Breezy Blooms Throw
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
48 inches wide x 54 inches long
MATERIALS
• Caron Simply Soft medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (6 oz/315 yds/170g per skein): 2 skeins each #0014 pagoda, #9737 light country peach, #9765 pumpkin and #9780 robin’s egg • Caron Simply Soft Brites medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (6 oz/315 yds/170g per skein):
1 skein #9608 blue mint • Size H/8/5mm crochet hook or
size needed to obtain gauge • Tapestry needle
GAUGE
4 sc = 1 inch, 4 rnds = 4 inches
PATTERN NOTES
One Large Flower is worked in unjoined rounds. All other Large Flowers are joined together in rows with a join-as-you-go technique. Small Flowers are worked in open spaces between Large Flowers with the same joining technique. Refer to Color Sequences for color changes. Round 6 is worked on all Large Flowers, regardless of the number of petal joins. Weave in loose ends as work progresses. Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated. Chain-2 at beginning of round does not count as a stitch unless otherwise stated. Chain-5 at beginning of round counts as first double crochet and chain-2 unless otherwise stated. Chain-3 at beginning of round counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCHES
Picot: Ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook. Petal: (Sc, 2 hdc, dc, picot— see Special Stitches, dc, 2 hdc, sc) in indicated sp.
Petal join: (Sc, 2 hdc, dc, ch 1, sl st in corresponding picot of adjacent Large Flower, ch 1, sl st in first ch-1, dc, 2 hdc, sc) in indicated sp.
Picot join: Ch 1, sl st in unjoined picot of next Large Flower, ch 1, sl st in first ch-1.
COLOR SEQUENCES
Make 3 each Large Flowers 1–14 & 2 each Large Flowers 15–21.
Note: Refer to the Placement Diagram for joining sequence and number of joins to make.
Rows 1, 4 & 7 Large Flower 1
Rnd 1: Blue mint Rnd 2: Pagoda Rnd 3: Light country peach Rnd 4: Pumpkin Rnd 5: Robin’s egg Rnd 6: Blue mint
Large Flower 2
Rnd 1: Light country peach Rnd 2: Robin’s egg Rnd 3: Pumpkin Rnd 4: Pagoda Rnd 5: Blue mint Rnd 6: Light country peach
Large Flower 3
Rnd 1: Pumpkin Rnd 2: Blue mint Rnd 3: Light country peach Rnd 4: Robin’s egg Rnd 5: Pagoda Rnd 6: Pumpkin
Large Flower 4
Rnd 1: Robin’s egg Rnd 2: Light country peach Rnd 3: Pagoda Rnd 4: Pumpkin Rnd 5: Blue mint Rnd 6: Robin’s egg
Large Flower 5
Rnd 1: Pagoda Rnd 2: Light country peach Rnd 3: Blue mint Rnd 4: Pumpkin Rnd 5: Robin’s egg Rnd 6: Pagoda
Large Flower 6
Rnd 1: Pumpkin Rnd 2: Blue mint Rnd 3: Robin’s egg Rnd 4: Light country peach Rnd 5: Pagoda Rnd 6: Pumpkin
Large Flower 7
Rnd 1: Light country peach Rnd 2: Pagoda Rnd 3: Robin’s egg Rnd 4: Pumpkin Rnd 5: Blue mint Rnd 6: Light country peach
Rows 2, 5 & 8 Large Flower 8 Rnd 1: Pagoda Rnd 2: Robin’s egg Rnd 3: Pumpkin Rnd 4: Light country peach Rnd 5: Blue mint Rnd 6: Pagoda Large Flower 9 Rnd 1: Robin’s egg Rnd 2: Pumpkin Rnd 3: Blue mint Rnd 4: Light country peach Rnd 5: Pagoda Rnd 6: Robin’s egg Large Flower 10 Rnd 1: Light country peach Rnd 2: Pagoda Rnd 3: Pumpkin Rnd 4: Blue mint Rnd 5: Robin’s egg Rnd 6: Light country peach Large Flower 11 Rnd 1: Blue mint Rnd 2: Pumpkin Rnd 3: Robin’s egg Rnd 4: Light country peach Rnd 5: Pagoda Rnd 6: Blue mint Large Flower 12 Rnd 1: Light country peach Rnd 2: Pumpkin Rnd 3: Blue mint Rnd 4: Robin’s egg Rnd 5: Pagoda Rnd 6: Light country peach Large Flower 13 Rnd 1: Robin’s egg Rnd 2: Pagoda Rnd 3: Light country peach Rnd 4: Pumpkin Rnd 5: Blue mint Rnd 6: Robin’s egg Large Flower 14 Rnd 1: Pagoda Rnd 