Double Daisy Crocheted Rope

Day 279: As one bead-crochet project moved closer to completion, I determined to work out a pattern I've often wanted to chart, but for one reason or another, always shelved before I got the proverbial "round tuit." It's difficult to experiment when using tiny #11 beads, so I made a trek down to Shipwreck (purportedly the "largest bead supplier in the world") and bought four hanks of #8s so I could actually see what I was doing. I threaded them onto #10 crochet cotton, and with a #10 hook in hand, the real fun began.

Since the pattern for a crocheted rope is worked in a spiral and each bead has to be "rolled over" into its spot, the development of the pattern is somewhat counterintuitive. You seem to be working one step ahead of yourself at all times. I knew I'd make any number of mistakes before I had the sequencing perfected, so I cut the thread at about 12 feet and picked up each bead individually, sliding it along the full length of the cotton until I could stitch it in place. Once I'd determined the pattern over several repeats, I pulled the work apart and transcribed the color sequence. In working Double Daisy with two colors of flowers, the repeat is over 52 beads. Count carefully, because if you make a mistake, you'll have to cut your thread!

For those who may be curious, the sequence working around a base of six beads is 3A, (B, C, B), A, 2B, A, 2B, A, (B, C, B), 4A, 2B, A, 2D, 4A, (D, C, D), A, 2D, A, 2D, A, (D, C, D), 4A, 2D, A, 2B, A.
Daisy centers are shown in parentheses. A = green, B = red, C = yellow (center), D = white.