RND 2-3: (2 hdc next st, hdc next st) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (18 sts)(27 sts)
RND 4: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 2 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (36 sts)
RND 5: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 3 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (45 sts)
RND 6: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 4 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (54 sts)
RND 7: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 5 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (63 sts)
RND 8: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 6 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (72 sts)
RND 9-14: Hdc ea st around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn.
You will be working the dropped yarn behind sts.
RND 15: Hdc next 4 sts, join Mint, drop Turquoise, hdc next 4, (drop Mint, pick up Turquoise, hdc next 4, drop Turquoise, pick up Mint, hdc next 4) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn.
RND 16-17: Rep color sequence at established, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. End rnd 17 sl st in Turquoise.
RND 18: Hdc next 4 sts, (pick up Mint, drop Turquoise, hdc next 4, drop Mint, pick up