Circle Motif Pattern #16

To begin, chain (ch) 6 and join with a slip stitch (sl st) to form a ring. 1st round (rnd): Make 6 single crochet (s c) in ring. 2nd round (rnd): Mark first stitch of each round with a colored thread. Make 2 single crochet (s c) in each stitch of preceding round. 3rd round (rnd): * Make a single crochet (s c) in each of the next 2 stitches and make an increase in the 3rd stitch. Repeat from * around. 4th and subsequent rounds (rnds): Make a single crochet (s c) in each s c, making the necessary increases in each round in order to have work lie flat, but plan your work so that the increases do not fall directly over those of the preceding round. The gradual and uniform increasing in each round prevents cupping, and the circle can be made as large as desired. The same general method is used with double crochet (d c).