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Willow Lace Afghan
"This beautiful heirloom afghan is perfect for a baby or just to cuddle up with on a cool summer evening. It has a lovely, quick stitch and a lacy border."
Crochet HookJ/10 or 6 mm hook
Yarn Weight(3) Light/DK (21-24 stitches to 4 inches)
Finished Size36 x 48
Materials List
- 10 oz A (I used Bernat Baby, a sport weight)
- 4 oz B (I used Caron Simply Soft, a light worsted weight)
Pattern
With A ch 96.
Body
- Turn, ch 1, sc, yo, insert in sc, yo, insert next, yo, pull through all, *ch 1, yo, insert in last stitch, yo, sk 1, insert in next stitch, yo, pull through all, ch 1* across
- Ch 1, turn, yo insert in 1st stitch, yo, insert in picot (ch 1 to close) of 1st stitch below, yo, pull through all, ch 1, *yo, insert in picot of last stitch, yo, insert in picot of next stitch, yo, pull through all, ch 1* across
- Repeat row 2 for a total of 59 rows
- Turn, ch 1, sc around with 3sc in each corner, finish off
- Attach B mid row, (row 1) sc, *sk 4, ch 5, sc* to corner, at corner skip the middle stitch and continue the next side around
- Ch 1, sc into ch 5 space, *9dc into next ch 5, ch 1, sc in next ch 5 space, ch 1* across to corner, at corner do 10 dc, ch 1 in corner ch 5 then continue as before
- Attach A, Ch 4, tr in sc, tr in same, ch 3,* sk 2 ch 1 spaces and dc, ch 3 in next ch 1 space, sk ch 1 space, dc, ch 3 in next ch 1 space, sk 2 ch 1 spaces, 2 tr, ch 3 I next* around to corner, after 1st dc sk 3 spaces and ch 10, dc, ch 3 and continue as before
- Ch 1 sc, ch 5, *puff (yo, insert, yo, insert, yo, insert, yo, pull through all) in ch 3 sp at top of shell, ch 3, puff in same sp, ch 5, sc between tr of row row below, ch 5* to corner do the 2 puffs with ch 3 between them , then ch 5 sc in same space, ch 5, puff, ch 3, puff in same sp, continue as before
- Attach B, ch 1, *sc in ch 5 sp, ch 5 over puffs sc in next ch 5 sp, ch 5, sc in next ch 5 sp*, continue to corner ch 8 over 1st puffs, sc in ch 5 sp, ch 5, sc in ch 5 sp, ch 8 over 2nd puffs, sc next ch 5 sp
- Ch 3, dc 7,ch 1 in ch 5 sp over puffs,* sc in ch 5 sp, 8 dc, ch 1 in next ch 5 sp over next puffs*, continue around, including in corner
- Attach A, repeat row 3 except in corners, after dc, ch 5, 2 tr in sc in middle of corner, ch 5 and continue
- Repeat row 4 except in corners, from last puffs, ch 5, sc in ch 5 sp before tr in row below, ch 5, puff, ch 3, puff, ch 5 in middle, continue as before
- Attach B, repeat row 3 except instead of ch 1 between ea dc, do picot on 1st 7 dc and ch 1 on 8th around
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JaneEK
May 11, 2018
The afghan itself is rather plain, but that border really knocks it out of the park! Im thinking that instead of an afghan, you could work up a scarf and add that lovely edge to that. Or how about a triangle scarf, very plain, and edged with this lacy trim? Thanks for posting this! I can think of all sorts of ways to use it.
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