Cabin Retreat Throw
EASY
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
41 inches wide x 57 inches long, excluding Fringe
MATERIALS
• Red Heart With Love medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (7 oz/ 370 yds/198g per skein): 2 skeins each #1601 lettuce
and #1502 iced aqua 1 skein each #1001 white, #1308 tan, #1805 bluebell and #1907 boysenberry • Size J/10/6mm crochet hook or
size needed to obtain gauge • Tapestry needle
GAUGE
Rows 1–4 = 2 inches
PATTERN NOTES
Throw is crocheted lengthwise from center out to sides. Chain-4 at beginning of row counts as first double crochet and chain-1 unless otherwise stated. Chain-3 at beginning of row counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCHES
Shell: 3 dc in indicated st or sp. Double crochet join (dc join): Place a slip knot on hook, yo, insert hook in indicated st, yo and draw up a lp, [yo and pull through both lps on hook] twice.
Single crochet join (sc join): Place a slip knot on hook, insert hook in indicated st, yo and draw up a lp, yo and draw through both lps on hook.
THROW
FIRST SIDE
Row 1 (RS): With white, leaving 7-inch length at beg, ch 182, working in back bar of ch (see
illustration), sc in 2nd ch from hook, *sk next ch, shell (see
Special Stitches) in next ch, sk next ch, sc in next ch, rep from * across. Leaving 7-inch length, fasten off. (46 sc, 45 shells)
Row 2 (WS): With WS facing and tan, leaving 7-inch length at beg, dc join (see Special
Stitches) in first sc, *ch 1, sc in center dc of next shell, ch 1, dc in next sc, rep from * across,
turn. (46 dc, 45 sc)
Row 3: Ch 1, sc in first dc, *shell in next sc, sc in next dc, rep from * to * across, turn. (46 sc, 45 shells)
Row 4: Ch 4 (see Pattern Notes), sc in center dc of first shell, ch 1, dc in next sc, *ch 1, sc in center dc of next shell, ch 1, dc in next sc, rep from * across. Leaving 7-inch length, fasten off. (46 dc, 45 sc)
Row 5: With RS facing and bluebell, leaving 7-inch length at beg, sc join (see Pattern Stitch
es) in first dc, *shell in next sc, sc in next dc, rep from * to * across, turn. (46 sc, 45 shells)
Row 6: Ch 4, sc in center dc of first shell, ch 1, dc in next sc, *ch 1, sc in center dc of next shell, ch 1, dc in next sc, rep from * across, turn.
Row 7: Rep row 3. At end of row, leaving 7-inch length, fasten off.
Rows 8 & 9: With lettuce, rep rows 2 and 3. Row 10: Rep row 6.
Rows 11 & 12: Rep rows 3
and 4.
Row 13: With boysenberry, rep row 5. Row 14: Rep row 4. Row 15: With iced aqua, rep
row 5. Row 16: Rep row 4. Row 17: Rep row 3. Row 18: Rep row 6. Row 19: Rep row 3. At end of row, leaving 7-inch length, fasten off.
Rows 20 & 21: With white, rep rows 2 and 3. At the end of row 21, leaving 7-inch length, fasten off.
Rows 22–41: Rep rows 2–21. Do not fasten off at end of row 41.
BORDER
Row 1 (WS): With WS facing,
ch 3 (see Pattern Notes), dc in first sc, *sc in center dc of next shell, shell in next sc, rep from * across to last sc, 2 dc in last sc. Leaving 7-inch length, fasten off.
Row 2 (RS): With RS facing and tan, leaving 7-inch length at beg, sc join in first dc, shell in next sc, *sc in center dc of next shell, shell in next sc, rep from * across to last dc, sc in last dc, turn.
Row 3: Ch 1, sc in first sc, *ch 1, (sl st, ch 2, sl st) in center dc of next shell**, ch 1, sl st in next sc, rep from * across, ending last rep at **, ch 1, sc in last sc. Leaving 7-inch length, fasten off.
2ND SIDE
Row 1 (RS): With RS of First Side facing and white,
leaving 7-inch length at beg and working in opposite side of foundation ch, sc join in first ch of row 1, *sk next ch, shell in next ch, sk next ch, sc in next ch, rep from * across. Leaving 7-inch length, fasten off. (46 sc,
45 shells)
Rows 2–41: Rep rows 2–41 of
First Side.
BORDER
Work same as Border of First Side.
FRINGE
Cut 14-inch lengths of yarn in colors to match ends of rows. For rows with fringe, cut 1 length; for rows without fringe, cut 2 lengths. Pull lengths through ends of rows, fold in half, and tie in an overhand knot. Arrange beg and rem lengths of each row and knot matching colors tog. Finger-comb the knotted Fringe and place evenly on a flat surface. Trim Fringe to 4 inches or desired length.