| Granny Crochet Afghan
Courtesy of Lion Brand Yarn Co.
For Designs For America from Solutia
Size: Finished size approximately 38" x 44".
Materials: Bulky-weight yarn Jiffy(100% acrylic, 115 yards per 2 1/2 oz skein) by Lion Brand: 10 skeins #350 Naples. Crochet hook size K-10 1/2 (7mm) or size needed to obtain Gauge.
Gauge: Each Sqaure = 6" x 6" To save time, take time to check your gauge.
Special Stitches
Puff St: In same st, [Yo, insert hook and pull up a lp, yo draw through 2 lps] 3 times, yo, draw through all 4 lps on hook.
Picot St: Ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook.
Square (make 30)
Ch 6, join with a sl st to form a ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 3, 15 dc in ring, sl st to top of beg ch-3--16 dc counting beg ch.
Rnd 2: Ch 3, dc in first dc, *(2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in next dc (corner made), 1 dc in each of next 3 dc; rep from * 2 more times, end (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in next dc (corner), 1 dc in last dc, sl st to top of beg ch.
Rnd 3: Ch 4 (counts as 1 dc, ch 1), sk 1 dc, 1 dc in next dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc, *(2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in corner ch-1 sp, ch 1, sk 1 dc, [1 dc in next dc, ch 1, sk 1 dc] 3 times; rep from * 2 more times, end (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in last corner ch-1 sp, ch 1, sk 1 dc, 1 dc in next dc, ch 1, sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-4, then in next ch.
Rnd 4: Ch 2, in first sp [yo, insert hook and pull up a lp, yo, draw through 2 lps] twice, yo, draw through all 3 lps on hook, ch 1, Puff St in next sp, ch 1, *(Puff St, ch 3, Puff St) in next corner ch-1 sp, [ch 1, Puff St in next sp] 4 times, ch 1; rep from * twice more, end (Puff St, ch 3, Puff St) in last corner ch-1 sp, [ch 1, puff st in next sp] twice, ch 1, sl st to top of beg ch. Fasten off.
Assembly
Sew squares together 5 squares wide by 6 squares long.
Border
Rnd 1: With RS facing, join yarn with a sl st in top right corner (short edge on top). *Work 72 sc evenly across top to next corner, sc in corner, work 90 sc evenly across side edge to next corner, sc in corner; rep from * once; join with a sl st.
Rnd 2: Ch 3, 1 dc in each of next 2 sc, ch 5, sk 4 sc, *[1 dc in each of next 5 sc, ch 5, sk next 4 sc] across, end 1 dc in each of last 3 sc***, ch 5, 1 dc in each of next 3 sc, ch 5, sk 4 sc**; rep from * to ** around, ending last rep at ***, ch 5, sl st to top of beg ch.
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Rnd 3: Ch 8 (counts as 1 dc, ch 5), *(3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in next ch-5 sp, ch 5; rep from * around to last sp, (3 dc, ch 3, 2 dc) in sp, sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-8.
Rnd 4: Sl st in next 2 chs, ch 1, sc in ch-5 sp, *ch 2, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in next ch-3 sp, ch 2, sc in next ch-5 sp; rep from * around ending (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in last ch-3 corner sp, ch 2, sl st to first sc.
Rnd 5: Sl st into ch-2 sp, ch 1, *sc in ch-2 sp, ch 1, ([1 dc, 1 picot] 4 times, 1 picot) all in next ch-3 sp, ch 1, sc in next ch-2 sp; rep from * around, end sl st to top of beg ch. Fasten off.
| Standard Abbreviations |
| beg |
. . . |
begin(ning) |
| ch |
. . . |
chain |
| dc |
. . . |
double crochet |
| lp(s) |
. . . |
loop(s) |
| rep(s) |
. . . |
repeat(s) |
| rnd(s) |
. . . |
round(s) |
| RS |
. . . |
right side |
| sc |
. . . |
single crochet |
| sk |
. . . |
skip |
| sl |
. . . |
slip |
| sp(s) |
. . . |
space(s) |
| st(s) |
. . . |
stitch(es) |
| yo |
. . . |
yarn over |
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