Easy 4 Hour Crochet Afghan
Pattern
Fast and Easy Afghan that You Can
Crochet in a Less Than a Day
Stitch Guide
Slip Stitch - sl st - Insert hook in st, yo, pull through st and lp on
hook.
Single Crochet - sc - Insert hook in st, yo, pull through st, yo, pull
through both lps on hook.
Chain - ch - Yo, pull through lp on hook.
Half Double Crochet - hdc - Yo, insert hook in st, yo, pull through st, yo,
pull through all 3 lps on hook.
Double Crochet - dc - Yo, insert hook in st, yo, pull through st, (yo,
pull through 2 lps) 2 times.
Abbreviations
beg = beginning
ch = chain
dc = double crochet
dec = decrease
hdc = half double crochet
inc = increase
lp, lps = loop, loops
meas = measures (s)
pat = pattern
rep = repeat
rnd, rnds = round, rounds
sc = single crochet
sp, sps = space, spaces
st(s) = stitch(es)
Tog = together
tr = treble crochet
ws = Wrong Side
yo = Yarn over
Afghan Pattern...
Size: About 48 x 57", without trim
Materials:
Lion Brand® Homespun® Yarn
6 oz skeins, 6 skeins of each color
(2 colors used) (colors of your choice)
Crochet Hook Size Q Or Size needed to Obtain Gauge.
Note: Afghan is worked with 2 strands held together (1
of each color) throughout.
Gauge - 4 sts and 3 rows = 3" with yarn doubled in pat
st.
AFGHAN: With strand of each color held together, chain 64.
Row 1 (WS): Sc and dc in 2nd ch from hook, *skip 1 ch,
sc and dc in next ch; rep from * across (64sts). Ch 1 turn. Row 2: Sc and
dc in first dc, *skip next sc, sc and dc in next dc; rep from * across,
skip last sc. Rep Row 2 for pat until 57 rows have been completed or until
afghan measures 57" long, do not fasten off. Ch 1, turn.
Trim: With right side facing, sc in each dc and dc in in
each sc along top edge to corner, hdc and sc in corner, then work along
side edge * sc into each "bump" of scallop and dc into each "valley" or
"ditch" of scallop * to next corner working an extra 2 sc at last st, sc
evenly across foundation ch to next corner, hdc and dc in corner, then
work along side edge as for other side (from * to *) working an extra 2 sc
at last st, join with slip st to beg sc. Fasten off.
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