Black Eyed Granny by Marta Chrzanowska

Hook 5.5
Worsted weight acrylic or cotton in black, orange and cream.

Round 1

With black, in adjustable ring: ch1 (doesn't count as hdc), 8 hdc, join in ring with sl st on top of first hdc, fasten off black [8hdc]

Round 2

Join orange in any hdc, ch4 (counts as tr), 2 tr in same st, 3tr in each hdc around, join with sl st on top of beg ch, fasten off orange [8 - 3tr groups]

Round 3

Join cream in any chainless sp between petals, ch 3 (counts as dc), 2 dc in same sp
*ch1, 3dc in next sp between petals, ch3 for corner, 3dc in next sp between petals* 3 times, ch1, 3dc in next sp between petals, ch 1, dc on top of beg ch [ 8 - 3dc groups, 4 ch1 sps, 3 ch3 corner sps, 1(ch1, dc) corner sp]

Round 4

ch3 (counts as dc), 2 dc in same sp, *ch1, 3dc in next sp, ch1, 3dc in next sp, ch 3 for corner, 3dc in same sp* 3 times, ch1, 3dc in next sp, ch1, 3dc in next sp, ch1, dc on top of beg ch [12 - 3dc groups, 8 ch1 sps, 3 ch3 corner sps, 1 (ch1, dc) corner sp

Round 5 and up
Continue in a similar way, always making 3dc in each ch1 sp and (3dc , ch3, 3dc) for corners. Join rows by making (sc, dc on top of beg ch)

Last Round
 At the end of your last Round do not join by working (ch1, dc on top of beg ch), instead work: ch3, join by sl st on top of beg ch. Like here: