Bubbly River Blanket

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

60 inches wide x 40 inches long

MATERIALS

• Caron Simply Soft Brites medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (6 oz/315 yds/170g per skein): 7 skeins #9608 blue mint

• Caron Simply Soft medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (6 oz/315 yds/170g per skein): 2 skeins #9702 off-white

• Size H/8/5mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge

• Tapestry needle

GAUGE

6 FPpuff sts = 41/2 inches; 1 chevron = 71/4 inches from peak to peak; 7 rows = 51/4 inches

PATTERN NOTES

Blanket is worked with right side facing throughout. Fasten off yarn at end of each row and join in first stitch of next row. Weave in loose ends as work progresses. Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated. Chain-4 at beginning of row counts as first extended double crochet unless otherwise stated.

SPECIAL STITCHES

Extended double crochet (ext dc): Yo, insert hook in indicated st, yo, pull up a lp, yo, draw through 1 lp on hook, (yo, draw through 2 lps) twice. Front post puff stitch

(FPpuff st): (Yo, insert hook from front to back to front around post of dc just made and draw up a lp) 4 times, yo and draw through all 9 lps on hook.

BLANKET

Row loosely, 1: dc With in 4th blue ch mint, from ch hook 199 (beg 3 sk chs count as first dc), dc in each ch across. Fasten off. (197 dc) Row 2: Join (see Pattern Notes) blue mint in top of beg ch-3, ch 4 (see Pattern Notes), ext dc (see Special Stitches) in next 2 sts, (ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st, FPpuff st— see Special Stitches) 6 times, *ch 1, dc in same st as last dc made, FPpuff st, (ch 1, sk next st, dc in next st, FPpuff st) 5 times**, sk next 3 sts, dc in next st, FPpuff st, (ch 1, sk next st, dc in next st, FPpuff st) 5 times, rep from * across, ending last rep at **, ch 1, sk next dc, ext dc in last 3 sts. Fasten off. (96 FPpuff sts, 6 ext dc, 97 ch-1 sps)

Row 3: Join blue mint in top of beg ch-4, ch 4, ext dc in next 2 sts, (ch 1, sk next FPpuff st, dc in next ch-1 sp, FPpuff st) 6 times, *ch 1, dc in same sp as last dc worked, FPpuff st, (ch 1, dc in next ch-1 sp, FPpuff st) 5 times**, sk 2 FPpuff sts, (ch 1, dc in next ch-1 sp, FPpuff st) 6 times, rep from * across, ending last rep at **, ch 1, ext dc in last 3 dc. Fasten off. Row 4: Rep row 3. Row 5: With off-white, rep row 3. Rows 6–8: With blue mint, rep row 3. Row 9: With off-white, rep row 3.

Rows 10–49: (Rep rows 6–9 consecutively) 10 times.

Rows 50–52: Rep row 3. Row 53: Join blue mint in top of beg ch-4, ch 4, ext dc in next 2 sts, (dc in next ch-1 sp, dc in top of next FPpuff st) 6 times, *3 dc in next ch-1 sp**, (dc in top of next FPpuff st, dc in next ch-1 sp) 5 times, dc in top of next 2 FPpuff sts, (dc in next ch-1 sp, dc in top of next FPpuff st) 5 times**, rep from * across, ending last rep at **, (dc in top of next FPpuff st, dc in next ch-1 sp) 6 times, 3 dc in last 3 sts. Fasten off.