FINISHED MEASUREMENTS: Center = 27½” (70cm) wide
GAUGE: Rnds 1-2 = 6½” (16.5cm); save time and check your gauge

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INSTRUCTIONS:
Center
With White, ch 4, sl st to form a ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 3 (counts as a dc, here and throughout), work 11 more dc in ring, sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-3 to join – 12 dc.
Rnd 2: Ch 3, dc in same st as join, 2 dc in each dc around, sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-3 to join – 24 dc.
Rnd 3: Ch 3, dc in same st as join, dc in next dc, [2 dc in next dc, dc in next dc] 11 times, sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-3 to join – 36 dc.
Rnd 4: Ch 3, dc in same st as join, dc in next 2 dc, [2 dc in next dc, dc in next 2 dc] 11 times, sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-3 to join – 48 dc.
Rnd 5: Ch 3, dc in same st as join, dc in next 3 dc, [2 dc in next dc, dc in next 3 dc] 11 times, sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-3 to join – 60 dc.
Rnd 6: Ch 3, dc in same st as join, dc in next 4 dc, [2 dc in next dc, dc in next 4 dc] 11 times, sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-3 to join – 72 dc.
Rnd 7: Ch 3, dc in same st as join, dc in next 5 dc, [2 dc in next dc, dc in next 5 dc] 11 times, sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-3 to join – 84 dc.
Rnd 8: Ch 3, dc in same st as join, dc in next 6 dc, [2 dc in next dc, dc in next 6 dc] 11 times, sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-3 to join – 96 dc.
Rnd 9: Ch 3, dc in same st as join, dc in next 7 dc, [2 dc in next dc, dc in next 7 dc] 11 times, sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-3 to join – 108 dc.
Outer Tabs
Cut White and join Yellow.
Row 1 (RS): Ch 3, dc in next 5 dc, turn.
Row 2: Ch 3, dc in next 5 dc, turn.
Row 3: Work 7 dc between 3rd and 4th dc of last row, sl st to top of beg ch-3.
Fasten off.
Join Coral in next white stitch along edge of Center with RS facing, work Rows 1-3 of Outer Tab. Fasten off.
Continue to add 16 more Tabs, in the following color order: Pink, Lilac, Denim, Teal, [Yellow, Coral, Pink, Lilac, Denim, Teal] twice.
Finishing: Weave in ends.

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ABBREVIATIONS:
Beg = Begin(ning)
Ch = Chain
Dc = Double Crochet
Rnd(s) = Round(s)
RS = Right Side
Sl st = Slip Stitch
St(s) = Stitch(es)

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