Expert: Bea Harrell - 2/16/2008

Question
After you make ring I crochet 6 ch & form ring, than it read to ch3(count as lst dc now & throughout)3dc in ring, ch3,turn skip frist dc, dc in next 3dc(first petal made,ch4, turn *keeping ch behind previous pedtal 4dc in ring,ch3 turn;skip first dc, dc in next 3dc(next petal made) ,ch4 turn repeat from *6 times more,keeping ch behing last petal join with slip st to first dc of first petal finish off 8 petals.  Can you explain this to me in a language I understand up to ch3 count as first dc now & throught than do 3dc in ring, ch3 turn skip first dc (here is where it gets a little confusing dc in next 3dc first petal is made.  Can you help me out here.  Anything you can do would be greatly appreciated.  I just started crocheting & love it I hope to get good at it. Right now I have to learn to read it a little better.  Thanks. for any info you can provide.

Answer
Hey, Lydia!  Ok, you'll chain 6, join in first ch to form a ring/circle. Now ch 3,(counts as first dc) then make 3 dc in the ring, ch 3 & turn. Now you're going to skip that first ch 3 that counts as a dc, and dc in the next 3 dc(first petal)ch 4, turn, bend your first petal towards you a bit, so that you can work behind it, and put 4 dc down in the ring, ch 3, turn,...

Basically, you're stacking 2 dc rows on top of each other, to form the flower petals. The first row, of 4 dc, has to be put in the ring, then you add another row of dc's on top of it.

Hope this helps!  If you get stuck again, let me know, and I'll try to help!

Best,  Bea