Seafoam Tunisian Throw

Dive right into this free crochet throw pattern and crochet your own Seafoam Tunisian Throw. Reminiscent of the sea, this intermediate crochet blanket pattern is fun to crochet. Use ocean blue colored yarn as shown or go for a completely different color scheme. The choice is up to you, but you should definitely give this crochet throw a try!

Materials:

• RED HEART® Soft®: 4 (5) balls 9520 Seafoam A, 2 (2) balls 9518 Teal B
• Susan Bates® Crochet Hooks: 6.5 mm [K-10 ½ US] 14” Afghan/ Tunisian hook and 6 mm [J-10 US] crochet hook (for edging only)
• Yarn needle

Size:
Directions are for Lapghan; changes in parentheses are for Throw.
Lapghan measures 48” (122 cm) x 36” (91.5 cm) wide.
Throw measures 55” (139.5 cm) long x 45” (114.5 cm) wide.

Gauge/Tension:
GAUGE: From center of 5-exRevTdc group to center of next 5-exRevTdc group = 3” (7.5 cm); Rows 2-4 = 21/4” (5.5 cm), with afghan hook. CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size hook to obtain the gauge.

Special Stitches:
Tunisian Simple Stitch (Tss) = Working from right to left, holding working yarn behind work, insert hook under next vertical bar, yarn over and draw up a loop.
Reverse Pass = Working from left to right, yarn over and draw through first loop on hook, *yarn over and draw through 2 loops on hook;repeat from * across.
Extended Reverse Tunisian Double Crochet (exRevTdc) = Working from right to left, holding working yarn behind work, yarn over, insert hook under back vertical bar of indicated stitch, yarn over and draw up a loop, ch 1, yarn over and draw through 2 loops on hook.
Reverse Tunisian Simple Stitch (RevTss) = Working from right to left, holding working yarn behind work, insert hook under back vertical bar of indicated stitch, yarn over and draw up a loop.
Reverse Tunisian Slip Stitch (RevTSlSt) = Working from right to left, holding working yarn behind work, insert hook under back vertical bar of indicated stitch, yarn over and draw through st and loop on hook.

Notes
1. Tunisian crochet is worked from the right side only; do not turn at the end of a row.
2. Each row consists of a forward pass and a reverse pass.
3. Always skip the first vertical bar when working the Forward Pass. Insert the hook into the second vertical bar at the beginning of the row.
4. If you hold the hook in your right hand, you will work the forward pass, picking up loops, from right to left. And you will work the return pass, working off loops, from left to right. If you hold the hook in your left hand, you will work the forward and return passes in the opposite directions.
5. Carry color not in use along wrong side of right edge.

Abbreviations
A, B, C = Color A, Color B, Color C etc.;
ch = chain;
sc = single crochet;
st(s) = stitch(es);
[ ] = work directions in brackets the number of times specified;
* = repeat whatever follows the * as indicated.

LAPGHAN (THROW)
With A, ch 145 (181).
Row 1: Working in back bump of ch, insert hook in 2nd ch from hook, yarn over and draw up a loop; *insert hook in next ch, yarn over and draw up a loop; repeat from * across—145 (181) loops on hook. Work reverse pass to last 2 loops, drop A, yarn over with B, draw through last 2 loops—145 (181) Tss.

Row 2: RevTss in each st to last st, Tss under both strands of last st—145 (181) loops on hook. Work reverse pass to last 2 loops, drop B, yarn over with A, draw through last 2 loops—145 (181) RevTss

Row 3: Ch 3; [skip next st, exRevTdc in next st] twice; *skip next st, 5 exRevTdc in next st, [skip next st, exRevTdc in next st] five times; repeat from * to last 6 sts, [skip next st, exRevTdc in next st] three times—121 (151) loops on hook. For reverse pass: Yarn over and draw through first 3 loops; *[ch 1, yarn over and draw through next 2 loops] five times; ch 1, yarn over and draw through next 6 loops; repeat from * to last 4 loops, ch 1, drop B, yarn over with A and draw through all 4 loops—121 (151) exRevTdc.

Row 4: Ch 1, skip 4-loop cluster; [yarn over and draw up loop in next ch, yarn over and draw up loop in horizontal bar of next st] five times, yarn over and draw up loop in next ch, *yarn over and draw up loop in top of next 6-loop cluster, [yarn over and draw up loop in next ch, yarn over and draw up loop in horizontal bar of next st] five times, draw up a loop in next ch; repeat from * to last 3-loop cluster, draw up loop in top of last 3-loop cluster—145 (181) loops on hook. Work reverse pass to last 2 loops, drop A, yarn over with B, draw through last 2 loops—145 (181) Tss.

Repeat Rows 2-4 until Lapghan (Throw) measures 48 (55)”/122 (139.5) cm or desired length, end at Row 2.

Last Row: Repeat Row 2.

Bind Off Row: Working from right to left, holding working yarn behind work, insert hook under back vertical bars of first 2 st, yarn over and draw through all 3 loops on hook; [ch 1, RevTSlSt] seven times, *insert hook under back vertical bars of next 5 sts, yarn over and draw through all 6 loops on hook, [ch 1, RevTSlSt] seven times; repeat from * to last 3 sts, insert hook under back vertical bars of last 3 sts, yarn over and draw through all 4 loops on hook, change to crochet hook for edging.
Do not fasten off.

Edging
Side 1: Ch 1, working across ends of rows, sc evenly spaced along side edge to Row 1. Fasten off.
Side 2: With right side facing, join A with sc to end of Row 1, working across ends of rows, sc evenly spaced along side edge to Bind Off Row. Fasten off.