Patriotic Starburst Dishcloth

This is another new stitch for me, actually I tried to make a dishcloth from a book I purchased and could not get it to work, so I had my sister try it, then my niece tried as well and we all failed.  After looking at the Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Needlework we got it figured out.  Turns out the pattern in the book was missing a couple of key steps to finish the starburst.  After a trial I decided it also needed a base chain that is first chain stitches, then one row of single crochet to keep the bottom neat.  This pattern also requires DC decrease stitches worked in multiple stitches and I will try to give a good description of that so it makes it easier.  In this dish cloth I used the following:
Size I or 5.5 mm hook
yarn needle
Lily Sugar 'n Cream cotton yarn in Cornflower, Red and White.

The starburst stitch is worked in multiples of 8 plus 2 in the base chain, so for a dishcloth I used 34 for my base chain starting with the Cornflower chain 34.
Row 1:  ch 1 then do 1 SC in each stitch in your chain, turn.
Row 2:  ch 1, sk the first st, SC in the next st, *sk 3 sts, 9 DC in the next st, sk 3 sts, 1 SC in the next st*, repeat across, ending with a SC in the last st.  Tie off and change to White turn.
Row 3:  ch 3 sk the first SC, 4 DCD in the next 4 sts. (*yo, insert hook in next st, pull up a loop, yo pull through first two loops*,  repeat in the next three sts, yo pull through all 5 loops on the hook, ch 4), SC in the next st, ch 3 start next starburst by doing [9 DCD in the next 9 sts.  *yo, insert hook in next st, pull up a loop, yo pull through two loops on the hook* repeat in the next 8 sts, yo pull through all 10 loops on the hook, ch 4, sc in the next st, ch 3], start the next starburst.  After making the third starburst end the row with 5 DCD in the last 5 sts, (yo, insert hook in next st, pull up a loop, yo pull through the first two loops* repeat in next 4 sts, yo pull through all 6 loops on the hook, ch 3 turn.
Row 4:  4 DC in the top of the starburst, 1 SC in the SC, *9 DC in the center of the next starburst, 1 SC in the next SC* repeat in the next 2 starbursts, 5 DC in the top of the last starburst, tie off, switch to red ch 3 turn.
Row 5:  sk the first st, *9 DCD in the next 9 sts, ch 4, sc in the next st, ch 3*, repeat across and end with a SC in the turning ch, ch 1, turn.
Row 6:  SC in the SC *9 DC in the top of the starburst, 1 SC in the next SC* repeat across ending with 1 SC in the turning ch, tie off and switch to white, ch 3.
Row 7 to Row 17:  repeat intructions from Row 3-6 changing colors every two rows.
Row 18:  SC evenly across the top securing the ch 3 stitches to the DC below in the starbursts to elimanate gaps.  Tie off and weave in all ends.

Making the Starburst stitch.