Crochet Doily 13 for Laxmi Pujan (Navaratri) 5

Hello friends, This is the fifth doily (Aasan) I made for Goddess Laxmi. This is based on puff stitch. It's weight is 46 gm and diameter 11".I used 4 ply yarn and 3 mm crochet hook. Pattern: Make a ring of 4 ch. R1: In a magic loop (puff 1, ch2) 6 times, cl by sl st in first puff. Fig 2. Puff: (YO insert in a magic loop, YO get 2 long sts) 3 times, there are 7 sts on hook, YO and pass through all 7 sts, ch1 to fix it. R2: sl st in ch2 sp. [(puff 2, ch2) in ch2 space, ch2] 6 times, cl. Fig 3.

R3: [(puff 1, ch2) 3 times in ch2-sp in between two pairs of 2 puffs] rep, cl. Fig 4. Note that in every round ch2-spaces after 3 puffs will be kept as it is.

R4: [There are 2 gaps between 3 puffs, make 3 puffs in first gap seperated by ch2 then ch2, puff 1 in second gap, ch2] rep, cl. Fig 5.

R5: sl st in ch2-sp, [puff 3 in first ch2sp, ch2, puff 1 in next ch2 sp, ch2, puff 1 in next, ch2, skip next gap] rep, cl. Fig 6 above. R6: sl st in next ch2-sp, [ puffs 3 in first ch2-sp, seperated by ch2, puff 1 in each of next ch2-gap till skipped ch2- space, seperated by ch2, lastly ch2, skip the next sp] rep, cl. Repeat this round till there are 10 puffs in each petal. Fig 7.

For border, join red yarn at first ch2-sp in between 3 puffs, [make puff 1 join by sc 1 in next ch2-sp] rep 9 times, [ch3, join by sc 1 in lower puff st] rep till we reach first round, see fig 8, then [ch3, join by sc1 in upper puff] rep till we reach upper most round. Fig 9.

Finally the flower doily will look as in fig 1. The following video with English subtitles may help you.

ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.