Duckbill Dalliance 9"
c. 2012 Designs by Muggins Yarn: Vanna's Choice One Color-45-50 g Three Colors: Color A-15 g, Color B-5 g, Color C-25 g Hook: Us 1 or 5.5 mm Tapestry Needle, 4 st markers
STITCHES:
Beg PuffPull up loop (lp) from sl st to height of a dc, (yo, insert in same st as join and pull up long lp) x 4, yo and draw through all lps on hook Puff —(yo into same st, pull up long lp) x 4, yo, pull through 9 lps on hook
NOTES:
Joining in chain spaces
As a method of creating a neat join, and also getting to the ‘middle' of a series of chains, the instructions often have you ch-1, and then working a hdc into the beg st. This makes a ch-3.
INSTRUCTIONS:
One Color Version-follow black only
Three Color Versionfollow the color switches as indicated, or as you like RND 1: Color A Adjustable Loop, 8 sc, sl st in first sc. (or ch 4, join in circle with a sl st, 8 sc in circle, sl st in beg sc) RND 2: Beg Puff in same st as join, (ch 2, Puff in next sc) x 7, ch 2, sl st in top of Beg Puff. Fasten off Color A. (8 Puffs, 8 ch-2 sp) RND 3: Color B Join with a Sl st in next ch-2 sp, ch 5 (as hdc and ch-3), (hdc in next ch-2 sp, ch 3) x 7, ch-3, s1 st in 2nd ch of beg ch-5. (8 hdc, 8 ch-3 sp) RND 4: S1 st in next ch-3 sp, ch 1, (6 sc in ch-3 sp) x 8, sl st in 1st sc. Fasten off Color B. (48 sc) RND 5: Color C: Join with a sl st in 1st sc of any 6 sc group, Beg Puff in same st as join, ch 3, (sk sc, Puff in next sc, ch 2, sk sc, Puff in next sc, ch 2\*, sk sc, Puff in next sc, ch 3) x 8, working to \* only on last rep, sl st in top of Beg Puff. (24 Puffs, 8 ch-3 sp, 16 ch-2 sp) RND 6: (S1 st into ch-3 sp, ch 3, Puff into next ch-2 sp, ch 2, Puff into next ch-2 sp, ch 3) x 8, working ch 1 only at end of last rep, and hdc in beg sl st (the ch-1 and hdc act as ch-3). (16 ch-3 sp, 8 ch-2 sp, 16 Puffs) RND 7: Ch 3, sl in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, Puff in ch-2 sp between Puffs, (ch 3, sl in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, sl in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, PUFF in ch-2 sp) x 7, ch 1, hdc 1st ch after hdc in Rnd 6. (24 ch-3 sp, 8 Puffs) RND 8: (ch-4 will be over every 2nd point for corners-, mark them if you like) (ch 3, sl st in next ch-3 sp) x 2, [ch 4, sl in next ch-3 sp (ch 3, sl in next ch3 sp) x 5,] x 4, working only 2 ch-3 sequences on last rep-after the ch-4; ch 1, hdc in 1st ch after hdc in Rnd 7. Fasten off Color C. (20 ch-3 sp, 4 ch-4 sp) RND 9: Join Color A with a sc in same ch-3 sp as closing in Rnd 8, 2 sc in same sp, 3 hdc in next ch-3 sp, 3 dc in next ch-3 sp, [corner as (3 trc, ch 3, 3 trc) in ch-4 sp, 3 dc in next ch-3 sp, 3 hdc in next ch-3 sp\*, 3 sc in next ch-3 sp, 3 hdc in next ch-3 sp, 3 dc in next ch-3 sp] x 4, working to \* only on last rep, sc in beg ch-3 sp, sl st in first sc. Fasten off Color A. (24 trc, 24 dc, 24 hdc, 12 sc, 3 ch-3 sp) RND 10: Ch 1, sc in same sp, Join Color B with a sc in any st, sc in each st, corners as (sc, ch 2, sc) in corner ch-3 sp, sl st in beg sc. Fasten off Color B. (92 sc, 4 ch-2 sp) RND 1l: Join Color C with a sl st in any st, Ch 3 as dc, dc in each st around working corners as (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch-2 sp, sl st in top of beg ch-3. Fasten off if you like. (108 dc, 4 ch-2 sp) RND 12: Work a round of sc if needed. Join with a sc in any color and in any st (or ch 1 and sc in same st as join), sc in each st, and 3 sc in corner sps. (120 sc) THREE COLOR VERSION: Blue/Purple for RNDS 1 and 2, 9 Toffee for RNDS 3 and 4, 10 Terracotta for RNDS 5-8, 11
ROUNDS 1 and 2 (8 puff, 8 ch-2)
ROUNDS 3 and 4 (48 sc)
ROUND 5 (24 puff, 16 ch-2, 8 ch-3)
ROUND 6 (16 puff, 16 ch-3, 8 ch-2)
ROUND 7 (8 puff, 24 ch-3)
ROUND 8 (4 ch-4corners, 20 ch-3)
ROUND 9 (24 trc, 24 dc, 24 hdc, 12 sc, 4 ch-3)
ROUND 11 (108 dc, 4 ch-2)
ROUND 10 (92 sc, 4 ch-2)
