SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- Bernat Blanket
- Vintage White (5 balls)
- Dark Gray (4 balls)
- Size U.S. P (11.5 mm) crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge.
- MEASUREMENTS
- Approx 52"x 64" [1/2 cm x 1/2.5 cm]
- GAUGE
- 6 sc and 7 rows = 4" [10 cm]
DIRECTIONS:
Blanket: With A, ch 105.1st row: 1 hdc in 3rd ch from hook. *Ch 1. Skip next ch. 1 hdc in next ch. Rep from * to end of chain. (52 hdc and 51 ch-1 sps). Turn.
2nd row: Ch 1. *1 splhdc in next st. Ch 1. Skip next ch-1 sp. Rep from * to last st. 1 splhdc in last st. Turn.
Rep last row 4 times more. Break A.
With B, rep 2nd row 6 times. Break B.
With A, rep 2nd row 6 times. Break A. Rep last 12 rows for Stripe Pat 8 times more. (1/4 rows in total have been worked).
Fasten off. Weave in ends.
Vertical Surface Sl St Rows: Beg with A, working from bottom to top edge, surface sl st in each ch-1 sp of every row. Fasten off.
Create vertical stripes by alternating 3 sl st rows with A and 3 sl st rows with B across width of Blanket, as shown in photo.
ABBREVIATIONS
Approx = Approximate(ly)
Beg = Begin(ning)
Ch = Chain(s)
Hdc = Half double crochet
Rep = Repeat
Sc = Single crochet
Splhdc = Split half double crochet: work hdc between 'legs' of st (splitting st) instead of through top loops
Sl st = Slip stitch
Sp(s) = Space(s)
Surface Sl st = Holding working yarn at back of work, insert hook in first ch-1 sp. Draw up a loop. Insert hook into next ch-1 sp. Yoh and pull loop through to front of work and onto hook. Draw loop through loop on hook.
St(s) = Stitch(es)
Yoh = Yarn over hook