Fall Leaves Afghan
Design by Rena V. Stevens
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS 46 inches x 60 inches, excluding fringe MATERIALS • Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (31/2 oz/170 yds/100g per skein): 4 skeins each #171 fern,
#174 olive and #124 toffee 3 skeins each #158 mustard, #130 honey and #134 terracotta • Size N/15/10mm crochet hook or
size needed to obtain gauge • Tapestry needle • Locking stitch markers: at least 6 GAUGE 11 dc = 6 inches PATTERN NOTES Afghan is worked vertically from side edge to side edge in 1 piece. Hold 2 strands together throughout. Fasten off after each row. Work last stitch of old color completely before fastening off; chain 1 to secure. Leave 10-inch tails throughout to be incorporated into fringes when joining and fastening off colors. Join new color with slip stitch through both loops of first stitch of row, regardless of how the remainder of the row is worked, unless otherwise stated. Chain-1 at beginning of row counts as first stitch unless otherwise stated. Chain-2 at beginning of row counts as first half double crochet unless otherwise stated. Chain-3 counts as at first beginning double of crochet row unless otherwise stated. Work loosely. slip stitches in leaf rows Do not remove markers until instructed. SPECIAL STITCHES 8-yarn over post (8-yo post): Yo 8 times, insert hook in indicated place, yo, pull up a lp, yo, pull through 2 lps on hook, mark front of same 2 lps just slipped off hook; after placing marker, (yo, pull through 2 lps on hook) 7 times. 6-yarn over post (6-yo post): Yo 6 times, insert hook in indicated place, yo, pull up a lp, yo, pull through 2 lps on hook, mark front of same 2 lps just slipped off hook; after placing marker, (yo, pull through 2 lps on hook) 5 times. 5-yarn over post (5-yo post): Yo 5 times, insert hook in indicated place, yo, pull up a lp, yo, pull through 2 lps on hook, mark front of same 2 lps just slipped off hook; after placing marker, (yo, pull through 2 lps on hook) 4 times. 4-yarn over post (4-yo post): Yo 4 times, insert hook in indicated place, yo, pull up a lp, yo, pull through 2 lps on hook, mark front of same 2 lps just slipped off hook; after placing marker, (yo, pull through 2 lps on hook) 3 times.
Leaf: Working on RS, sk next 9 sts, work 8-yo post (see Special Stitches) in both lps of next st (2 lps rem on hook), work 6-yo post (see Special Stitches) in the 2 marked lps of previous post (3 lps rem on hook); inserting hook in each previous post’s marked lps, work 5-yo post (see Special Stitches) and 2 4-yo
posts (see Special Stitches) (6 lps rem on hook, 5 posts made), yo and pull through all lps on hook (leaf made). Remove markers. Keep leaf on RS.
AFGHAN
Foundation row: With 2 strands (see Pattern Notes) fern held tog and leaving 10-inch tail (see Pattern Notes), ch 110 loosely. Row 1 (WS): Hdc in 3rd ch from hook (2 sk chs count as first hdc) and each ch across, fasten off leaving a 10-inch tail (see Pattern Notes), turn. (109 sts) Row 2 (RS): Join (see Pattern Notes) toffee, ch 3 (see Pattern Notes), dc in back lp (see Stitch Guide) only of next and each st across, fasten off and turn. Row 3: Join honey, ch 2 (see Pattern Notes), hdc in front lp
(see Stitch Guide) only of next and each st across, fasten off and turn.
Row 4: Join terracotta, ch 3, dc in back lp only of next and each st across, fasten off and turn. Row 5: With fern, rep row 3. Row 6: Join mustard, ch 2, hdc in back lp only of next and each st across, fasten off and turn. Row 7: Join olive, ch 1 (see Pat
tern Notes), sc in front lp only of next and each st across, fasten off and turn.
Row 8: Join toffee, ch 1, sc in back lp only of next and each st across, fasten off and turn.
Row 9: Join fern, ch 3, dc in front lp only of next and each st across, fasten off and turn.
Row 10 (RS) (leaf row): Join terracotta in back lp only of first st, ch 1, loosely sl st (see
Pattern Notes) in back lps only of next 33 sts, *sl st in both lps of next 3 sts (stem made), work
leaf (see Special Stitches); working behind leaf, sl st in back lps only of 9 sk sts, ch 1, sk worked st*, sl st in back lps only of next 31 sts; rep between * once; sl st in back lps only of last 18 sts, fasten off and do not turn. (2 leaves) Row 11 (RS): Work in front lps only of row 9 throughout, working in front of previous row’s sl sts, join olive in front lp only of first st, ch 3, dc in next 33 sts; *working behind stem sl sts, dc in next 2 sts, 2 dc in next st, sk next st; working in front of sl sts, dc in next 8 sts behind leaf, sk next previously worked st, 2 dc in next st*, dc in next 30 sts; rep between * once; dc in last 17 sts; fasten off and do not turn. (109 sts)
Row 12 (leaf row) (RS): Join mustard in back lp only of first st, ch 1, sl st in back lps only of next 3 sts; [*sl st in both lps of next 3 sts, work leaf; working behind leaf, sl st in back lps only of next 9 unworked sts, ch 1, sk next previously worked st*, sl st in back lps only of next 31 sts] twice; work between * once; sl st in back lps only of last 4 sts, fasten off and do not turn. (3 leaves)
Row 13 (RS): Work in front lps only of row 11 throughout, working in front of previous row’s sl sts, join honey in front lp only of first st, ch 1, sc in next 3 sts; [*working behind stem sl sts, sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st, sk next st; working in front of sl sts, sc in next 8 sts behind leaf, sk next previously worked st, 2 sc in next st*, sc in next 30 sts]
twice; rep between * once; sc in last 3 sts, fasten off and turn. (109 sts) Row 14: With toffee, rep row 7. Row 15 (leaf row) (RS): Join fern in back lp only of first st, ch 1, sl st in back lps only of next 18 sts; *sl st in both lps of next 3 sts, work leaf; working behind leaf, sl st in back lps only of next 9 unworked sts, ch 1, sk next previously worked st*, sl st in back lps only of next 31 sts, rep between * once, sl st in back lps only of last 33 sts, fasten off and do not turn. (2 leaves)
Row 16 (RS): Work in front lps only of row 14 throughout, working in front of previous row’s sl sts, join terracotta in front lp only of first st, ch 1, sc in next 18 sts; *working behind stem sl sts, sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st, sk next st; working in front of sl sts, sc in next 8 sts behind leaf, sk next previously worked st, 2 sc in next st*, sc in next 30 sts, rep between * once; sc in last 32 sts; turn. (109 sts) Row 17: With honey, rep row 3. Row 18: With mustard, rep row 6. Row 19: With olive, rep row 7. Row 20: With fern, rep row 4. Row 21: With honey, rep row 7. Row 22: With terracotta, rep row 8. Row 23: With mustard, rep row 7 except do not turn. Row 24 (WS): With olive, rep row 3. [Rep rows 2–24] twice.
Last row: Rep row 2. Fasten off.
FINISHING
With tapestry needle and 1 strand of matching color, taking care not to twist leaf, sew a few hidden sts through back of leaf posts to secure center of each leaf. For each fringe, cut 20-inch lengths of up to 10 strands, depending on number of tails incorporated. Use matching colors plus nearby tails of any color in each fringe. Place a fringe in each corner and evenly sp (approximately 2 inches apart) between corners. Trim ends even. CW