SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- Lion Brand COVER STORY (Art. #533)
- #234 Bowie, 1 Cake
- Lion Brand Crochet Hook Size N (10mm)
- Lion Brand Large-Eyed Blunt Needle
DIRECTIONS:
SIZE:About 40x 44in.
GAUGE:
7 dc = about 4in; 5 rows = about 4 1/2in.
BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE.
BLANKET:
Ch 67.
Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across - you will have 66 sc in this row.
Row 2: Ch 4 (counts as dc, ch 1), turn, sk first 2 sts, dc in next 2 sts, * ch 1, sk next st, dc in next 2 sts; rep from * to last 2 sts, ch 1, sk next st, dc in last st - Twenty-one 2-dc groups, 22 ch-1 sps, and a dc at beg and end of this row.
Row 3: Ch 1, turn, sc in each dc and ch-1 sp across to beg ch-sp, sc in beg ch-sp, sc in 3rd ch of beg ch-4 - 66 sc.
Rep Rows 2 and 3 until a total of 47 rows have been worked.
Do not fasten off.
EDGING:
Round 1: Ch 3 (counts as dc), do not turn, dc as evenly spaced as possible all the way around outer edge of Blanket working 3 dc in each corner; join with sl st in top of beg ch-3.
Fasten off.
FINISHING:
_x000B_Weave in ends.
NOTES:
Blanket is worked in one piece, back and forth in rows.
Edging is worked around outside edge of Blanket.
ABBREVIATIONS:
beg = begin(ning)
ch = chain
ch-sp(s) = chain space(s) previously made
dc = double crochet
rep = repeat
sc = single crochet
sk = skip
sl st = slip stitch
st(s) = stitch(es)