0-3 mos:
To begin: ch 48 loosely; join ch with a sl st to work in the round (do not twist the chain!)
Round 1: ch 1; sc in ea ch around; join with sl st in top of beg st = 48 sts
Round 2: ch 1; sc in ea st around; join with sl st in top of beg st = 48 sts
Round 3: ch 1; [sc in next st, skip 2 sts, shell in next st, skip 2 sts] 8 times; join with sl st in top of beg st; fasten off = 8 crown spikes
With RS of the crown facing you, join yarn at the bottom edge of the crown (in beg st of Rnd 1) & work the edging round:
Rnd 4 (edging): ch 1; sc in ea st around the edge; join with sl st in top of beg st = 48 sts
Finishing: fasten off & weave in all the ends on WS
Shell – (2 dc, 2 tr, picot, 2 tr, 2 dc) in same st.
Picot - Chain 3; insert hook between the front & back lps of previous st; yo & pull through all lps on hook.
Picot - Chain 3; insert hook between the front & back lps of previous st; yo & pull through all lps on hook.
