MATERIALS NEEDED:

• Navy blue yarn (you can use any color you prefer, though!)

• 4.0 mm crochet hook

• Scissors

ABBREVIATIONS:

• MG (Magic Circle)

• inc (increase)

• sc (single crochet)

• sl st (slip stitch)

• ch (chain stitch)

• dc (double crochet)

• dc-inc (double crochet increase)

FOR THE DOILY:

• R1 - Make a MG with 7 sc in it

• R2 - all inc

• R3 - alternate between sc and inc

• R4 - Make a sl st.

• Then to make the inside of the sun, the 'petals' - ch 2, 2 dc (make the 2 dc on the next stitch, NOT on the chain stitches) 2 ch, 3 sl st. Make the sl st, on the next stitches, NOT on the chain stitches. Repeat this 4 more times.

• Tie off your yarn, the make a slip knot and attach your hook to the top right edge of one of the 'petals.'

• R5 - Make 5 sl st, 5 ch, attach the chs to to the top right of the next petal, and repeat these steps on the other 'petals' to make a ring of ch and sl st.

• Note: Each hole and each 'petal' are called a section.

• R6 - ch 5, sc on the last ch that you just crocheted, ch 4, connect with a sl st at the end of the section, making a triangle of ch over the section. Repeat this step for the other sections.

• You should now have 10 triangles over your 10 sections.

• Tie off your yarn.

• R7 - Make a slip knot and attach your yarn to the top of one of the triangles make a sl st. 7 ch, make a sl st on the top of another triangle. Repeat this step to make a ring around the doily, connecting all the tops of the triangles.

• R8 - Follow this stitch pattern - 2 sc, inc all around

• R9 - ch 2, dc, dc-inc, dc, ch 2, sl st, ch 2, 3 dc, slst all around. This will make the ruffles

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