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Finished size:
Approx. 45 x 69 inches before border.
Materials:I or J hook depending on tension and gauge swatch
Weights listed below are full a full size ghan.
16 oz RHSS Hunter Green
16 oz RHSS Light Sage
16 oz RHSS Soft White
Gauge :
3 inch square = 10 dc x 5 rows
Pattern Notes:
Pattern is worked entirely in dc.
Gauge is very important. Make sure that the squares are true to size.
Each row contains 2 colors.
Carry the color that is not being used.
There are 115 rows total in ghan.The afghan is 15 color blocks wide and 23 color blocks high. The turning ch 2 counts as the 1st dc of the 10dc color block.
Instructions
Beginning with Hunter Green - ch 152,
Row 1: Beginning with Hunter Green - dc in 3rd ch from hook to count as 1st dc, dc in next 9 st's, *with Light Sage - dc in next 10 dc's, with Hunter Green - dc in next 10 dc's*; repeat from * to * for a total of 15 color blocks ending with Hunter Green.
Rows 2 - 5 : Beginning with Hunter Green - ch 2, turn (counts as first dc now and throughout), dc in next 9 dc, *with Light Sage - dc in next 10 dc's, with Hunter Green - dc in next 10 dc' *; repeat from * to * for a total of 15 color blocks ending with Hunter Green.
Rows 6 - 10: Beginning with Light Sage - 10 dc, *Soft White - 10 dc, Light Sage - 10 dc*; repeat from * to * for a total of 15 color blocks ending with Light Sage.
Rows 11 - 15: Beginning with Hunter Green - 10 dc, *Light Sage - 10 dc, Hunter Green - 10dc*, repeat from * to * for a total of 15 color blocks ending with Hunter Green
Rows 16 - 115 : Repeat Rows 6 - 11 ten more times for a total of 22 color blocks ending with Hunter Green.
Border -
continuing with Hunter Green -
Round 1 - ch1 sc around entire ghan, working (sc, ch1, sc) in each corner, sl st to join round
Round 2 - ch 1, rev sc around entire ghan, working (rev sc, ch1, rev sc) in each corner, sl st to join.
Alternate Round 2 - ch 1, repeat Round 1.
Tie off and weave in ends.
To make this lapghan size - simply stop after 11 color blocks and halve the amounts of yarn.
Copyright 2007 ~Michele Shirley~ All rights reserved.
Items made from this pattern are NOT to be sold on the internet.
Items made from this pattern are NOT to be sold on the internet.
22 comments:
What does the back of this afghan look like?
It looks exactly like the front.
Hi, what do you mean by 'carry the color you are not using'?
You crochet over the strand that you're not using.
in rows 6-10 and then again in Rows 11-15 Etc, when you change the black colors how do you incorporate the new yarn color? Do you just carry the 2 your not using all the way through the Blanket? Sorry, I've never carried differnt colors before but I'd really like to try this blanket, it's adorable!!!
Thanks in advance!
Heather
When I get to a new block of color I cut and tie off the color that's no longer being used. Then join the new color as you normally would.
Hope that helps.
SOOO excited to give this a whirl. I'm going to do it in navy, grey, and white for my sweetheart (Dallas Cowboy fan). Thanks for a great pattern!!
That sounds great! I hope I get to see it when it's finished!
Oooh - I see Christmas presents :-) Thank you for sharing!
Sue Brockway
I found this while looking for patterns to make lapghans for wounded soldiers. This looks perfect and can't wait to give it a try.
I make afghans for babies and Foster kids. This will be so wonderful for them! I see lots of blue and red and purple in my future, and maybe one in navy and sunshine and silver for my niece at college! :D
Thank you so much for taking the time to create and write out this pattern! That takes a very VERY talente person, and I'm one that barely can follow the patterns as is! I'm learning, and hope to use this one often!
Cheryl Ward
Thanks for writing this beautiful Afghan pattern. I can see all my grandbabies getting one for Christmas. One question though, can I put a slight ruffle around the edgings?
Emma - thank you so much. That's so sweet of you.
Cheryl - you can put any border you like it. That's the wonderful thing about crochet. You can start with a pattern as your base and personalize it to make it your own.
thank you so much, this has really inspired me!
Pattern looks very intriguing. Keep up the good work and don't let this be your last written pattern.
One question, does RHSS stand for red heart simply soft? I am atill learning the different brands of yarn.
Yes, it does.
wouldn't you need more yarn of the 'sage' because it's used with white in one block row and then again in the green block row. ??
I just made this using RHSS they are 7 oz now. I used 2 skeins of the darkest color, 3 skeins of the middle color and 1.5 skeins of the lightest color.
I have just found your blog and...I love, love, love, this. The pattern is clearly written so a beginner (like me) can try changing colours in a pattern.
Thank you😊
Just found this pattern and I am loving it ! Just one question, how do I hide the end piece of yarn
that I am carrying across when I go up to the next row ? My yarn shows at every turn.
I am about to help a friend work on this afghan. I think that you will see the yarn that is being carried up when you start the next row and when you put the border on you will crochet over these.
Hope that helps
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