Caged Flower by JLyn Spencer

Materials: Worsted weight yarn, H hook.
Stitches Used: Double Crochet (DC), Half Double
Crochet (HDC).
Pattern Notes: Pattern Uses American Terms
In round 6, depending on how tight you crochet,
you may want to make sure to draw up a longer
loop in the DC stitches. Or switch to a TR instead of
DC if the stitch isn’t tall enough for your taste.
Begin Pattern
With Color A, chain 4, join to form a loop.
Round 1: CH2 (counts as 1st HDC), 7HDC in loop.
Join with slip stitch to top of first chain 2.
Round 2: CH3, * slip stitch in next HDC, CH3.
Repeat from * around. Join with Slip Stitch to
bottom of beginning CH3. (8 CH3 spaces).
Round 3: Slip stitch into first CH3 space. * CH4,
Slip stitch into next CH3 space. Repeat from *
around. Join with Slip stitch to first Slip Stitch. Fasten
off. (8 CH4 spaces)
Round 4: Join color B in any CH4 space. Ch3
(counts as 1st DC), (2DC, CH2, 3DC) in same space
(corner made). *3DC in next CH4 space. (3DC, CH2,
3DC) in next CH4 space. Repeat from * around. Join
with slip stitch to top of beginning CH3. Fasten off.
Round 5: Join color C in any CH2 corner space,
CH3 (counts as 1st DC), (1DC, CH3, 2DC) in same
corner space, *CH1. (skip next DC, 1DC in next DC,
CH1) 4 times. (2DC, CH3, 2DC) in corner. Repeat
from * 2 more times. (skip next DC, 1DC in next
DC, CH1) 4 times. Join with slip stitch in top of
beginning CH3. Fasten off. (5 CH1 spaces per side)
Round 6: Join color B in any CH3 corner space,
CH2 (counts as 1st HDC), (HDC, CH2, 2HDC) in
same space. *Skip next DC. (HDC in next DC, DC
in skipped DC from round 5) 5 times, HDC in next
DC, Skip next DC, (2HDC, CH2, 2HDC) in corner.
Repeat from * 3 times. Skip next DC. (HDC in next
DC, DC in skipped DC from round 5) 5 times, HDC
in next DC. Skip next DC. Join with Slip stitch to top
of beginning CH2. Fasten off. (5 DC per side)
Round 7: Join color C in any CH2 corner space,
CH3 (counts as 1st DC), (DC, CH3, 2DC) in same
space. Work 1DC BETWEEN each stitch from round
6, and (2DC, CH3, 2DC) in each corner. Join with
slip stitch to top of beginning CH3. Fasten off.
Weave in ends.
Caged Flower
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