On-Point Lace Throw
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
50 inches wide x 62 inches long
MATERIALS
• Premier Everyday Soft Worsted medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (4 oz/203 yds/113g per skein):
11 skeins #100-33 violet • Size G/6/4mm crochet hook or
size needed to obtain gauge • Tapestry needle
GAUGE
5 tr plus 1 diamond shape = 3 inches; 4 pattern rows = 31/2 inches
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses. Chain-5 within a row counts as double crochet and chain-2 unless otherwise stated. Chain-6 at beginning of a row counts as treble crochet and chain-2 unless otherwise stated. Chain-10 at beginning of a row Slip Knot #3 counts as treble crochet and chain-6 unless otherwise stated. Slip Knot #3 Chain-8 at beginning of a row counts as treble crochet and chain-4 unless otherwise stated. Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCHES
Single crochet join (sc join): Place slip knot (see illustra
tion) on hook, insert hook in indicated st, yo, draw up a lp, yo, draw through both lps on hook. Fan: ({Tr, ch 1} 6 times, tr) in indicated st. Corner fan: ({Tr, ch 2} 8 times, tr) in indicated sp.
THROW
Row 1 (RS): Ch 212, tr in 9th ch from hook (8 sk chs count
as ch 2, tr, ch 2), tr in each of next 4 chs of foundation ch, *ch 6, sk next 4 chs of foundation ch, sc in next ch, ch 5 (see
Pattern Notes), turn, sk next sc, sk next 2 chs, dc in next ch, ch 2, sk next 2 chs, dc in next ch, ch 5, turn, sk next ch-2 sp, dc in next dc, ch 2, sk next 2 chs, dc in next ch, sk next 4 chs of foundation ch, tr in each of next 5 chs of foundation ch, rep from * across to last 3 chs, ch 2, sk next 2 chs of foundation ch, tr in last ch, turn. (15 5-tr groups, 14 diamond shapes, 2 ch-2 sps, 2 tr) Row 2: Ch 6 (see Pattern Notes) sk next ch-2 sp, tr in each of next 5 tr, *ch 4, sk Slip next Knot #2 2 dc, sc in next ch-5 sp at top point of diamond shape, ch 4, sk next dc, tr in each of next 5 tr, rep from * Slip Knot #2 across ending with ch 2, sk next 2 chs, tr in last tr, turn. (15 5-tr groups, 28 ch-4 sps, 14 sc, 2 ch-2 sps, 2 tr)
Row 3: Ch 10 (see Pattern
Notes) sk next ch-2 sp, *sk each of next 2 tr, sc in next tr, ch 5, turn, sk next sc, sk each of next 2 chs, dc in next ch, ch 2, sk each of next 2 chs, dc in next ch, ch 5, Slip Knot #4 turn, sk next ch-2 sp, dc in next dc, ch 2, sk each of next 2 chs, dc in next ch, sk each of next 2 tr**, 2 tr in next sp, tr in next sc, Slip Knot #4 2 tr in next sp, ch 6, rep from * ending last rep at **, sk each of next 2 chs, tr in last tr, turn. (15 diamond shapes, 14 5-tr groups, 2 tr) Row 4: Ch 8 (see Pattern Notes) sk each of next 2 dc, *sc in ch-5 sp at top corner of diamond shape, ch 4, sk next dc**, tr in each of next 5 tr, ch 4, rep from * ending last rep at **, tr in last tr, turn. (30 ch-4 sps, 15 sc, 14 5-tr groups, 2 tr)
Row 5: Ch 6, *2 tr in next sp, tr in next sc, 2 tr in next sp**, ch 6, sk next 2 tr, sc in next tr, ch 5, turn, sk sc, sk each of next 2 chs, dc in next ch, ch 2, sk each of next 2 chs, dc in next ch, ch 5, turn, sk next ch-2 sp, dc in next dc, ch 2, sk each of next 2 chs, dc in next ch, sk each of next 2 tr, rep from * across ending
last rep at **, sk next 2 chs, tr in last tr, turn. (15 5-tr groups, 14 diamond shapes, 2 ch-2 sps, 2 tr) Rows 6–65: [Rep rows 2–5 consecutively] 15 times. Row 66: Rep row 2.
BORDER
Rnd 1: With RS facing, sc join
(see Special Stitches) in lower right corner sp, *ch 5, sc in same sp, [ch 3, sc in next sp, sk next sp, fan (see Special Stitches) in base of tr at side point of next diamond, sk next sp, sc in next sp] 16 times, ch 3, (sc, ch 5, sc) in corner**, working across top edge, ch 3 [sk next tr, sc between previous and next tr, ch 3, sk each of next 3 tr, sc between previous and next tr, sk next tr and sk next sp, fan in next sc at top of diamond shape] 14 times, sk next tr, sc between previous and next tr, ch 3, sk next 3 tr, sc between previous and next tr, ch 3, sc in corner sp, rep from * ending at **, working across bottom edge, ch 3, [sk next tr, sc between previous and next tr, ch 3, sk each of next 3 tr, sc between previous and next tr, sk next tr and sk next sp, fan in ch at top of diamond shape] 14 times, sk next tr, sc between previous and next tr, ch 3, sk each of next 3 tr, sc between previous and next tr, ch 3, join
(see Pattern Notes) in beg sc. Rnd 2: Sl st in corner sp, ch 6, tr in same corner sp, (ch 2, tr in same corner sp) 7 times, *[sk next sc, dc in next sp, sk next sc, [{tr in next tr, ch 2} 6 times, tr in next tr] 16 times, sk next sc, dc in next sp, sk next sc, corner fan (see Special Stitches) in ch-5 corner sp, sk next sc, sk next sp, sk next sc, [dc in next sp, {tr in next tr, ch 2} 6 times, tr in next tr, sk next sc] 14 times, dc in next sp, sk next sc, sk next sp, sk next sc**, corner fan in next ch-5 corner sp, rep from * ending last rep at **, join in 4th ch of beg ch-6.
Rnd 3: Ch 1, *3 sc in each of next 8 sps, [sk each of next 3 sts, 3 sc in each of next 3 sps, sc in next tr, 3 sc in each of next 3 sps] to corner, sk each of next 3 sts, rep from * around, join in beg sc. Fasten off. CW