Timeless Textures Afghan

PATTERN NOTES

Weave in loose ends as work progresses. Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated. Chain-6 at beginning of round counts as first double crochet and chain-3 unless otherwise stated.

SPECIAL STITCHES

Shell: (Sc, 3 dc) in indicated st. Beginning V-stitch (beg V-st): Ch 6 (see Pattern Notes), dc in indicated st or sp.

V-stitch (V-st): (Dc, ch 3, dc) in indicated st or sp. Corner shell (c-shell): (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in indicated st.

AFGHAN

Row 1 (RS): With size I hook, ch 194; working in back bars

(see illustration), sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. (193 sc) Row 2: Ch 1, turn; shell (see Special Stitches) in first sc, *sk next 3 sc, shell in next sc, rep from * to last 4 sc, sk next 3 sc, sc in last sc. (48 shells, 1 sc) Rows 3–146: Ch 1, turn; shell in each sc across to last sc, sc in last sc.

EDGING

Rnd 1 (RS): With size H hook, ch 1, turn; 2 sc in first sc, sc in next 3 dc, sk next sc, [sc in next 7 sts, sk next sc] 23 times, sc in next 3 dc, 3 sc in last sc (corner), working in ends of rows down first side, *2 sc in next 2 rows, evenly sp 3 sc in every 2 rows to last row, sk last row*, working in opposite side of foundation ch, 3 sc in first ch (corner), sc in next 3 chs, sk next ch, [sc in next 7 chs, sk next ch] 23 times, sc in next 3 chs, 3 sc in next ch (cor

ner), working in ends of rows up

Rnd 2: Beg V-st (see Special

Stitches), dc in same sc as join, *ch 1, sk next sc, [dc in next sc, ch 1, sk next sc] across to next 3-sc corner**, V-st (see Special

Stitches) in center sc of next corner, rep from * 3 times, ending last rep at **, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-6. (4 V-sts, 386 dc, 392 ch-1 sps) Rnd 3: Sl st in next ch, sl st in ch-3 sp, ch 6, 3 dc in same ch sp, *dc in each dc and ch-1 sp to next V-st**, c-shell (see Special

Stitches) in ch-3 sp of next V-st, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, 2 dc in first ch-3 sp to complete first c-shell, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-6. (4 c-shells, 778 dc)

Rnd 4: Sl st in ch-3 sp, beg V-st in same sp, *ch 1, sk next dc, [dc in next dc, ch 1, sk next dc] across to next c-shell**, V-st in ch-3 sp of next c-shell, rep from * 3 times, ending last rep at **, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-6. (4 V-sts, 396 dc, 400 ch-1 sps)

Rnds 5–11: [Rep rnds 3 and 4] 3 times, then rep rnd 3. Fasten off. CW