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PATTERN NOTES

Make 30 Squares, 15 of each color combination. Use yellow for all Centers. Make 15 with mauve Flowers and cranberry Borders and 15 with cranberry Flowers and mauve Borders. Complete each Square through round 10, then join tog as indicated in round 11. Weave in loose ends as work progresses. Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated. Chain-3 at beginning of round counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated.

SPECIAL STITCHES

twice, insert hook in indicated st, yo, draw up a lp, [yo, draw through 2 lps on hook] twice. Beginning double crochet cluster (beg dc cl): Ch 3, [yo, insert hook in next st, yo, draw upColor speci cations:a lp, yo, draw through Annie’s Logo Purple: 2 lps on Pantone: hook]268C, GOE Medium Purple3 timesU (4 lps on CMYK: C82, M100, K12 RGB: R82, G43, B133

hook), Hexadecimal:yo, draw522b85 through all 4 lps Annie’s Logo Gray: on hook. Pantone: Cool Gray 9 U CMYK: 60K RGB: R130, G131, B134 Hexadecimal: 828386 Double crochet cluster (dc cl): [Yo, insert hook in next st, yo, draw up a lp, yo, draw through 2 lps on hook] 4 times (5 lps on hook), yo, draw through all 5 lps on hook. Shell: 5 dc in indicated st or sp. Corner shell: 7 dc in indicated st or sp.

THROW SQUARE Center Rnd 1 (RS): With yellow, ch 4, join (see Pattern Notes) in first ch to form a ring, ch 1, 8 sc in ring, join in beg sc. (8 sc) Rnd 2: [Ch 2, sl st in next sc] around, ending with sl st in joining. Fasten off. (8 ch-2 sps) Flower

Rnd 3: With mauve [cranberry] work beg dc color change (see Special Stitches) in any ch-2 sp, 3 dc in same ch-2 sp, ch 2, [4 dc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2] 7 times, join in beg dc. (32 dc, 8 ch-2 sps) Rnd 4: Beg dc cl (see Special Stitches) in next 4 dc, ch 3, sl st in next ch-2 sp, ch 3, [ dc cl (see Special Stitches) in next 4 dc, ch 3, sl st in next ch-2 sp, ch 3] around, join in top of beg ch. Fasten off. (8 dc cls)

Border

Rnd 5: Join cranberry [mauve] in top of any dc cl, ch 1, sc in same st as joining, [ch 3, sk next ch-3 sp, sl st in next sl st, ch 3, sc in top of next dc cl] around, join in beg sc. (8 sc, 8 sl sts, 16 ch-3 sps) Rnd 6: Ch 1, sc in same sc, *ch 2, dc in each of next 2 ch-3 sp, ch 2, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next sc, ch 2, dc in each of next 2 ch-3 sps, ch 2**, sc in next sc, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in beg sc. (32 dc, 4 sc, 16 ch-2 sps, 4 corner ch-2 sps) Rnd 7: Ch 1, sc in each sc, sc in each dc, 2 sc in each ch-2 sp on side edges of Square and (sc, ch 2, sc) in each corner ch-2 sp, join in beg sc. Fasten off. (76 sc, 4 corner ch-2 sps)

Rnd 8: Join shamrock heather in any corner ch-2 sp, ch 1, (sc, ch 2, sc) in same corner ch-2 sp, [ch 1, sk next sc, sc in next sc] around and at same time, working in each of next 3 corners, ch 1, sk next sc, (sc, ch 2, sc) in corner ch-2 sp, join in beg sc. (44 sc)

Rnd 9: Ch 1, [(sc, ch 3, sc) in each corner ch-2 sp, sc in each sc and sc in each ch-1 sp across side] around, join in beg sc. Fasten off. (92 sc, 4 corner ch-3 sps) Rnd 10: Join shamrock heather in 3rd sc after a corner ch-3 sp, ch 1, sc in same sc, *[sk next 2 sc, shell (see Special Stitches) in next sc, sk next 2 sc, sc in next sc] 3 times, ch 1, sk next 2 sc, corner shell (see Special

Stitches) in next ch-3 sp, ch 1, sk 2 sc**, sc in next sc, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in beg sc. Fasten off. (12 shells, 4 corner shells)