Woven Stripes Throw

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

47 inches wide x 61 inches long

MATERIALS

• Red Heart Soft medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (5 oz/256 yds/141g per ball): 6 balls #9870 deep sea 5 balls each #4601 off-white

and #9388 wheat • Size K/101/2/6.5mm crochet hook

or size needed to obtain gauge • Tapestry needle

GAUGE

10 sts = 3 inches; 7 rows = 3 inches

PATTERN NOTES

Weave in loose ends as work progresses. When changing colors, carry color(s) not in use loosely up edge of work. Chain-2 at beginning of row counts as first half double crochet unless otherwise stated. Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.

SPECIAL STITCH

Place a slip knot on hook, insert hook in indicated st, yo and draw up a lp, yo and pull through both lps on hook.

COLOR SEQUENCE

Change color at end of every row in this order: Deep sea Wheat Off-white

THROW

Row 1 (RS): With deep sea, ch 159, dc in 4th ch from hook (first 3 sk chs count as dc) and in each rem ch across, change color (see Stitch Guide and Pattern Notes) to wheat in last st, turn. (157 dc) Row 2: Ch 2 (see Pattern Notes) sk first dc, * bpdc (see Stitch

Guide) around each of next 5 sts**, fpdc (see Stitch Guide) around each of next 5 sts, rep from * across, ending last rep at **, hdc in last st, changing color to off-white, turn.

Row 3: Ch 2, sk first st, *fpdc around each of next 5 sts**, bpdc around each of next 5 sts, rep from * across, ending last rep at **, hdc in last st, changing color to deep sea, turn.

Row 4: Rep row 2, changing color to wheat.

Row 5: Rep row 2, changing color to off-white.

Row 6: Rep row 3, changing color to deep sea.

Row 7: Rep row 2, changing color to wheat.

Row 8: Rep row 3, changing color to off-white.

Row 9: Rep row 3, changing color to deep sea.

Row 10: Rep row 2, changing color to wheat.

Row 11: Rep row 3, changing color to off-white.

Row 12: Rep row 2, changing color to deep sea.

Rows 13–156: Maintaining color changes (see Color Sequence), [rep rows 5–12] 18 times. Rows 157–163: Rep rows 5–11. Fasten off.

BORDER

Rnd 1: With RS facing, sc join (see Special Stitch) off-white in any corner, 2 sc in same st, *sc evenly sp across to next corner**, 3 sc in corner, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join (see Pattern Notes) in beg sc. Fasten off.

Rnd 2: Sc join wheat in any corner, 2 sc in same st, *sc in each st across to next corner**, 3 sc in corner st, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in beg sc. Fasten off.

Rnd 3: With deep sea, rep rnd 2. CW