Summer's End Glow Crochet Blanket
The end of summer can seem depressing, even if you love fall weather. The Summer's End Glow Crochet Blanket will give you all the brightness of summer with the warmth that you will need for fall and winter. There's a glow between summer and fall, that perfect crispness to the air without it being too cool to be outside and that's what the bright colors of this crochet afghan captures. The assortment of shell, picot, and v stitches give it a lightness in texture, but the worsted weight yarn will keep you cozy.
Crochet HookH/8 or 5 mm hook
Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)
Crochet Gauge4 rows 2
Shell, Picot 2
Finished Size46 in x 56 in
Materials:
- RED HEART Super Saver:
- 1 skein each - 0325 Bright Yellow, 0570 Pale Plum, 0705 Perfect Pink, 0512 Turqua
- 2 skeins 0311 White
- Crochet Hook: 5.0 mm (US H-8) crochet hook or size needed for gauge
Special Stitches:
- Shell – (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in space or stitch as indicated.
- Large Shell (LgSh) – [(2 dc, ch 1) twice, 2 dc ) in space or stitch as indicated.
- V Stitch (V St) – (dc, ch 1, dc) in space or stitch as indicated.
- Picot – (sc, ch 3, sc) in space or stitch as indicated.
Note: Afghan is crocheted in multiples of 8 plus 4 chs.
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BLANKET
Row 1 (RS): With white ch 156, 2 dc in 4th ch from hook, skip 3 chs, Picot in next ch, *skip 3 chs, Shell in next ch, skip 3 chs, Picot in next ch, repeat from * across to last 4 chs, skip 3 chs, 3 dc in last ch, turn.
Row 2: Ch 3, sc in first dc, Shell in next ch 3 space, *Picot in next ch 2 space, Shell in next ch 3 space, repeat from * across to last 4 stitches, skip 3 stitches, (sc, dc) in last dc, fasten off and turn.
Row 3: Join yellow in first stitch ch 2, 2 dc in first dc, Picot in next ch 2 space, *Shell in next ch 3 space, Picot in next ch 2 space, repeat from * across to last 4 stitches, skip 3 stitches, 3 dc in last dc, turn.
Row 4: Repeat Row 2.
Row 5: Repeat Row 3,
Row 6: Repeat Row 2 and fasten off.
Color Scheme
Repeat Rows 2 and 3 for a total of 80 rows as follows:
(2 rows white, 4 rows plum, 2 rows white, 4 rows pink, 2 rows white, 4 rows turqua, 2 rows white,
4 rows yellow) 3 times, 2 rows white
EDGING
Round 1: With pink work along top edge (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in corner ch 3 space, ch 1, *sc in ch 2 space of Shell, ch 1, Shell in ch 3 space, ch 1, repeat from * across ending ch 1, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in corner ch 3 space.
Work along side edge ch 1, sc in first ch 1 space, *ch 1, Shell in next ch 1 space, ch 1, sc in next ch 1 space, repeat from * across.
Work along bottom edge ch 1, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in first right corner dc, ch 1, skip 1 dc, sc in next dc space, *ch 1, Shell in ch below Picot, ch 1, sc in ch below Shell, repeat from * across ending ch 1, Shell in ch below last Picot, ch 1, sc in next dc space, ch 1, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in last dc space.
Work along side edge *ch 1, sc in next ch 1 space, ch 1, Shell in next ch 1 space, repeat from * across ending ch 1, join to beginning dc and fasten off.
Round 2: With white work along top edge V St in corner ch 3 space, ch 3, skip 1 dc, sc in next dc, *ch 3, V St in next sc, ch 3, sc in ch 1 space of Shell, repeat from *across ending V St in last sc, ch 3, skip 1 dc, sc in next dc, ch 3, V St in corner ch 3 space, continue pattern around entire afghan ending ch 3, join to beginning dc and fasten off.
Round 3: With plum work along top edge [(2 dc, ch 2) 2 times, 2 dc] in corner ch 1 space of V St, *sc in sc, LgSh in ch 1 space of V St, repeat from * across ending [(2 dc, ch 2) 2 times, 2 dc] in corner ch 1 space of V St, continue pattern around entire afghan ending join to beginning dc and fasten off.