Diamond Posy Throw
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
46 inches wide x 60 inches long
MATERIALS
• Red Heart Soft medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (5 oz/256 yds/141g per ball):
10 balls #9251 coral • Size G/6/4mm crochet hook or
size needed to obtain gauge • Tapestry needle
GAUGE
9 dc = 2 inches; 7 pattern rows = 3 inches
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses. Chain-3 at beginning of row counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated. Chain-5 at beginning of row counts as first double crochet and chain-2 unless otherwise stated. Chain-4 at beginning of row counts as first double crochet and chain-1 unless otherwise stated. Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCHES
Puff stitch (puff st): Yo, insert hook in indicated st or sp, yo and pull up a lp, [yo, insert hook in same st or sp, yo and pull up a lp] twice (7 lps on hook), yo, draw through 6 lps on hook, yo, draw through 2 lps on hook.
V-stitch (V-st): (Dc, ch 3, dc) in indicated st.
Row 1: Ch 203, puff st (see Special Stitches) in 6th ch from hook (5 sk chs count as dc, ch 2), *ch 1, sk next 2 chs, dc in each of next 5 chs, ch 2, sk next 2 chs, dc in next ch, ch 2, sk next 2 chs, dc in each of next 5 chs, ch 1, sk next 2 chs**, [puff st in next ch, ch 2] twice, puff st in next ch, rep from * 8 times, ending last rep at **, puff st in next ch, ch 2, dc in last ch, turn. (101 dc, 26 puff sts, 18 ch-1 sps, 36 ch-2 sps) Row 2: Ch 1, sc in first dc, *ch 3, sk next puff st, dc in each of next 3 dc, ch 2, sk next 2 dc, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp, dc in next dc, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2, sk next 2 dc, dc in each of next 3 dc, ch 3, sk next puff st**, sc in next puff st, rep from * 8 times, ending last rep at **, sc in 4th ch of beg ch-5, turn. (10 sc, 99 dc, 18 ch-2 sps, 18 ch-3 sps) Row 3: Ch 3 (see Pattern Notes), sk first sc, *3 dc in next ch-3 sp, dc in next dc, ch 2, sk next 2 dc, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp, dc in each of next 5 dc, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2, sk next 2 dc, dc in next dc, 3 dc in next ch-3 sp, dc in next sc, rep from * across, turn. (163 dc, 36 ch-2 sps)
Row 4: Ch 3, sk first st, dc in each of next 2 dc, *ch 2, sk next 2 dc, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp, dc in each of next 2 dc, sk next 2 dc, V-st (see Special Stitches) in next dc, sk next 2 dc, dc in each of next 2 dc, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2, sk next 2 dc**, dc in each of next 5 dc, rep from * 8 times, ending last rep at **, dc in each of next 2 dc, dc in top of beg ch-3, turn. (118 dc, 9 V-sts, 18 ch-2 sps) Row 5: Ch 5 (see Pattern
Notes), sk first 3 sts, *2 dc in next ch-2 sp, dc in each of next 3 dc, ch 1, sk next dc and first dc of next V-st, (puff st, [ch 2, puff st] twice) in ch-3 sp of next V-st, ch 1, sk last dc of V-st and next dc, dc in each of next 3 dc, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2, sk next 2 dc**, dc in next dc, ch 2, sk next 2 dc, rep from * 8 times, ending last rep at **, dc in top of beg ch-3, turn. (100 dc, 27 puff sts, 36 ch-2 sps) Row 6: Ch 3, sk first st, *2 dc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2, sk next 2 dc, dc in each of next 3 dc, ch 3, sk next puff st, sc in next puff st, ch 3, sk next puff st, dc in each of next 3 dc, ch 2, sk next 2 dc, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp, dc in next dc, rep from * across, working last dc in 3rd ch of beg ch-5, turn. (9 sc, 99 dc, 18 ch-2 sps, 18 ch-3 sps) Row 7: Ch 3, sk first st, dc in each of next 2 dc, *2 dc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2, sk next 2 dc, dc in next dc, 3 dc in next ch-3 sp, dc in next sc, 3 dc in next ch-3 sp, dc in next dc, ch 2, sk next 2 dc, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp**, dc in each of next 5 dc, rep from * 8 times, ending last rep at **, dc in each of next 2 dc, dc in top of beg ch-3, turn. (163 dc, 18 ch-2 sps) Row 8: Ch 4 (see Pattern Notes), dc in first st, *sk next 2 dc, dc in each of next 2 dc, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2, sk next 2 dc, dc in each of next 5 dc, ch 2, sk next 2 dc, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp, dc in each of next 2 dc, sk next 2 dc**, V-st in next dc, rep from * 8 times, ending last rep at **, (dc, ch 1, dc) in top of beg ch-3, turn. (121 dc, 9 V-sts, 2 ch-1 sps, 18 ch-2 sps) Row 9: Ch 5, sk first st, puff st in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, sk next 2 dc, *dc in each of next 3 dc, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2, sk next