Crocheted delicacy in a variation of shell pattern. Directions are for size 12. Changes for sizes 14 and 16 are in parentheses.

Unger’s Bellina, an imported acrylic yarn, was used to make the model. It comes in one-ounce pull skeins and takes 16 (18, 20) skeins. You need 8 buttons and a number F aluminum crochet hook and number 00 steel crochet hook or size required to obtain the given stitch gauge.

Gauge:

With the number F Hook - 1 shell equals 1 inch, 8 rows equal 3 inches