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Crochet Patterns - Plaid Afghan
Size: 44" x
66", plus fringe.
Materials:
Coats & Clark’s Red Heart Fabulend, 8 4-oz. skeins navy, 3 skeins white, 1 skein
each of red and green; 14" knitting needles, 1 pair No. 9. Crochet hook
size G.
Crochet Pattern
Collection! 317 One-of-a-kind Vintage Crochet Patterns That Are Over
100 Years Old!
Gauge: 4 sts
= 1"; 6 rows = 1".
Note: Vertical
stripes will be crocheted on after knitting has been completed.
Afghan: Beg at
narrow edge, with navy, cast on 164 sts.
Rows 1-6: With navy,
work in stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row). Drop navy. Tie in white.
Note: Always
carry navy loosely along side edge of work.
Row 7: With white,
k. Drop white. Tie in green.
Rows 8 and 9: With
green, p 1 row, k 1 row. Cut green.
Row 10: With white,
p. Cut white.
Rows 11-24: With
navy, work in stockinette st. Drop navy. Tie in white.
Rows 25-28: Using
red instead of green, repeat rows 7-10. Cut white.
Rows 29-42: With
navy, work in stockinette st.
Repeat rows 7-42 for pattern. Work in pat until total length
is about 66", end with 6 rows of navy.
Next Row: With
navy, bind off first 9 sts, * drop
next st off left-hand needle, pull out st on right hand needle to measure 1/2", bind off 10
sts. Repeat from * across.
Unravel each. dropped st all the way down to cast-on edge. With navy and darning
needle, secure st to cast on
Vertical Stripes: From
right side, beg at cast-on edge, with hook attach white to base of first ridge
formed by dropped st; holding yarn in back of work, * sl st over loose strand of
next row above, repeat from * to top, sl st over st above at top edge. End off.
Attach red to base of same ridge at lower
edge, work another line of sl sts close to first line. With white, work another
line of sl sts close to 2nd line.
Alternating green and red for center line of
stripes, always using white each side, work vertical stripe in each ridge
across.
Edging: From right
side, with navy and hook, join yarn in any corner st, ch 1, make 3 sc in corner
st; being careful to keep work flat, sc evenly around outer edge, making 3 sc in
each corner st. Sl st in first sc. End off.
Pin afghan to measurements on a padded
surface; cover with a damp cloth and allow to dry. Do not press.
Fringe: Wind yarn
around 6" cardboard; cut at one edge to get 12" strands. Using 2
strands tog for each fringe, knot a white fringe at both ends of each vertical
white stripe. Matching colors, knot a fringe at both ends of each vertical red
and green stripe. Knot a navy fringe in each free sc along same edges, knot
fringe along long edges to correspond, working through end sts of rows. Trim
fringe evenly.
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