TOOLS & SUPPLIES
- RED HEART® Soft®: 6 balls each 4601 Off White A and 9520 Seafoam B_x000B_
- Susan Bates® Crochet Hook: 10mm [N-15 US]_x000B_
- Yarn needle_x000B_
- GAUGE: 9 hdc = 4” (10cm); 5 rows = 4” (10cm) in hdc cl pattern. CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size hook to obtain the gauge.
- RED HEART® Soft®, Art. E728 available in solid color 5 oz (141 g), 256 yd (234 m), print 4 oz (113 g), 204 yd (187 m), and heather 4oz (113g), 212 yd (194m) balls
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Throw measures 68” long x 45” wide (172.5 x 114.5 cm)
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Notes
Half double crochet cluster is worked over 2 consecutive stitches which could be 2 hdc, hdc cl and ch-1 space, or hdc cl and turning chain. Read instructions carefully for correct placement of this stitch.
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Special Stitches
hdc cl (half double crochet cluster) = Yarn over, insert hook in indicated st and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook), yarn over, insert hook in next st or space and pull up a loop (5 loops on hook), yarn over and draw through 2 loops (4 loops on hook), yarn over and draw through remaining 4 loops. reverse sc (reverse single crochet) = Work single crochet in opposite direction from which you would usually work (left to right if you are right-handed and right to left if you are left-handed). This stitch is also known as crab stitch. It creates a rope-like twisted single crochet edging.
THROW
With A and B held together throughout, ch 89. Row 1: Hdc in 3rd ch from hook (beginning ch counts as first hdc) and in each ch across, turn—88 hdc. Rows 2–5: Ch 2 (counts as first hdc), working in back loops only, hdc in each hdc to beginning ch, hdc in top of beginning ch, turn. Row 6: Ch 2, hdc cl in same st as beginning ch and next hdc, *ch 1, hdc cl in next 2 hdc; repeat from * to last hdc and beginning ch, hdc cl in last hdc and top of beginning ch, turn—44 hdc cl, 44 ch-1 spaces, and 1 hdc. Rows 7 and 8: Ch 2, hdc cl in first hdc cl and next ch, *ch 1, hdc cl in next hdc cl and ch; repeat from * to last hdc cl and beginning ch, hdc cl in last hdc cl and top of beginning ch, turn.Row 9: Ch 2, skip first hdc cl, hdc in each ch and hdc cl to beginning ch, hdc in top of beginning ch, turn—88 hdc. Rows 10–13: Repeat Rows 2–5. Rows 14–77: Repeat Rows 6–13 eight times, do not turn at end of Row 77.
EDGING
Round 1: Ch 1, 3 sc in ch, working across ends of rows, sc evenly spaced down first side to foundation ch; working across opposite side of foundation ch, 3 sc in first ch, sc in each ch to last ch, 3 sc in last ch; working across ends of rows, sc evenly spaced up 2nd side; 3 sc in first hdc of Row 77, sc in each hdc of Row 77; join with slip st to first sc, do not turn. Round 2: Reverse sc in each sc. Fasten off.
FINISHING
Weave in ends.
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ABBREVIATIONS
A, B, C = Color A, Color B, Color C, etc.;
ch = chain;
hdc = half double crochet;
sc = single crochet;
sp(s) = space(s);
st(s) = stitch(es);
( )= work directions in parentheses into same st;
[ ] = work directions in brackets the number of times specified;
* = repeat whatever follows the * as indicated.