Fireside Formality Afghan Pattern
Approximately 49 x 68 Inches
MATERIALS: Chadwick's Red Heart Knitting Worsted, 60 balls (1 oz. balls) of Light Yellow; 8 balls of Wood Brown for Border and Embroidery … Bone Afghan Hook No. 6 (4¼ mm. size).
GAUGE: 5 sts make 1 inch; 4 rows make 1 inch.
BLOCK (Make 35) … With Yellow, ch 45 to measure 9¼ inches and work in afghan stitch (see below) until piece is square (36 rows). Break off. Attach Brown to corner st, make 3 sc in corner, * ch 1, skip 1 st, sc in next st. Repeat from * around, making 3 sc in each corner. Join and break off.
EMBROIDERY … Examine the diagram for making cross stitches over afghan stitch (see below). Placing design at center, embroider 18 Blocks according to chart below. Sew Blocks neatly together on wrong side, alternating plain and embroidered Blocks.
BORDER … 1st rnd: Attach Brown to corner, 3 sc in corner, sc in each st and in each ch-1 sp around, making 3 sc in each corner. Join. 2nd rnd: Sc in each sc around, making 3 sc in center sc of each corner. Join. 3rd rnd: Ch 3, sc in joining, sc in next sc, 3 sc in next sc, sc in next sc, * ch 3, sc in last sc, sc in next 5 sc. Repeat from * around, making 3 sc in each corner. Join and break off.
HOW TO MAKE AFGHAN STITCH
Make a chain of 45 stitches. 1st row: Insert hook in 2nd ch from hook and draw up a loop; retaining all loops on hook draw up a loop in each ch across (Fig. 1). There are 45 loops on hook. Yarn over and draw through 1 loop, * yarn over and draw through 2 loops. Repeat from * across (Fig. 2). The loop which remains on hook always counts as the first st of next row (Fig. 3). 2nd row: Insert hook under 2nd vertical bar and draw loop through; retaining all loops on hook draw up a loop in each vertical bar across to within last vertical bar (Fig. 4). Insert hook through the last vertical bar and the stitch directly behind it and draw a loop through—this gives a firm edge to this side (45 loops on hook). Repeat 2nd row as specified in directions. Then make a sl st in each vertical bar across. Break off.
How to Increase in Afghan Stitch: To inc 1 vertical bar at beginning of row, insert hook under vertical bar directly below loop on hook (Fig. 3) and draw loop through. Retaining all loops on hook work across row as before to last vertical bar—to inc 1 vertical bar at end of row, insert hook under last vertical bar and draw up a loop, insert hook under stitch directly behind last vertical bar (Fig. 3) and draw loop through (1 st increased at both ends).
How to Decrease in Afghan Stitch: To dec 1 st at both ends of row, insert hook under 2 vertical bars at one time (Fig. 6) and draw loop through.
Big Colorful Throw & Pillows Patterns
Materials Required:
AMERICAN THREAD "AUNT LYDIA'S"
HEAVY RUG YARN
1—70 yd. skein Yellow
2—70 yd. skeins Chartreuse
4—70 yd. skeins Orange
12—70 yd. skeins White
24—70 yd. skeins assorted colors
and
"AUNT LYDIA'S" CARPET AND BUTTON THREAD 1 spool White Aluminum Crochet Hook Size H OR ANY SIZE HOOK WHICH WILL RESULT IN STITCH GAUGE BELOW
GAUGE: 3 d c = 1 inch
MOTIF: With Yellow ch 4, join to form a ring. 1st ROUND: Ch 1, work 8 s c in ring, join in 1st s c, cut yarn. 2nd ROUND: Attach Orange in same st, ch 3, 4 d c in same st, drop loop from hook, insert hook in 3rd st of ch, pick up dropped loop and pull through, * ch 2, 5 d c in next s c, drop loop, insert hook in 1st d c, pick up loop and pull through (popcorn st), repeat from * 6 times, ch 2, join in top of 1st popcorn st, cut Orange. 3rd ROUND: Attach any color in a ch 2 loop, ch 3, 4 d c in same loop, * 5 d c in next loop, repeat from * all around, join in 3rd st of ch. 4th ROUND: Ch 3, 1 d c in next st, 3 d c in next st, * 1 d c in each of next 4 sts, 3 d c in next st, repeat from * all around ending with 1 d c in each of next 2 sts, join. 5th ROUND: Ch 3, 1 d c in each st, join. 6th ROUND: Ch 3, 1 d c in each of next 2 sts, 3 d c in next st, * 1 d c in each of next 6 sts, 3 d c in next st, repeat from * all around ending with 1 d c in each of next 3 sts, join. 7th ROUND: Ch 3, 1 d c in each of next 3 sts, 3 d c in next st, * 1 d c in each of next 8 sts, 3 d c in next st, repeat from * all around ending 1 d c in each of next 4 sts, join. 8th ROUND: Ch 3, 1 d c in each of next 4 sts, 3 d c in next st, * 1 d c in each of next 10 sts, 3 d c in next st, repeat from * all around ending 1 d c in each of next 5 sts, join, cut yarn. 9th ROUND: Attach White, work 1 s c in each st and 3 s c in each corner st, join, cut yarn.
Work 23 more motifs working from 3rd to 8th rounds in assorted colors.
JOINING MOTIFS: With Yellow work 1st round colors same as Motif. 2nd ROUND: Attach Chartreuse and work same as 2nd round of motif. 3rd ROUND: Attach White in any ch 2 loop, ch 4, 1 tr c, 5 d c in same loop, * 5 d c, 2 tr c in next loop, 2 tr c, 5 dc in next loop, repeat from * twice, 5 d c, 2 tr c in next loop, join, cut yarn. Work 14 more joining motifs to correspond.
FINISHING: Sew motifs tog through back loops of sts, and sew joining motifs in each space as illustrated.
POMPONS: Open skein of White, cut one end. Cut Carpet and Button Thread
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Publisher: BookRix GmbH & Co. KG
Publication Date: 10-04-2014
ISBN: 978-3-7368-4491-9
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