TOOLS & SUPPLIES
- Red Heart® With Love™: 7 skeins 1406 Stones.
- Crochet Hook: 6 mm [US J-10].
- GAUGE: 2 shells = 5½”; 8 rows = 4” in pattern. CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size hook to obtain the gauge.
- Special Stitch Shell = (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in same st or space.
- _x000B_Red Heart® With Love™, Art. E400, available in solid color 7oz (198g), 390 yd (357m) and multi color 5oz (141g), 230 yd (211m) skeins.
Throw measures 55” x 44”.
THROW
Ch 162.Row 1 (Right Side): Sc in 2nd ch from hook and next ch, skip next 3 ch, shell in next ch, [skip next 3 ch, sc in next ch, ch 1, skip next ch, sc in next ch, skip next 3 ch, shell in next ch] 15 times, skip next 3 ch, sc in last 2 ch; turn.Row 2: Ch 2, hdc in first sc, ch 3, sc in ch-1 space of shell, [ch 3, (hdc, ch 1, hdc) all in next ch-1 space between next 2 sc, ch 3, sc in ch-1 space of shell] 15 times, ch 3, skip next sc, 2 hdc in last sc; turn.
Row 3: Ch 3, skip first hdc, 3 dc in next hdc, sc in nextch-3 space, ch 1, sc in next ch-3 space, [shell in next ch-1 space, sc in next ch-3 space, ch 1, sc in next ch-3 space] 15 times, 3 dc in next hdc, dc in top of ch-2; turn.
Row 4: Ch 1, sc in first dc, ch 3, (hdc, ch 1, hdc) all in next ch-1 space, [ch 3, sc in ch-1 space of shell, ch 3, (hdc, ch 1, hdc) all in next ch-1 space] 15 times, ch 3, skip 3 dc, sc in top of ch-3; turn.Row 5: Ch 1, sc in first sc, sc in ch-3 space, shell in next ch-1 space, [sc in next ch-3 space, ch 1, sc in next ch-3 space, shell in next ch-1 space] 15 times, sc in ch-3 space, sc in last sc; turn.Rows 6-114: Repeat Rows 2-5 twenty seven times and then repeat Row 2 once more.
_x000B_
Border Round: With right side facing, ch 3, 5 dc in first hdc, sc in next sc, [9 dc in next ch-1 space, sc in next sc] 15 times, 11 dc in top of ch-2; * work across side edge: skip next 2 rows, sc in next row, [skip next 2 rows, 9 dc in next row, skip next 2 rows, sc in next row] 18 times, skip next 2 rows **; work across lower edge: 11 dc in first ch, sc in same ch as shell, [9 dc in ch-1 space between next 2 sc, sc in same ch as next shell] 15 times, 11 dc in last ch, repeat from * to **; 5 dc in same st as first 5 dc of round; join with a slip st in top of ch-3. Fasten off. Weave in ends.
ABBREVIATIONS:
ch = chain;
dc = double crochet;
hdc = half double crochet;
mm = millimeters; sc = single crochet;
st(s) = stitch(es);
* or ** = repeat whatever follows the * or ** as indicated;
[ ] = work directions in brackets the number of times specified.