Scrap Happy Afghan
Design by Margret Willson
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
51 inches wide x 63 inches long
MATERIALS
• Medium (worsted) weight yarn:
2560 yards assorted scrap colors. (Approximately 40 yds required for two pattern rows)
• Size I/9/5.5mm crochet hook or
size needed to obtain gauge • Tapestry needle
GAUGE
10 sc = 3 inches; rows 1–6 of pattern = 3 inches
Take time to check gauge.
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses.
Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.
Chain-3 at beginning of row counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCHES
Place a slip knot on hook, insert hook in indicated st, yo and pull up a lp, yo and draw through both lps on hook.
Shell: Work 3 dc in indicated st. Fan: Work 5 dc in indicated st.
3-double crochet cluster (3-dc cl): Keeping last lp of each on hook, work 3 dc in indicated st, yo and draw through all 4 lps on hook. 2-double crochet cluster (2-dc cl): Keeping last lp of each on hook, work 2 dc in indicated st, yo and draw through all 3 lps on hook.
AFGHAN
Row 1 (RS): Ch 172, dc in
4th ch from hook (sk chs count
as first dc), *sk next 2 chs**, shell (see Special Stitches) in next ch; rep from * across to last ch ending last rep at **, 2 dc in last ch, turn. (55 shells, 4 dc)
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in each st across, change to next color ( see illustration) in last st, turn. (169 sc) Row 3: Ch 3, (see Pattern Notes) dc in first st, *sk next 2 sts**, shell in next st; rep from * across to last st ending last rep at **, 2 dc in last st, turn.
Row 4: Rep row 2.
Rows 5 & 6: Rep rows 3 and 4. Row 7: Ch 3, dc in each of next 3 sts, *ch 1, sk next st, dc in each of next 3 sts; rep from * across to last st, dc in last st, turn. (128 dc, 41 ch-1 sps) Row 8: Ch 1, sc in each of first 4 sts, *sc in next ch-1 sp, sc in each of next 3 sts; rep from * across to last st, sc in last st, change to next color, turn. (169 sc) Row 9: Ch 3, sk next st, *[ 2-dc cl (see Special Stitches), ch 3, 2-dc cl] in next st**, sk next 3 sts; rep from * across to last 2 sts ending last rep at **, sk next st, dc in last st, turn. (84 2-dc cl, 2 dc, 42 ch-3 sps) Row 10: Ch 1, sc in first st, sk next cl, *3 sc in next ch-3 sp**,
ch 1, sk next 2 cls; rep from * across ending last rep at **, sc in last st, change to next color, turn. (128 sc, 41 ch-1 sps)
Row 11: Ch 3, dc in each of next 3 sts, *ch 1, sk next ch-1 sp, dc in each of next 3 sts; rep from * across, dc in last st, turn. (128 dc, 41 ch-1 sps) Row 12: Rep row 8. Row 13: Ch 1, sc in first st,
*sk next 2 sts, fan ( see Special
Stitches) in next st, sk next 2 sts, sc in next st; rep from * across, turn. (28 fans, 29 sc)
Row 14: Rep row 2.
Row 15: Ch 3, 2 dc in first st, *sk next 2 sts, sc in next st, sk next 2 sts**, fan in next st; rep from * across to last st ending last rep at **, 3 dc in last st, turn. (27 fans, 6 dc, 28 sc)
Row 16: Rep row 2.
Rows 17–20: Rep rows 13–16. Row 21: Ch 1, sc in each of first 2 sts, *hdc in next st, dc in next st, hdc in next st**, sc in each of next 3 sts; rep from * across to last 2 sts ending last rep at **, sc in each of last 2 sts, turn. (169 sts) Row 22: Rep row 2. Row 23: Ch 3, *dc in next st, ch 1, sk next st, 3-dc cl (see
Special Stitches) in next st, ch 1, sk next st, dc in each of next 2 sts; rep from * across, turn. (28 3-dc cl, 85 dc)
Row 24: Ch 1, sc in each of first 2 sts, *sc in next ch-1 sp, sc in next cl, sc in next ch-1 sp**, sc in each of next 3 sts, rep from * across to last 2 sts ending last rep at **, sc in each of last 2 sts, change to next color, turn. (169 sc)
Row 25: Ch 3, dc in each of next 4 sts, *ch 1, sk next st, 3-dc cl in next st, ch 1, sk next st, dc in each of next 3 sts; rep from * across to last 2 sts, dc in each of last 2 sts, turn. (27 3-dc cl, 88 dc)
Row 26: Ch 1, sc in each of first 5 sts, *sc in next ch-1 sp, sc in next cl, sc in next ch-1 sp, sc in each of next 3 sts; rep from * across to last 2 sts, sc in each of last 2 sts, change to next color, turn.
Rows 27 & 28: Rep rows 23 and 24.
Rows 29 & 30: Rep rows 13 and 14.
Row 31: Ch 3, dc dec (see
Stitch Guide) in next 2 sts,
*ch 2, sc in next st, ch 2**, dc dec in next 5 sts; rep from * across to last 3 sts ending last rep at **, dc dec in last 3 sts, turn. (27 5-dc dec, 2 3-dc dec, 28 sc)
Row 32: Ch 1, sc in first st, *2 sc in next ch-2 sp, sc in next st; rep from * across, change to next color, turn. (169 sc)
Rows 33–36: Rep rows 29–32. Row 37: Rep row 3.
Row 38: Rep row 2.
Rows 39–146: (Rep rows 3–38) 3 times. Rows 147–150: (Rep rows 3 and 4) twice. Fasten off.
BORDER
Rnd 1 (RS): Sc join (see Spe
cial Stitches) in lower right corner, 2 sc in same st as join, sc in same row, *sc evenly across row ends by working 1 sc in each sc row and 2 sc in each dc row to corner, 3 sc in corner**, sc in
each st across top edge; rep from * to **, working across bottom edge; sc in base of each st, 2 sc in each ch-2 sp across, join to beg sc, turn. (756 sc) Rnd 2 (WS): Ch 1, *sc in each st to corner st, 3 sc in corner; rep from * around, join. Fasten off. (764 sc)
Rnd 3 (RS): Sc join next color in any corner st, 2 sc in same st as join, *sc in each st to next corner**, 3 sc in corner; rep from * around ending last rep at **, join, turn. (772 sc)
Rnd 4: Rep rnd 2. (780 sc)
Rnd 5: Rep rnd 3. (788 sc)
Rnd 6: Rep rnd 2. (796 sc)
Rnds 7 & 8: Rep rnds 5 and 6. (812 sc)