SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- RED HEART® Super Saver Ombre™: 4 skeins 3987 Cocoa
- Susan Bates® Crochet Hook: 5mm [US H-8]
- Yarn needle
DIRECTIONS:
GAUGE: In pattern, (sc, 5 dc, sc, 5 dc, sc) = 4" [10 cm]; 8 rows = 4" [10 cm]. To print the patterns, click on the "Download Project PDF" button (above).CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size hook to obtain the gauge.
Special Abbreviation
dec (decrease) = [Yarn over and draw up a loop in next st, yarn over and draw through 2 loops on hook] 5 times, yarn over and draw through all 6 loops on hook.
Throw measures about 45 x 58" [1/4.5 x 147.5 cm]
THROW: ch 188.
Row 1: Work 2 dc in 4th ch from hook (3 skipped ch count as first dc), *skip next 3 ch, sc in next ch, skip next 3 ch, 5 dc in next ch; repeat from * to last 8 ch, skip next 3 ch, sc in next ch, skip next 3 ch, 3 dc in last ch—Twenty-two 5-dc groups, 23 sc, and a 3-dc group at beginning and end of row.
Row 2: Ch 1, turn, sc in first dc, ch 3, dec, *ch 3, sc in next dc, ch 3, dec; repeat from * to beginning ch-3, ch 3, sc in top of beginning ch-3—23 dec, 24 sc, and 46 ch-3 spaces.
Row 3: Ch 3 (counts as first dc), turn, 2 dc in first sc, skip next ch-3 space, sc in top of next dec, *skip next ch-3 space, 5 dc in next sc, skip next ch-3 space, sc in top of next dec; repeat from * to last ch-3 space, skip last ch-3 space, 3 dc in last sc.
Rows 4-109: Repeat Rows 2 and 3 fifty-three times.
Row 110: Repeat Row 2.
Do not fasten off.
Border: Working in ends of rows down side of throw, adjusting stitches as needed to keep work flat; ch 3 (counts as dc), dc in end of Row 110, [2 dc in end of next row, dc in end of next row] to last row, 2 dc in end of last row; working along opposite side of foundation ch, 3 dc in first ch, [2 dc in next ch-3 space, dc in ch opposite next sc, 2 dc in next ch-3 space, dc in ch opposite next 5-dc group] 22 times, 2 dc in next ch-3 space, dc in ch opposite next sc, 2 dc in next ch-3 space, 3 dc in last ch; working in ends of rows along next side of throw, 2 dc in end of first row, [dc in end of next row, 2 dc in end of next row] to last row, 2 dc in end of last row; working across Row 110, 3 dc in first sc (same sc as last dc worked), [2 dc in next ch-3 space, dc in next dec, 2 dc in next ch-3 space, dc in next sc] 22 times, 2 dc in next ch-3 space, dc in next dec, 2 dc in next ch-3 space, 3 dc in last st; join. Fasten off.
Weave in ends.