Shades of Cool Throw
Design by Margret Willson
Design by Margret Willson
48 inches wide x 61 inches long
MATERIALS
EASY
• Red Heart Super Saver medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (7 oz/
364 yds/198g per skein):
2 skeins #3945 blue suede 1 skein each #776 dark orchid, #528 medium purple,
#347 light periwinkle,
#656 real teal, #3862 jade, #406 medium thyme and #624 tea leaf
• Size I/9/5.5mm crochet hook or
size needed to obtain gauge • Tapestry needle
GAUGE
4 V-sts = 4 inches; 9 pattern rows = 4 inches
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses.
Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCHES
Single crochet join (sc join):
Place slip knot on hook, insert hook in indicated st, yo, draw up a lp, yo, draw through both lps on hook. V-stitch (V-st): (Dc, ch 1, dc) in indicated st or sp.
Picot: (Sc, ch 3, sc) in indicated st or sp.
PATTERN STITCH
Row 1 (WS): Ch 140, sc in
2nd ch from hook, *sc in next ch, ch 3, sc in each of next 2 chs, rep from * across, fasten off, turn. (139 sc, 46 ch-3 lps)
Row 2 (RS): Sc join (see
Special Stitches) next color in first st, ch 2, dc in same st, *sk next sc, sk next ch-3 sp, sk next sc**, V-st (see Special
Stitches) in next sc, rep from * across, ending last rep at **, 2 dc in last sc, fasten off, turn. (45 V-sts, 4 dc)
Row 3 (WS): Sc join next color in first dc, ch 1, sc between last and next dc, *dc in next ch-3 sp in row below**, picot (see Special
Stitches) in ch-1 sp of next V-st, rep from * across, ending last rep at **, sk next dc, sc between last and next dc, ch 1, sc in last dc, fasten off, turn. (45 picots, 46 dc, 4 sc, 2 ch-1 sps)
Row 4 (RS): Sc join next color in first st, ch 2, sk next ch-1 sp and next sc, *V-st in next dc**, sk next picot, rep from * across, ending last rep at **, sk next sc and next ch-1 sp, dc in last sc, fasten off, turn. (46 V-sts, 2 dc)
Row 5 (WS): Sc join in first dc, *picot in ch-1 sp of next V-st**, dc in next picot of row below, rep from * across, ending last rep at **, sc in last st, fasten off, turn. (46 picot, 45 dc, 2 sc)
Rep rows 2–5 for pattern.
COLOR SEQUENCE
Row 1 (WS): Dark orchid Row 2: Tea leaf Row 3: Blue suede Row 4: Jade Row 5: Real teal Row 6: Light periwinkle Row 7: Medium thyme Row 8: Medium purple Row 9: Dark orchid Row 10: Jade Row 11: Blue suede Row 12: Light periwinkle Row 13: Real teal Row 14: Medium purple Row 15: Medium thyme Row 16: Tea leaf Row 17: Dark orchid Row 18: Light periwinkle Row 19: Blue suede Row 20: Medium purple Row 21: Real teal Row 22: Tea leaf Row 23: Medium thyme Row 24: Jade Row 25: Dark orchid Row 26: Medium purple Row 27: Blue suede Row 28: Tea leaf Row 29: Real teal Row 30: Jade Row 31: Medium thyme Row 32: Light periwinkle
THROW
Row 1 (WS): With dark orchid, ch 140, work pattern row 1 (see Pattern Stitch). (139 sc, 46 ch-3 lps) Rows 2–144: Rep rows 2–5 of pattern, work rows 2–32 of color sequence (see Color
Sequence), then (rep rows 1–32 of color sequence) 3 times, then rep rows 1–16 of color sequence.
Row 145 (WS): Sc join dark orchid in first dc, *2 sc in ch-1 sp of next V-st**, dc in ch-3 sp of next picot in row below, rep from * across, ending last rep at **, sc in last dc, fasten off.
BORDER
Sc join blue suede in st at end of first row at lower right corner, 2 sc in same st, *working in ends of rows across long edge, 2 sc in next row, (sc in next row, 2 sc in next row)
to corner, 3 sc in next row for corner, working across short edge, sc in each st across to last st**, 3 sc in last st for corner, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join
(see Pattern Notes) in beg sc. Rnd 2: Sl st in next st, ch 4
(counts as first dc, ch-1), [(dc, ch 1) 3 times, dc] in same st, *sk next 3 sts, (V-st in next st, sk next 2 sts) to corner, sk next 3 sts**, [(dc, ch 1) 4 times, dc] in next st for corner, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-4.
Rnd 3: Sl st in next sp, ch 1, 3 sc in same sp, 3 sc in each ch-1 sp around, join in beg sc, fasten off. CW