Heres the simple dresser-top formula I come back to again and again, because it works with almost any dresser style, from chippy and weathered to polished and traditional
Look for silk, polyester, or viscose when checking the fabrication
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Will you give it a try

Round 1: ch 5 (counts as your first dc and ch 2 here and throughout pattern), [1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc, ch 2] 3 times, 1 dc, ch 1, sl st in 3rd ch, sl st into corner (4 sets of 2 dc / 1 v-st) Round 2: *(1 puff, ch 2, 1 puff) into corner, ch 1, [1 puff in next ch-sp, ch 1] repeat across, repeat from * 3 more times, sl st in 1st puff, sl st into corner (4 sets of 3 puff) Round 3: ch 5, 2 dc into corner, 1 dc in next puff, *[2 dc in next ch-sp, 1 dc in next puff] repeat across, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) into corner, repeat from * 3 more times but replace last corner with 1 dc into corner before beginning ch-5, sl st in 3rd ch, sl st into corner (4 sets of 11 dc) Round 4: ch 5, (1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc) into corner, skip next 2 st, *[(1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc) in next st, skip next 2 st] repeat across, (1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc) into corner, repeat from * 3 more times but replace last corner with (1 dc, ch 1) into corner before beginning ch-5, sl st in 3rd ch, sl st into corner (4 sets of 10 dc / 5 v-st) Size XS : fasten off, weave ends
