30 Crochet World CROCHET-WORLD.COM OCTOBER 2018FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
46 inches x 60 inches, excluding
fringe
MATERIALS- Lion Brand Vanna’s
Choice medium (wor-
sted) weight acrylic yarn
(31/2 oz/170 yds/100g per skein):
4 skeins each #171 fern,
#174 olive and #124 toffee
3 skeins each #158 mustard,
#130 honey and #134
terracotta - Size N/15/10mm crochet hook or
size needed to obtain gauge - Tapestry needle
- Locking stitch markers: at least 6
GAUGE
11 dc = 6 inches
THE COLORS OF AUTUMN
PATTERN NOTES
Afghan is worked vertically from
side edge to side edge in 1 piece.
Hold 2 strands together
throughout.
Fasten off after each row. Work
last stitch of old color completely
before fastening off; chain 1 to
secure.
Leave 10-inch tails throughout
to be incorporated into fringes
when joining and fastening off
colors.
Join new color with slip stitch
through both loops of first stitch
of row, regardless of how the
remainder of the row is worked,
unless otherwise stated.
Chain-1 at beginning of row
counts as first stitch unless
otherwise stated.
Chain-2 at beginning of row
counts as first half double cro-
chet unless otherwise stated.Fall Leaves Afghan
Design by Rena V. StevensINTERMEDIATE Chain-3 at beginning of row
counts as first double crochet
unless otherwise stated.
Work slip stitches in leaf rows
loosely.
Do not remove markers until
instructed.SPECIAL STITCHES
8-yarn over post (8-yo post):
Yo 8 times, insert hook in indi-
cated place, yo, pull up a lp, yo,
pull through 2 lps on hook, mark
front of same 2 lps just slipped
off hook; after placing marker,
(yo, pull through 2 lps on hook)
7 times.
6-yarn over post (6-yo post):
Yo 6 times, insert hook in indi-
cated place, yo, pull up a lp, yo,
pull through 2 lps on hook, mark
front of same 2 lps just slipped
off hook; after placing marker,
(yo, pull through 2 lps on hook)
5 times.
5-yarn over post (5-yo post):
Yo 5 times, insert hook in indi-
cated place, yo, pull up a lp, yo,
pull through 2 lps on hook, mark
front of same 2 lps just slipped
off hook; after placing marker,
(yo, pull through 2 lps on hook)
4 times.
4-yarn over post (4-yo post):
Yo 4 times, insert hook in indi-
cated place, yo, pull up a lp, yo,
pull through 2 lps on hook, mark
front of same 2 lps just slipped
off hook; after placing marker,
(yo, pull through 2 lps on hook)
3 times.
Leaf: Working on RS, sk next
9 sts, work 8-yo post (see Spe-
cial Stitches) in both lps of next
st (2 lps rem on hook), work 6-yo
post (see Special Stitches) in the
2 marked lps of previous post(3 lps rem on hook); inserting
hook in each previous post’s
marked lps, work 5-yo post
(see Special Stitches) and 2 4-yo
posts (see Special Stitches)
(6 lps rem on hook, 5 posts
made), yo and pull through all
lps on hook (leaf made). Remove
markers. Keep leaf on RS.AFGHAN
Foundation row: With 2
strands (see Pattern Notes) fern
held tog and leaving 10-inch
tail (see Pattern Notes), ch 110
loosely.
Row 1 (WS): Hdc in 3rd ch from
hook (2 sk chs count as first hdc)
and each ch across, fasten off
leaving a 10-inch tail (see Pat-
tern Notes), turn. (109 sts)
Row 2 (RS): Join (see Pattern
Notes) toffee, ch 3 (see Pattern
Notes), dc in back lp (see Stitch
Guide) only of next and each st
across, fasten off and turn.
Row 3: Join honey, ch 2 (see
Pattern Notes), hdc in front lp
(see Stitch Guide) only of next
and each st across, fasten off
and turn.
Row 4: Join terracotta, ch 3, dc
in back lp only of next and each
st across, fasten off and turn.
Row 5: With fern, rep row 3.
Row 6: Join mustard, ch 2, hdc
in back lp only of next and each
st across, fasten off and turn.
Row 7: Join olive, ch 1 (see Pat-
tern Notes), sc in front lp only of
next and each st across, fasten
off and turn.
Row 8: Join toffee, ch 1, sc in
back lp only of next and each st
across, fasten off and turn.
Row 9: Join fern, ch 3, dc in
front lp only of next and each st
across, fasten off and turn.Continued on page 61