2: Pumpkin Rnd 3: Light country peach Rnd 4: Blue mint Rnd 5: Robin’s egg Rnd 6: Pagoda Rows 3 & 6 Large Flower 15 Rnd 1: Blue mint Rnd 2: Light country peach Rnd 3: Robin’s egg Rnd 4: Pumpkin Rnd 5: Pagoda Rnd 6: Blue mint Large Flower 16 Rnd 1: Pumpkin Rnd 2: Pagoda Rnd 3: Blue mint Rnd 4: Light country peach Rnd 5: Robin’s egg Rnd 6: Pumpkin Large Flower 17 Rnd 1: Pagoda Rnd 2: Robin’s egg Rnd 3: Light country peach Rnd 4: Pumpkin Rnd 5: Blue mint Rnd 6: Pagoda Large Flower 18 Rnd 1: Pumpkin Rnd 2: Light country peach Rnd 3: Blue mint Rnd 4: Pagoda Rnd 5: Robin’s egg Rnd 6: Pumpkin Large Flower 19 Rnd 1: Light country peach Rnd 2: Pumpkin Rnd 3: Blue mint Rnd 4: Robin’s egg Rnd 5: Pagoda Rnd 6: Light country peach Large Flower 20 Rnd 1: Robin’s egg Rnd 2: Pagoda Rnd 3: Light country peach Rnd 4: Pumpkin Rnd 5: Blue mint Rnd 6: Robin’s egg Large Flower 21 Rnd 1: Pagoda Rnd 2: Pumpkin Rnd 3: Light country peach Rnd 4: Blue mint Rnd 5: Robin’s egg Rnd 6: Pagoda THROW LARGE FLOWER
Rnd 1 (RS): With first color, ch 4, join (see Pattern Notes) in first ch to form a ring, ch 2 (see Pattern Notes), 12 dc in ring, join in first dc, changing color (see Stitch Guide) to 2nd color. (12 dc) Rnd 2: Ch 5 (see Pattern Notes), [dc in next dc, ch 2] around, join to 3rd ch of beg ch-5. Fasten off. (12 dc, 12 ch-2 sps)
Rnd 3: With RS facing, join 3rd color in any ch-2 sp, ch 3 (see
Pattern Notes), 2 dc in same sp, 3 dc in each ch-2 sp around, join in top of beg ch-3, changing color to 4th color. (36 dc) Rnd 4: Working in back lps (see
Stitch Guide), ch 3, dc in same st, [sk next st, 2 dc in next st, ch 4*, 2 dc in next st] around, ending last rep at *, join in top of beg ch-3. Fasten off. (24 groups of 2 dc, 12 ch-4 sps)
Rnd 5 (no-join Flower): With RS facing, join 5th color in any ch-4 sp, ch 1, petal (see Special
Stitches) in same sp, [sk next 2-dc group, sc in sp before next 2-dc group*, sk next 2-dc group, petal in next ch-4 sp] around, ending last rep at *, join in first sc of first petal. Fasten off. (12 petals) Rnd 5 (1-join Flower): With RS facing, join 5th color in any ch-4 sp, ch 1, petal join (see
Special Stitches) in same sp, sk next 2-dc group, sc in sp before next 2-dc group, sk next 2-dc group, petal join in next ch-4 sp, [sk next 2-dc group, sc in sp before next 2-dc group*, sk next 2-dc group, petal in next sp] around, ending last rep at *, join
in first sc of first petal. Fasten off. (10 petals, 2 petal joins)
Rnd 5 (2-join Flower): With RS facing, join 5th color in any ch-4 sp, ch 1, petal join in same sp, *sk next 2-dc group, sc in sp before next 2-dc group, sk next 2-dc group, petal join in next ch-4 sp*, **sk next 2-dc group, sc in sp before next 2-dc group, sk next 2-dc group, petal in next sp**, rep between * twice, rep between ** around, join in first sc of first petal. Fasten off. (8 petals, 4 petal joins) Rnd 6: Working in unworked front lps (see Stitch Guide) of rnd 3, join 6th color in any st, ch 1, sc in same st as join and in next st, 2 sc in next st, [sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st] around, join in first sc, fasten off. (48 sc)
SMALL FLOWER
Make 42. Rnd 1: With pumpkin, ch 4, join in first ch to form a ring, ch 2, 16 dc in ring, join in first dc. (16 dc) Rnd 2 (4-petal join): Picot, sl st in same st as join and in next st, *(sl st, picot join— see Special
Stitches, sl st) in next st, sl st in next st**, (sl st, picot, sl st) in next st, sl st in next st, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in base of first picot. Fasten off. (4 picots, 4 picot joins) CW