Pastel Spring Afghan Intermediate
PATTERN NOTES: The pattern needs a multiple of 8 +1.
Last update: 01/08/2016
Weave in ends.
INSTRUCTIONS:
MATERIALS Yarn: Alabama Katia (115 y) = 1610 y Color A (3 skeins color 50, 345 y), color B (4 skeins color 47, 460 y]), color C (3 skeins color 43, 345 y) and color D (4 skeins color 46 460 y). Hook: 5 mm (H/8)
GAUGE 1 repetition from row 1 to 7 starting with 17 chains: 4.7 x 2.4 inches
FINISHED SIZE After blocking: 26.7 x 53 inches
ABBREVIATIONS (US) ch= chain(s) sl st=slip stitch sc=single crochet hdc=half-double crochet dc=double crochet tc=treblet crochet 2dc-cl=2 double crochet cluster ch-#sp= space of #ch
STITCH GUIDE
tc: Yarn over twice, insert hook into stitch and draw through a loop (4 loops on hook), *yarn over hook and draw through 2 loop*x 3 times. 2dc-cl: Start a dc but stop before finishing it (2 loops on hook), yarn over and start a second dc in the same stitch and stop before finishing it (3 loops on hook), yarn over and draw through the 3 loops.
Row 1: [With color A] 169 ch, sc throughout the row = 169 sc. Row 2: [Change to color B] 1 ch, sc throughout the row in front loop = 169 sc. Row 3: [Change to color C] 4 ch, [skip 1 sc, *1 2dc-cl, 1 ch, 1 2dc-cl* in the same stitch, 1 ch, skip 1 sc, 1 dc in following sc, 1 ch] repeat until the end of the row, 1 dc in last sc = 42 2dc-cl. Row 4: [Change to color D] 1 ch, 1 sc, [1 sc in ch-1 sp, skip 1 2dc-cl *1 sc, 3 ch, 1 sl st* in ch-1 sp between both 2dc-cl, skip 1 2dc-cl, 1 sc in ch-1 sp, 1 sc in following dc] =42 ch-3 sp. Row 5: 1 ch, 1 sc, [5 sc in ch-3 sp, 3 sc in following stitches] repeat until the end of the row, 1 sc in last sc = 42 archs of 5 sc. Row 6: [Change to color A] 2 ch, 1 hdc, [1 tc in ch-1 sp between 2dc-cl of row 3 (under the arch we’ve just createdo), skip the 5 sc of the arch, 1 hdc in following 3 sc] repeat until the end of the row, hdc in last 2 sc = 169 stitches. Row 7: 1 ch, sc throughout the row in back loop =169 sc Following rows: Repeat pattern from row 2 to 7. Weave in ends.
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Edging: With any color, start at the upper right corner: [4 ch, 2 ch, 2 dc] in the same stitch, dc in each stitch, [2 dc, 2 ch, 2 dc] in the next corner and when you get to the last (and first) corner again, 1 dc in the upper right corner stitch and join with a sl st.
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