Weldon's Sixteenth Series - Three Ring Edging

The sixteenth and eighteenth series are all about using molds to crochet around to make some very pretty edgings. I could only find a substitute for the circles so that narrowed down my options. I decided to try this triple wheel border. I found 1 inch plastic rings at Joann's that seemed like they would work.

The directions say these are, "quite easy to work". They used a thread that was described as having green, tan and fawn colors. They also say you need some gold thread to fill the middle of the wheels. I'll be skipping that part. I used #10 thread in purple and my trusty size 7 steel crochet hook.
This was pretty easy to do. They get joined together in what we would think of as a "join as you go" method. The difficult part was figuring out where that was supposed to go. The directions sort of told you but that didn't seem like it worked out quite right. I used the photo to get those joins in the right spot. The heading was equally confusing on where to join and in this case the illustration wasn't very helpful. I just made some choices and got it done regardless of the directions and even the illustration. The heading in the illustration seemed to have an extra stitch that I couldn't figure out. I skipped the little pendants too. Ultimately, I got something that looks a lot like the photo.

I think something like this would make an interesting valance for a window or a lot of these together could make a fun curtain.

Now for the rating:
Is the pattern easy to understand? Partly 0.5
Does it look like the illustration? Yes (or it would if I added the extra center and pendants) 1.0
Would someone use this? Yes. 1.0
Did I enjoy making it? Yes. It went pretty quickly even though I had to make some adjustments along the way. 1.0
The total is 3.5 out of 4

Next week it's a series that is all borders!