MEASUREMENTS
Approx 9½” [24 cm] high x 12″ [30.5 cm] in diameter.

GAUGE
7 hdc and 5 rows = 4″ [10 cm].

INSTRUCTIONS
Note: Ch 2 at beg of rnd does not count as hdc.
Join all rnds with sl st to fi rst st.

Ch 4. Join with sl st to fi rst ch to form ring.
1st rnd: Ch 2. 10 hdc in ring. Join.
2nd rnd: Ch 2. 2 hdc in each hdc around. Join. 20 hdc.
3rd rnd: Ch 2. *1 hdc in next hdc. 2 hdc in next hdc. Rep from * around. Join. 30 hdc.
4th rnd: Ch 2. *1 hdc in each of next 2 hdc. 2 hdc in next hdc. Rep from * around. Join. 40 hdc.
5th rnd: Ch 2. *1 hdc in each of next 3 hdc. 2 hdc in next hdc. Rep from * around. Join. 50 hdc.
6th rnd: Ch 2. *1 hdc in each of next 4 hdc. 2 hdc in next hdc. Rep from * around. Join. 60 hdc.
7th rnd: Ch 2. *1 hdc in each of next 5 hdc. 2 hdc in next hdc. Rep from * around. Join. 70 hdc.
8th rnd: Ch 2. *1 hdc in each of next 6 hdc. 2 hdc in next hdc. Rep from * around. Join. 80 hdc.
9th rnd: Ch 2. *Work 1 hdc into horizontal bar created below st in previous row on WS of work (bar is below loops normally worked on WS – see diagram). Rep from * around. Join.
10th to 13th rnds: Ch 2. 1 hdc in each hdc around. Join.
14th rnd: As 9th rnd.
15th to 18th rnds: As 10th to 13th rnds.
19th rnd: Ch 2. 1 hdc in each of next 15 sts. Ch 12 for handle. Skip next 10 hdc. 1 hdc in each of next 30 hdc. Ch 12 for handle. Skip next 10 hdc. 1 hdc in each st around. Join.
20th rnd: Ch 1. 1 sc in each of next 15 sts. 14 sc in next ch-12 sp. 1 sc in each of next 30 sts. 14 sc in next ch-12 sp. 1 sc in each st around. Join.
21st rnd: Working in back loops only, sl st in each st around. Join. Fasten off .

ABBREVIATIONS
Approx = Approximately
Beg = Beginning
Ch = Chain(s)
Hdc = Half double crochet
Rnd(s) = Round(s)
Sc = Single crochet
Sl st = Slip stitch
Sp(s) = Space(s)
WS = Wrong side