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Slanted Stripes Throw

- Design by Margret Willson

FINISHED MEASUREMEN­TS

48 inches wide x 63 inches long

MATERIALS

• Red Heart With Love Stripes medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (5 oz/ 223 yds/ 141g per skein): 10 skeins #1974 rainforest

stripe

• Red Heart With Love medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (7 oz/370 yds/198g per skein):

1 skein #1505 peacock

• Size K/101/2/6.5mm crochet hook

or size needed to obtain gauge

• Stitch marker • Tapestry needle

GAUGE

Rows 1–5 = 7 inches across and 3 inches long measured diagonally from point

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 Single crochet join (sc join):

Place slip knot on hook, insert hook in indicated st, yo and pull up a lp, yo and draw through both lps on hook.

Shell: (3 dc) in indicated st or sp.

THROW PANEL

Make 6. Row 1 (RS): With rainforest stripe, ch 4, 4 dc in 4th ch from hook (3 sk chs count as dc), mark as RS, turn. (5 dc) Note: Shell sts are worked into the sp, or gap, between sts. Row 2: Ch 3 (see Pattern Notes), sk first st, shell (see Special

Stitches) between previous and next st, sk 3 dc, shell between previous and next st, dc in last dc, turn. (2 shells, 2 dc)

Row 3: Ch 3, sk first st, shell between previous and next st, sk next shell, shell in next sp, sk next shell, shell between last 2 sts, dc in last st, turn. (3 shells, 2 dc)

Row 4: Ch 3, shell between first 2 sts, (sk next shell, shell in next sp) twice, sk next shell, shell between last 2 sts, dc in last st, turn. (4 shells, 2 dc) Row 5: Ch 3, shell between first 2 sts, (sk next shell, shell in next sp) 3 times, sk next shell, shell between last 2 sts, dc in last st, turn. (5 shells, 2 dc) Row 6: Ch 3, shell between first 2 sts, (sk next shell, shell in next sp) 4 times, sk next shell, shell between last 2 sts, dc in last st, turn. (6 shells, 2 dc) Row 7: Ch 3, shell between first 2 sts, (sk next shell, shell in next sp) 5 times, sk next shell, shell between last 2 sts, dc in last st, turn. (7 shells, 2 dc) Row 8: Ch 3, shell between first 2 sts, (sk next shell, shell in next sp) 6 times, sk next shell, shell between last 2 sts, dc in last st, turn. (8 shells, 2 dc) Row 9: Ch 3, shell between first 2 sts, (sk next shell, shell in next sp) 7 times, sk next shell, dc in last st, turn. Row 10: Ch 3, sk first shell, (shell in next sp, sk next shell) 7 times, shell between last 2 sts, dc in last st, turn. Rows 11–70: (Rep rows 9 and 10) 30 times.

Row 71: Ch 3, sk first shell, (shell in next sp, sk next shell) 7 times, dc in last st, turn. (7 shells, 2 dc)

Row 72: Ch 3, sk first shell, (shell in next sp, sk next shell) 6 times, dc in last st, turn. (6 shells, 2 dc)

Row 73: Ch 3, sk first shell, (shell in next sp, sk next shell) 5 times, dc in last st, turn. (5 shells, 2 dc)

Row 74: Ch 3, sk first shell, (shell in next sp, sk next shell) 4 times, dc in last st, turn. (4 shells, 2 dc)

Row 75: Ch 3, sk first shell, (shell in next sp, sk next shell) 3 times, dc in last st, turn. (3 shells, 2 dc)

Row 76: Ch 3, sk first shell, (shell in next sp, sk next shell) twice, dc in last st, turn. (2 shells, 2 dc)

Row 77: Ch 3, sk first shell, shell in next sp, sk next shell, dc in last st, turn. (1 shell, 2 dc) Row 78: Ch 2 (counts as dc), sk shell, dc in last st. Fasten off. (2 dc)

BORDER Border for Panels 1, 3 & 5

Rnd 1: With RS facing, sc join

(see Special Stitches) peacock in ch at base of row 1 shell, 2 sc in same st, working in sps made by starting and ending dc around Panel, [(3 sc in next sp) 70 times, 3 sc in corner, (3 sc in next sp) 8 times], 3 sc in corner, rep between [ ] once,

join (see Pattern Notes) in first st. Fasten off. (480 sc)

Border for Panels 2, 4 & 6

Rnd 1: With WS facing, sc join peacock in ch at base of row 1 shell, 2 sc in same st, working in sps made by starting and ending dc around Panel, [(3 sc in next sp) 8 times, 3 sc in corner st, (3 sc in next sp) 70 times], 3 sc in corner st, rep between [ ] once, join in first st. Fasten off. (480 sc)

ASSEMBLY

With peacock, whipstitch (see illustrati­on) panels tog through back lps (see Stitch Guide) according to assembly diagram.

Edging

Rnd 1: Sc join peacock in center sc of lower right corner, {(ch 3, sc) in same st, ch 2, sk 2 sc, [sc in next sc, ch 2, sk 2 sc] to corner, (sc, ch 3, sc) in corner sc; working across short edge, *(ch 2, sk 2 sc, sc in next sc) 9 times ending in corner st of border**, ch 2, sk seam, sc in corner st of next border, rep from * across short edge ending last rep at **}, rep between { } once, join in beg sc. (4 corner ch-3 sps, 71 ch-2 sps on each long edge, 59 ch-2 sps on each short edge) Rnd 2: Sc join rainforest in corner ch-3 sp, ch 2, (dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in same corner, *2 dc in each ch-2 sp to next corner**, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in corner, rep from * around ending last rep at **, join in top of beg ch-2. (4 corner 2 dc-ch 2-2 dc groups, 71 2-dc groups on each long edge, 59 2-dc groups on each short edge)

Rnd 3: Sl st in next dc, sl st in next sp, ch 3, (dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in same sp, *[sk next 2 dc, 2 dc in next sp] to corner group, sk next 2 dc**, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in corner ch-2 sp, rep from * around ending last rep at **, join in top of beg ch-3. (4 corner 2 dc-ch 2-2 dc groups, 73 2-dc groups on each long edge, 61 2-dc groups on each short edge) Rnd 4: Sl st in next dc, sl st in next sp, ch 3, (2 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in same corner, *[sk 2 dc, 2 dc in next sp] to corner, sk 2 dc**, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in corner sp, rep from * around ending last rep at **, join in top of beg ch-3. Fasten off. (4 corner 3 dc-ch 1-3 dc groups, 75 2-dc groups on each long edge, 63 2-dc groups on each short edge) Rnd 5: Sc join peacock in ch-1 corner sp, 2 sc in same sp, *sc in each st to next corner**, 3 sc in ch-1 corner sp, rep from * around ending last rep at **, join in first st. Fasten off. (288 sc)

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