2 d c in sps.

Other great patterns from A Bookful of Crochet, Book No. 52.