Lacy Turquoise Fan Throw
A cool, breezy day is not complete without a light crochet afghan. The Lacy Turquoise Fan Throw is the perfect crochet afghan pattern for spring and summer. With a beautiful lacy crochet fan stitch and shell stitch, this throw is anything but ordinary. Its bold color would be a wonderful accent to any room. Plus, this beautiful crochet afghan pattern has a dynamic shape that would look great thrown over any couch or armchair.
Crochet HookJ/10 or 6 mm hook
Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)
Materials:
- RED HEART® With Love®: 4 skeins 1562 Jadeite
- Hook: 6mm [J-10 US]
- Yarn needle
Size: Throw measures 46” wide x 58” long (117 x 147.5 cm)
Gauge: 2 pattern repeats = 4” (10 cm) in pattern; Rows 1–4 = 4” (10 cm). Note: one pattern repeat consists of one shell and one single crochet. CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size hook to obtain the gauge.
Special Stitches lg fan (large fan) = 7 dc in indicated stitch or space; picot= (sc, ch 2, sc) in indicated stitch.shell= (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in indicated stitch.sm fan(small fan) = 5 dc in indicated stitchor space.Notes1.Throw is worked in turned rows. Border isworked in one joined round with right sidefacing.2.When working border across ends of rows,work around the post of the stitch. Largeand small fans are worked in rows endingwith double crochet; single crochet isworked in rows ending with single crochet.
THROW
Ch 144.
Row 1 (right side): Working in back bars, dc in 4th ch from hook (beginning ch count as first dc), *ch 2, skip next 2 ch, picot in next ch, ch2, skip next 2 ch, dc in next 2 ch; repeat from *across—42 dc, 20 picots, and 40 ch-2 spaces.
Row 2: Ch 1, turn, sc between first 2 dc, ch 6, skip first ch-2 space, ch 1, sc in next ch-2space, *ch 6, sc in next ch-2 space, ch 1, sc in next ch-2 space; repeat from * across to last ch-2 space, skip last ch-2 space, ch 6, sc between last dc and beginning ch—40 sc, 20 ch-6 spaces, and 19 ch-1 spaces.
Row 3: Ch 1, turn, sc in first sc, *shell in next ch-6 space, sc in next ch-1 space; repeat from * across—21 sc and 20 shells.
Row 4: Ch 3 (counts as first dc here and throughout), turn, dc in first sc, *ch 3, picot inch-2 space of next shell, ch 3, 2 dc in next sc; repeat from * across—42 dc, 20 picots, and 40 ch-2 spaces.
Rows 5–100: Repeat Rows 2–4 thirty-twotimes.
Rows 101 and 102: Repeat Rows 2 and 3.
Row 103: Ch 3, dc in first sc, *ch 2, sc inch-2 space of next shell, ch 2, 2 dc in next sc; repeat from * across—20 sc, 42 dc, and 40 ch-2 spaces. Do not fasten off.
Border
Round 1: Ch 1, do not turn, working across ends of rows, lg fan in first row, *skip next row, sc in next row, sm fan in next row; repeat from * to last 3 rows, skip next row, sc in next row, lg fan in next row; working across opposite side of foundation ch, sc in 2nd st, skip next 2 ch, lg fan in next picot, **skip next 2 ch, sc between next 2 dc (do not work in toch), skip next 2 ch, lg fan in next picot; repeat from ** across, skip last 2 ch, sc in next dc, do not work into top of last dc; working across ends of rows, lg fan around last unworked dc, skip next row, sc in next row, ***sm fan in next row, skip next row, sc in next row; repeat from *** to last row, lg fan in last row; working across top row, sc in 2nd st, skip next 2 ch, lg fan in next sc, ****skip next 2 ch, sc between next 2 dc, skip next 2 ch, lg fan in next sc; repeat from **** across, skip last 2 ch, sc in next dc; join with slip st in beginning ch. Fasten off.
FINISHING: Weave in ends.