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Chain-4 join (ch-4 join): Chain-2 join (ch-2 join):

- Design by Katherine Eng

FINISHED MEASUREMEN­TS

Throw: 59 inches wide x 65 inches long, including Border

Hexagon: 10 inches from point to point x 9 inches long

MATERIALS

• Red Heart Super Saver medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (7 oz/

364 yds/198g per skein):

1 skein each #321 gold, #387 soft navy, #624 tea leaf, #885 Delft blue and #886 blue • Sizes I/9/5.5mm and J/10/6mm crochet hooks or size needed to obtain gauge

• Tapestry needle

GAUGE

Size J hook: Rnds 1–4 = 3 inches

PATTERN NOTES

Throw is made from 46 Hexagon motifs joined with a join-asyou-go technique. Work all pieces through round 8, then refer to written pattern and Placement Diagram for joining sequence in round 9.

Weave in loose ends as work progresses.

Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.

SPECIAL STITCHES

Small V-stitch (sm V-st): (Sl st, ch 2, sl st) in indicated st. V-stitch (V-st): (Sc, ch 2, sc) in indicated sp. Twisted treble crochet

decrease (tw tr dec): Yo twice, insert hook in next ch-2 sp, yo and pull up a lp, insert hook in next ch-2 sp, yo and pull up a lp (5 lps on hook), yo and draw through 3 lps, [yo and draw through 2 lps] twice.

Ch 2, drop lp from hook, insert hook from front to back in correspond­ing ch-4 sp of adjacent Hexagon, pick up lp and draw through sp, ch 2.

Ch 1, drop lp from hook, insert hook from front to back in correspond­ing ch-2 sp of adjacent Hexagon, pick up lp and draw through sp, ch 1.

THROW

Hexagon Make 46. Rnd 1 (RS): With size J hook and tea leaf, ch 6, join (see

Pattern Notes) in first ch to form a ring, ch 1, 12 sc in ring, join in beg sc. (12 sc)

Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc around, join in beg sc. Fasten off. (24 sc)

Rnd 3: With RS facing, join gold in any sc, ch 1, sc in same sc, [ch 2, sk next sc, sc in next sc] around to last sc, ch 2, sk last sc, join in beg sc. Fasten off. (12 sc, 12 ch-2 sps)

Rnd 4: With RS facing, join Delft blue in any ch-2 sp, ch 1, sc in same sp, [sc in next sc, 2 sc in next ch-2 sp] 11 times, sc in each of last sc and first ch-2 sp, join in beg sc. (36 sc)

Rnd 5: Ch 1, sc in first sc, *hdc in next sc, dc in next sc, 3 tr in next sc, dc in next sc, hdc in next sc** sc in next sc, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in beg sc. (6 sc, 12 hdc, 12 dc, 18 tr) Rnd 6: Ch 1, sc in first sc, *hdc in next hdc, dc in next dc, 2 tr in next tr, 3 tr in next tr, 2 tr in next tr, dc in next dc, hdc in next hdc**, sc in next sc, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in beg sc. Fasten off. (6 sc, 12 hdc, 12 dc, 42 tr) Rnd 7: With RS facing, join blue in any sc, *[ch 2, sk next st, sl st in next st] twice, ch 2, sk next st, sm V-st (see Special

Stitches) in next st**, rep between [ ] 3 times, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, rep be-tween [ ] twice, ch 2, sk last st, join in beg sl st. Fasten off. (6 sm V-sts, 36 ch-2 sps) Rnd 8: With RS facing, join navy in ch-2 sp of any sm V-st, ch 1, V-st (see Special Stitches) in same sp, *ch 2, hdc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2, dc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2, tw tr dec (see Special Stitches), ch 2, dc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2, hdc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2**, V-st in ch-2 sp of next sm V-st, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in beg sc. (6 V-sts, 36 ch-2 sps)

Joining

Note: Refer to Placement Diagram for joining sequence, joining appropriat­e number of edges as needed.

Rnd 9 (no join): Sl st in ch-2 sp of first V-st, ch 1, (sc, ch 4, sc) in same sp, [(ch 2, sc) in each of next 6 ch-2 sps, ch 2*, (sc, ch 4, sc) in ch-2 sp of next V-st] around, ending last rep at *, join in beg sc. Fasten off. (48 sc, 42 ch-2 sps, 6 ch-4 sps) Rnd 9 (1-edge join): Sl st in ch-2 sp of first V-st, ch 1, (sc, ch 4, sc) in same sp, (ch 2, sc) in each of next 6 ch-2 sps, ch 2, (sc, ch-4 join— see Special Stitches, sc) in ch-2 sp of next V-st, ( ch-2 join— see Special Stitches, sc) in each of next 6 ch-2 sps, ch 2, (sc, ch-4 join, sc) in ch-2 sp of next V-st, [(ch 2, sc) in each of next

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