Strip Method Crochet Rose

I originally found a version of this pattern here:

     http://home.inreach.com/marthac/crochet3.html     [dead link 22-04-06]

After making one up I thought of some changes I'd like to make to the design and came up with the following pattern.

Previously I listed just the changes I made to the other pattern to create the new design but now that the link is dead I have put the full text for my version, from beginning to end, all in one place. You don't have to flip back and forth and translate it yourself anymore.

The rose will work just as well in finer and thicker threads so you can use it for everything from jewellery to furnishing trimmings. Wouldn't it make a pretty blind pull or head for a curtain tassel?

I hope you enjoy making it...  Megan

Abbreviations
ss	slip stich
ch	chain
sc	single crochet (UK double crochet)
dc	double crochet (UK treble)
sp	space

Materials

Directions

Row 2: 3ch, (1dc, 2ch, 2dc) into first 2-ch sp. *(2ch, 2dc, 2ch, 2dc) in next 2-ch sp. Repeat from * to the end. Turn.

Row 3: 6dc into first 2-ch sp, 1sc into next 2-ch sp. (7dc into next 2-ch sp, 1sc into next 2-ch sp) 12 times. (9dc into next 2-ch sp, 1sc into next 2-ch sp) five times. Leave a tail long enough to weave in easily and fasten off.

Finishing