Body

Ch 17
Rnd 1: Skip first ch, sc one in each st [Decrease] (16) Rnd 2: Decrease (15)
Rnd 3: Decrease (14)
Rnd 4: Ch 1, sc one in each st (14)
Rnd 5: Repeat (14)
Rnd 6: Decrease (13)
Rnd 7: Decrease (12)
Rnd 8: Ch 1, sc one in each st (12)
Rnd 9: Repeat (12)
Rnd 10: Skip first st, sc one in each st (11)
Rnd 11: Repeat (10)
Rnd 12: Repeat (9)
Rnd 13: Repeat (8)
Rnd 14: Repeat (7)
Rnd 15: Repeat (6)
Rnd 16: Ch 1, sc one in each st (6)
Rnd 17: Repeat (6)
Rnd 18: Ch 2, skip first ch, sc one in each st [Increase] (7) Rnd 19: Repeat (8)
Rnd 20: Repeat (9)
Rnd 21: Repeat (10)
Rnd 22: Repeat (11)
Rnd 23: Repeat (12)
Rnd 24: Ch 1, sc one in each st (12)
Rnd 25: Repeat (12)
Rnd 26: Ch 2, skip first ch, sc one in each st (13)
Rnd 27: Repeat (14)
Rnd 28: Ch 1, sc one in each st (14)
Rnd 29: Repeat (14)
Rnd 30: Repeat (14)
Rnd 31: Repeat (14)
Rnd 32 - 37: Repeat Rnds 6 - 11 (13, 12, 12, 12, 11, 10) Rnd 38: Ch 1, sc one in each st (10)
Rnd 39: Repeat (10)
Rnd 40: Skip first st, sc one in each st (9)
Rnd 41: Repeat (8)
Rnd 42: Ch 1, sc one in each st (8)
Rnd 43: Repeat (8)
Rnd 43: Decrease (7)
Rnd 44: Decrease (6)
Rnd 45: Ch 1, sc one in each st (6)
Rnd 46: Repeat (6)
Rnd 47: Decrease (5)
Rnd 48: Repeat (4)
Rnd 49 - 199 (or to desired length): Ch 1, sc
one in each st (4)
Rnds 200 - 248: Repeat Rnds 1 - 48
backwards, Increasing where it says to decrease and vice versa (4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 10, 10, 10, 11, 12, 12, 12, 13, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 13, 12, 12, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 6, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12, 12, 13, 14, 14, 14, 15, 16)
Cut, tie off and sew end in and your done!

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