Alternate Border RowsRow 1: Ch 3, shell in first shell, ch 1, dc in next ch-2 sp, ✩ ch 1, scallop in next V-stitch, (ch 1, sc in next ch-2 sp ch 1, scallop in next V-stitch) 3 times, * ch 1, sc in next dc, ch 1, scallop in next shell, ch 1, sc in next dc, ch 1, scallop in next V-stitch, (ch 1, sc in next ch-2 sp, ch 1, scallop in next V-stitch) 2 times *; repeat from * to * 5 times (if you have ended with row 31) or as many complete repeats as possible before center shell (or before end of row on second half); ch 1, sc in next ch-2 sp, ch 1, scallop in next V-stitch ✩, ch 1, sc in next ch-2 sp, ch 1, 7 dc in center shell, ch 1, sc in next ch-2 sp; repeat from ✩ to ✩; ch 1, dc in next ch-2 sp, ch 1, shell in last shell, turn.
Row 2: Ch 3, shell in first shell, ch 1, dc in next dc after shell, ch 1, (V-stitch in center dc of next scallop, ch 2) across to center 7-dc scallop, V-stitch in second dc of 7-dc scallop, (ch 2, skip next dc, V-stitch in next dc) 2 times (this puts V-stitches in second, fourth and sixth dc of 7-dc scallop), mark center V-stitch made in 7-dc scallop; (ch 2, V-stitch in center dc of next scallop) across, ch 1, dc in next dc after last scallop, ch 1, shell in last shell, turn.
Row 3: Ch 3, shell in first shell, ch 1, dc in next dc after shell, ch 1, (scallop in next V-stitch, ch 1, sc in next ch-2 sp, ch 1) across working 7-dc scallop in marked V-stitch, ch 1, dc in next dc after last V-stitch, ch 1, shell in last shell, turn.
Row 4: Ch 3, shell in first shell, ch 2, V-stitch in next dc after shell, (ch 2, V-stitch in center dc of next scallop) across to center 7-dc scallop, V-stitch in second dc of 7-dc scallop, (ch 2, skip next dc, V-stitch in next dc) 2 times (this puts V-stitches in second, fourth and sixth dc of 7-dc scallop); (ch 2, V-stitch in center dc of next scallop) across, ch 2, V-stitch in next dc after last scallop, ch 2, shell in last shell, turn.
Row 5: Ch 3, shell in first shell, ch 1, sc in next ch-2 sp, ch 1, (scallop in next V-stitch, ch 1, sc in next ch-2 sp, ch 1) across, shell in last shell. Fasten off.