A lovely pattern with stitch charts and excellent directions.

Section 1 I did as written; section 2, 7 total pattern repeats; section 3, 2 pattern repeats instead of 3. I used 1 skein, 440 yds, at this point with only a smidgen left, not enough left for a pattern repeat and tied off my yarn to start with a fresh skein on the second half.
Did second half exactly like first, and used a full skein, 440 yds, again.
The picot border was quick and did not take much yarn to complete; I attached every 2 rows on the long sides instead of every 1.5 so I could attach at a row junction for stability. On the short sides, I attached on each dc instead of alternating the attachment between dc and ch loop to keep the border firmly attached to the body and not have uneven stretching where attached to a ch loop.
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