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Slanted Stripes Throw

Design by Margret Willson

Skill Level

Finished Measurements

48 inches wide by 63 inches long

Gauge

Rows 1–5 = 7 inches across and 3 inches long measured diagonally from point

Materials

•Red Heart With Love Stripes medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (5 oz/223 yds/141g per skein):

10 skeins #1974 rainforest stripe

•Size K/101/2/6.5mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge

•Stitch marker

•Tapestry needle

Pattern Notes

Weave in loose ends as work progresses.

Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.

Chain-3 at beginning of row counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated.

Special Stitches

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.

Shell: (3 dc) in indicated st or sp.

Beginning puff (beg puff): Yo, insert hook where indicated, yo and draw up a lp, yo, insert hook in same place, yo and draw up a lp, yo and draw through all 5 lps.

Puff: Yo, insert hook where indicated, yo and draw up a lp, [yo, insert hook in same place, yo and draw up a lp] 2 times, yo and draw through all 7 lps.

Puff decrease (puff dec): *Yo, insert hook in next st, yo and draw up a lp, yo, insert hook in same place, yo and draw up a lp**, sk next 2 sts, rep from * to **, yo and draw through all 9 lps.

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

Panel

Make 6.

Row 1 (RS): With rainforest stripe, ch 4, 4 dc in 4th ch from hook (3 sk chs count as dc), mark as RS, turn. (5 dc)

Note: Shell sts are worked into the sp, or gap, between sts.

Row 2: Ch 3 (see Pattern Notes), sk first st, shell (see Special Stitches) between previous and next st, sk 3 dc, shell between previous and next st, dc in last dc, turn. (2 shells, 2 dc)

Row 3: Ch 3, sk first st, shell between previous and next st, sk next shell, shell in next sp, sk next shell, shell between last 2 sts, dc in last st, turn. (3 shells, 2 dc)

Row 4: Ch 3, shell between first 2 sts, (sk next shell, shell in next sp) twice, sk next shell, shell between last 2 sts, dc in last st, turn. (4 shells, 2 dc)

Row 5: Ch 3, shell between first 2 sts, (sk next shell, shell in next sp) 3 times, sk next shell, shell between last 2 sts, dc in last st, turn. (5 shells, 2 dc)

Row 6: Ch 3, shell between first 2 sts, (sk next shell, shell in next sp) 4 times, sk next shell, shell between last 2 sts, dc in last st, turn. (6 shells, 2 dc)

Row 7: Ch 3, shell between first 2 sts, (sk next shell, shell in next sp) 5 times, sk next shell, shell between last 2 sts, dc in last st, turn. (7 shells, 2 dc)

Row 8: Ch 3, shell between first 2 sts, (sk next shell, shell in next sp) 6 times, sk next shell, shell between last 2 sts, dc in last st, turn. (8 shells, 2 dc)

Row 9: Ch 3, shell between first 2 sts, (sk next shell, shell in next sp) 7 times, sk next shell, dc in last st, turn.

Row 10: Ch 3, sk first shell, (shell in next sp, sk next shell) 7 times, shell between last 2 sts, dc in last st, turn.

Rows 11–70: (Rep rows 9 and 10) 30 times.

Row 71: Ch 3, sk first shell, (shell in next sp, sk next shell) 7 times, dc in last st, turn. (7 shells, 2 dc)

Row 72: Ch 3, sk first shell, (shell in next sp, sk next shell) 6 times, dc in last st, turn. (6 shells, 2 dc)

Row 73: Ch 3, sk first shell, (shell in next sp, sk next shell) 5 times, dc in last st, turn. (5 shells, 2 dc)

Row 74: Ch 3, sk first shell, (shell in next sp, sk next shell) 4 times, dc in last st, turn. (4 shells, 2 dc)

Row 75: Ch 3, sk first shell, (shell in next sp, sk next shell) 3 times, dc in last st, turn. (3 shells, 2 dc)

Row 76: Ch 3, sk first shell, (shell in next sp, sk next shell) twice, dc in last st, turn. (2 shells, 2 dc)

Row 77: Ch 3, sk first shell, shell in next sp, sk next shell, dc in last st, turn. (1 shell, 2 dc)

Row 78: Ch 2 (counts as dc), sk shell, dc in last st. Fasten off. (2 dc)

Borders

Border for Panels 1, 3 & 5

Rnd 1: With RS facing, sc join (see Special Stitches) peacock in ch at base of row 1 shell, 2 sc in same st, working in sps made by starting and ending dc around Panel, [(3 sc in next sp) 70 times, 3 sc in corner, (3 sc in next sp) 8 times], 3 sc in corner, rep between [ ] once, join (see Pattern Notes) in first st. Fasten off. (480 sc)

Border for Panels 2, 4 & 6

Rnd 1: With WS facing, sc join peacock in ch at base of row 1 shell, 2 sc in same st, working in sps made by starting and ending dc around Panel, [(3 sc in next sp) 8 times, 3 sc in corner st, (3 sc in next sp) 70 times], 3 sc in corner st, rep between [ ] once, join in first st. Fasten off. (480 sc)

Assembly

With peacock, whipstitch (see illustration) panels tog through back lps (see Stitch Guide) according to assembly diagram.

Edging

Rnd 1: Sc join peacock in center sc of lower right corner, {(ch 3, sc) in same st, ch 2, sk 2 sc, [sc in next sc, ch 2, sk 2 sc] to corner, (sc, ch 3, sc) in corner sc; working across short edge, *(ch 2, sk 2 sc, sc in next sc) 9 times ending in corner st of border**, ch 2, sk seam, sc in corner st of next border, rep from * across short edge ending last rep at **}, rep between { } once, join in beg sc. (4 corner ch-3 sps, 71 ch-2 sps on each long edge, 59 ch-2 sps on each short edge)

Rnd 2: Sc join rainforest in corner ch-3 sp, ch 2, (dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in same corner, *2 dc in each ch-2 sp to next corner**, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in corner, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in top of beg ch-2. (4 corner 2 dc-ch 2-2 dc groups, 71 2-dc groups on each long edge, 59 2-dc groups on each short edge)

Rnd 3: Sl st in next dc, sl st in next sp, ch 3, (dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in same sp, *[sk next 2 dc, 2 dc in next sp] to corner group, sk next 2 dc**, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in corner ch-2 sp, rep from * around ending last rep at **, join in top of beg ch-3. (4 corner