Crochet Shell Stitch and Coral

It's another beautiful crochet stitch pattern: the shells and the coral. Crocheters often use this pattern for their works. For sample make chain stitches a multiple of 10, plus 2 chains.
1 row: the first double crochet in 2nd chain from hook, then make the double crochet stitches in each chain of initial row;
2 row: 1 turning chain, * 5 chains, skip 4 loops, 1 single crochet *;
3 row: 3 turning chains, 2 chains, * 1 single crochet in space under five chains of previous row, 4 double crochet in single crochet of previous row, 1 single crochet in space under five chains of previous row, 5 chains, *, 1 single crochet in space under five chains of previous row, 4 double crochet in single crochet of previous row, 1 single crochet in space under five chains of previous row, 2 chains, 1 double crochet in top chain of turning chains of previous row;
4 row: 1 chain, * 5 chains, 1 single crochet in space between 2nd and 3rd of four double crochet of previous row, 5 chains, 1 single crochet in space under five chains of previous row *, 5 chains, 1 single crochet in space between 2nd and 3rd of four double crochet of previous row, 5 chains, 1 single crochet in last chain on turning chains of previous row;
5 row: [3 turning chains, 2 double crochet] in first of three turning chains, * 1 single crochet in space under five chains of previous row, 5 chains, 1 single crochet in space under five chains of previous row, 4 double crochet in single crochet of previous row *, 1 single crochet in space under five chains of previous row, 5 chains, 1 single crochet in space under five chains of previous row, 3 double crochet in top chain of turning chains of previous row;
6 row: crochet same as 4th row.
Then the pattern repeat from 3rd row.
Crochet chart
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Pattern Chart Symbols
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Chain stitch (ch). |
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Single crochet (sc). |
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Double crochet (dc). |
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