**It's okay if you sew a slightly different amount of "ticks", you will just have a different stitch count than I do.**
Row 1) To begin crocheting, draw up your TWO STRANDS of yarn in the very first space on the edge. Then ch 1. Work one sc into the same sp you drew up in, and one sc across the entire top. (31 total sts)
Row 2) ch 2, turn, dc2tog, dc2tog, dc across the row until there are four sts left, then dc2tog, dc2tog (27 total sts)
Row 3) ch 2, turn, dc2tog, dc across the row until there are two sts left, then dc2tog (25 total sts)
Row 4) ch 2, turn, dc2tog, dc across the row until there are two sts left, then dc2tog (23 total sts)
Row 5) ch 2, turn, dc2tog, dc across the row until there are two sts left, then dc2tog (21 total sts)
Row 6) ch 2, turn, dc2tog, dc across the row until there are two sts left, then dc2tog (19 total sts)
Row 7) ch 2, turn, dc2tog, dc2tog, dc across the row until there are four sts left, then dc2tog, dc2tog (15 total sts)
Row 8) ch 2, turn, dc2tog, dc2tog, dc across the row until there are four sts left, then dc2tog, dc2tog (11 total sts)
Rows 9-12) ch 2, turn, dc across row (11 total sts)
Row 13) ch 2, turn, dc2tog, dc in two sts, ch 2, sk two sts, dc in three sts, dc2tog (9 total sts, including the ch's) ***so for this row, you will be skipping two ch's in the middle of it to create the button hole. If you have a different amount of sts than I do, you'll just have to account for one dc2tog at each end. Then you'll work equal amounts of dc's on each side of the skipped sts. If you have an odd amount of sts, like I did, just add one more to one side***
Row 14) ch 2, turn, dc2tog, dc across row until there are two sts left, then dc2tog (7 total sts)
Finish off, and weave in ends.