Woodland Plaid Tunisian Throw

Design by Darla J. Fanton

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS 451/2 inches x 563/4 inches MATERIALS • Red Heart With Love medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (7 oz/ 370 yds/198g per skein): 3 skeins #1621 evergreen 2 skeins each #1601 lettuce

and #1207 cornsilk 1 skein #1915 merlot • Size K/101/2/6.5mm Tunisian crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge • Size K/101/2/6.5mm crochet hook • Stitch markers: 4 • Tapestry needle GAUGE 14 sts = 4 inches; 10 rows = 4 inches PATTERN NOTES Weave in loose ends as work progresses. Each row in Tunisian crochet consists of 2 parts: a Forward Pass where you pick up the stitches and a Return Pass where you work the stitches off the hook. The loop remaining on the hook at end of a Return Pass is the first stitch of the next row. Right side of work is always facing. Change color at the end of a Return Pass by drawing through final 2 loops with the new color. Fasten off current color if it would need to be carried up more than 1 row. The yarn overs between the Tunisian Simple Stitches will create eyelets through which you will weave chain lengths for the vertical stripes. On edging, move corner markers up with each round. Chain-3 at beginning of round counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated. Chain-2 at beginning of round counts as first stitch unless otherwise stated. Join with slip stitch in indicated stitch unless otherwise stated.

SPECIAL STITCHES Tunisian Simple Stitch

(TSS): With yarn held in back, insert hook from right to left under next vertical bar, yo and draw through, keeping lp on hook. End stitch (end st): Insert hook under both vertical bars of final st in row, yo, draw up a lp. Work loops off hook (work lps off hook): Yo, pull through 1 lp on hook (see A of illustra

tion), [yo, pull through 2 lps on hook (see B of illustration)] across. Last lp on hook counts as first lp of next row. 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.

THROW

BASE Row 1 Forward Pass: With evergreen and Tunisian crochet hook, ch 147, working in back

bar of ch (see illustration), yo, draw up a lp in 3rd ch from hook; *yo, sk 1 ch, draw up a lp in next ch; rep from * across. (147 lps on hook)

Row off hook 1 Return (see Special Pass: Stitches). Work lps (1 lp on hook) Row 2 Forward Pass: *Yo, sk next st (the st being sk will look like a diagonal line because it was created with a yo), TSS (see Special Stitches) in next st; rep from * until 2 sts rem, yo, sk next st, end st (see Special Stitches). (147 lps on hook) Row 2 Return Pass: Work lps off hook. (1 lp on hook) Rows 3–123: Rep row 2, changing colors (see Pattern Notes) as needed to work the following pattern: 3 rows evergreen, [3 rows lettuce, 1 row merlot, 3 rows lettuce, 5 rows evergreen, 3 rows cornsilk, 1 row merlot, 3 rows cornsilk, 5 rows evergreen] 5 times.

Rows 124–133: Rep row 2 in following color sequence: 3 rows lettuce, 1 row merlot, 3 rows lettuce, 3 rows evergreen.

Bind-off row: With evergreen, ch 1, sl st in each st, inserting hook as if to TSS, until 1 st rem,

sl st under both bars of final st. Fasten off. VERTICAL STRIPES Make 73 total: 31 evergreen, 18 lettuce, 6 merlot and 18 cornsilk. Ch 207 (or number needed to weave lengthwise through mesh of base). Fasten off. ASSEMBLY Beg at right edge, from bottom to top, weave vertical stripes through the eyelets of the base in the following order: 3 evergreen, *3 lettuce, 1 merlot, 3 lettuce, 5 evergreen, 3 cornsilk, 1 merlot, 3 cornsilk, 5 evergreen; rep from * across, ending final rep with 3 evergreen. Placing a locking stitch marker or safety pin in final ch can help thread the stripe through the mesh. Edging Rnd 1: With RS facing and standard crochet hook, sc join

(see Special Stitches) evergreen in opposite side of final foundation ch, work 2 additional sc in same place, mark center st (see Pattern Notes) as corner, sc in unworked lps of each foundation ch across working through ends of vertical stripes and foundation ch as needed, 3 sc in unworked lps of final ch, mark center st as corner; working in ends of rows sc in each row across, 3 sc in first bind-off st, mark center st as corner, sc in each bind-off st across working 3 sc in last bind-off st, mark center st as corner, working in ends of rows sc in each row across,

join (see Pattern Notes) in beg sc. (147 sc between corner sts on top and bottom, 135 sc between corner sts on side edges) Rnd 2: Ch 3 (see Pattern Notes), 3 dc in corner st, dc in each st around, working 3 dc in each corner st, join in top of beg ch-3. (149 dc between corner sts on top and bottom, 137 dc between corner sts on side edges) Rnd 3: Ch 2 (see Pattern Notes), bpdc (see Stitch Guide) around the post (see Stitch Guide) of next st, *3 dc in corner st, bpdc around the post of next st, [ fpdc

(see Stitch Guide) around the post of next st, bpdc around the post of next st] across to next corner st; rep from * around, ending with bpdc around last st; join in top of beg ch-2. (151 sts

between corner sts on top and bottom, 139 sts between corner sts on side edges) Rnd 4: Ch 2, bpdc around post of next bpdc, fpdc around the post of next st, *3 dc in next corner st, fpdc around the post of next st, [bpdc around the post of next st, fpdc around the post of next st] across to next corner st; rep from * around, ending with bpdc around last st; join in top of beg ch-2. (153 sts between corner sts on top and bottom, 141 sts between corner sts on side edges)

Rnd 5: Ch 2, bpdc around the post of next bpdc, fpdc around the post of next fpdc, bpdc around next st, *3 dc in next corner st, bpdc around the post of next st, [fpdc around the post of next st, bpdc around the post of next st] across to next corner st; rep from * around, ending with bpdc around last st; join in top of beg ch-2. (155 sts between corner sts on top and bottom, 143 sts between corner sts on side edges) Rnd 6: Ch 1, *sc in each st across to next corner st, 3 sc in corner st; rep from * around, ending with sc in last st; join in first sc. Fasten off. (157 sc between corner sts on top and bottom, 145 sc between corner sts on side edges) FINISHING Weave in ends. Block. CW