​Crochet Mandarin

Mandarin

Row 1: Magic ring and 6 sc in it. Join with a slip stitch.

Row 2: 2sc in each sc, all around (12)

Row 3: 1sc in the first sc, 2 in the next (18)

Row 4: 1 sc in the first, 1 sc in the second, 2 in the next(24)

Row 5: 1 sc in the first, 1 sc in the second, 1 sc in the third, 2 sc in the next (30)

Row 6: 1 sc in each of the first 4 stitches, then 2 sc in the next (36)

Rows 7 to 11: 1 sc in each.

Rows 12 and following: start decreasing in the same proportion you increased (that’s to say 4 sc, 2together; 3sc, 2 tog, etc.) Remember to stuff it before you close it!

Steam

Chain 5 and then wave in end inside your chain.

Leaf

Chain 8. We are going to work in both sides of the chain, fist in one side and then the other. The idea is to increase and then decrease to create this leaf form.

Make a sc in second stitch from the hook.

Then a half double crochet in the next.

Then double crochet.

Then triple.

Then double again.

Then hdc again.

Then sc.

Make a chain to turn and work the other side of the leaf the same way.