Hip Hip Crochet

Materials: • size 10 crochet thread in red and white (small amounts of each color) • size 3 steel hook • yarn needle Abbreviations: • tr = treble crochet • ch = chain • dc = double crochet • sc = single crochet • hdc = half double crochet • sl st = slip stitch With red Round 1: starting with magic ring, ch 2, 3 tr, 4 dc, tr, 4 dc, 3 tr, ch 2. Pull tail of ring to tighten. Round 2: sc in ch sp of previous round, 2 hdc in next st, 3 hdc in next st, 2 hdc in next st, hdc in each of next 3 sts, 2 hdc in next st, (hdc, dc, hdc) in next st, 2 hdc in next st, hdc in each of next 3 sts, 2 hdc in next st, 3 hdc in next st, 2 hdc in next st, (sc, sl st) in ch so. Round 3: sc in each of next 2 sts, (sc next st, 2 sc next st) 3 times, sc in each of next 6 sts, 3 hdc next st, sc in each of next 6 sts, (2 sc in next st, sc in next st) 3 times, sc in each of next 2 sts. Join with sl st to first sc. Fasten off, weave in ends. Round 4: join white thread in middle hdc of 3 hdc at the bottom point. Ch 23