Crochet World - USA (2018-10)

14 Crochet World CROCHET-WORLD.COM OCTOBER 2018

PATTERN NOTES

Weave in loose ends as work

progresses.

Join with slip stitch as indicated

unless otherwise stated.

Chain-3 at beginning of round

counts as first double crochet

unless otherwise stated.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

Afghan: 48 inches x 60 inches,

excluding Edging

Edging: 1¼ inches wide

MATERIALS

• Premier Yarns Everyday
  Soft Worsted Solid me-
  dium (worsted) weight
  acrylic yarn (4 oz/203 yds/113g
  per skein):
  4 skeins #100-12 black
  1 skein each #100-24 steel,
  #100-05 baby blue, #100-
  07 really red, #100-08 pine
  green, #100-09 royal blue,
  #100-10 aubergine, #100-
  14 caramel, #100-
  bittersweet, #100-
  mustard and #100-
  Christmas green


• Premier Yarns Everyday Soft
  Worsted Heathers medium (wor-
  sted) weight acrylic yarn
  (4 oz/203 yds/113g per skein):
  1 skein each #110-04 green
  heather, #110-09 charcoal
  heather, #110-11 wine
  heather, #110-10 oat heather
  and #110-13 fog heather


• Size H/8/5mm crochet hook or
  size needed to obtain gauge


• Tapestry needle


• Blocking supplies


• Stitch marker
  GAUGE
  4 dc = 1 inch; 2 dc rows = 1 inch

Attic Windows Afghan

Design by Debra Arch

STASH-BUSTING CROCHET

INTERMEDIATE

Single crochet join (sc join):

Place slip knot on hook, insert

hook in indicated st, yo, draw

up lp, yo, draw through both lps

on hook.

Surface slip stitch (surface

sl st): Place slip knot on WS

of work, with RS facing, insert

hook between top 2 lps of indi-

cated st from front to back of

afghan, place slip knot on hook

and draw lp through to front.

Insert hook in next indicated

st from front to back of afghan,

yo, draw lp to front side and

through lp on hook to complete

as a surface sl st.

SQUARE COLOR SEQUENCE

Square A

A1 green heather

A2 oat heather

A3 mustard

Square B

B1 royal blue

B2 baby blue

B3 aubergine

Square C

C1 bittersweet

C2 caramel

C3 wine heather

Square D

D1 really red

D2 charcoal heather

D3 steel

Square E

E1 fog heather

E2 pine green

E3 Christmas green

AFGHAN

FIRST SQUARE

Foundation rnd (RS): With

A1 (see Square Color Sequence),

ch 4, sk next 3 chs, 2 dc in 4th ch

from hook (sk chs count as first

dc), [ch 1, 3 dc in same ch as beg

Slip Knot #3 Slip Knot #

Slip Knot #1 Slip Knot #

ball end

free end

Slip Knot #3 Slip Knot #

Slip Knot #1 Slip Knot #

ball end

free end

Slip Knot #3 Slip Knot #

Slip Knot #1 Slip Knot #

ball end

free end

Slip Knot #3 Slip Knot #

Slip Knot #1 Slip Knot #

ball end

free end

SPECIAL STITCHES

Yarn to front and drop:

Bring working yarn from back

to front of work and drop, do

not fasten off.

Loose slip stitch (loose sl st):

Keep loose, even tension when

making sl sts to match gauge.

Slip stitch join (sl st join):

Place slip knot (see illustra-

tion) on hook, insert hook

in indicated st, yo and draw

through both lps on hook.