Design By Janet Jarosh ~ CitiUSA for Crochet 1/1/97
(Afghan adapted and crocheted by & picture provided by Karen Thomas of Colorado)
(http://www.citiusa.com to see 300 more patterns)
Materials: Worsted-weight yarn
Size I Hook
Note: You will need to wind the yarn for the color sections of this afghan into 3 balls. 2 White, 1 Pink. For best results, do not carry the white thru the pink.
CENTER (Start)
Row 1: With white, ch 35, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each
ch across, turn.
Row 2-7: Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn.
Changing Colors: To change colors in sc (pull new color
through onto hook before sc is complete). ie: Begin sc as usual
by putting hook into st, draw up loop, then pull in new color
before completing the stitch).
Row 8-36: Ch 1, sc in each st across changing colors according
to graph, turn. Fasten off.
Row 37: Join background color with sc in first st, sc in each
st across, turn.
Row 38-43: Repeat row 2. Do not turn or fasten off at end of last
row.
OUTER EDGING:
Rnd 1: Working around outer edge, ch 6, dc in same st. *(ch
1, skip next row, dc in end of next row) across to next corner
st., ch 1, (dc, ch 3, dc) in next st., ch1, skip next st, dc in
next st) across to next corner st, ch 1*, (dc, ch3, dc) in next
st: repeat between **, join with sl st in 3rd ch of ch-6, Do Not
turn, fasten off.
Rnd 2: Join contrasting color with sc in any corner ch-3 sp, (ch
3, sc) in same sp, sc in each st and in each ch-1 sp around with
(sc, ch 3, sc) in each corner ch-3 sp, join with sl st in first
sc, turn.
Rnd 3-5: *Sc in first st and in each sc to corner ch 3 sp (sc,
ch 3, sc), continue around*, join with sl st, TURN. Fasten off
at end of last row.
Rnd 6: Join background color with sl st in any corner ch-3 sp,
(ch 6, dc) in same sp, ch 1, *(skip next st, dc in next ch-1 sp,
ch 1) across to next corner ch-3 sp*, [(dc, ch 3, dc) in next
sp; repeat between**]; repeat between [] around, join, Do Not
turn.
Rnd 7-desired: With background color, working in established pattern,
repeat rnds 2-5 thru desired width.
ATTACHING SQUARES TOGETHER:
Matching sts of bottom edge of one Square to top edge of next
Square, and working through both loops, whipstitch Squares together,
forming 3 verticle strips of 3 squares each, beginning in center
ch of first corner ch-3 and ending in center ch of next corner
ch-3; whipstitch strips together in same manner, keeping bottom
edges at same end.
EDGING: Attach yarn in any corner *Ch 3, 2 dc in same stitch, skip 2 sc, sl st in next sc, *repeat around, slip stitch into base of beginning ch 3 stitch.