Rustic Romance Cable Throw

MATERIALS:

• Red Heart Super Saver worsted weight yarn: 7 skeins of 4608 Wine
• Susan Bates® Crochet Hook: 6mm [US J-10]
• Yarn needle

SIZE:
Throw measures 46” x 55”.

GAUGE:
3 cables and 2 shells = 4”; 8 rows = 4” in pattern. CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size hook to obtain the gauge.

Special Abbreviations
fpdc (front post double crochet) = yarn over, insert hook from front to back to front around the post of indicated stitch and draw yarn through, [yarn over and draw through 2 loops on hook] twice. bpdc (back post double crochet) = yarn over, insert hook from back to front to back around the post of indicated stitch and draw yarn through, [yarn over and draw through 2 loops on hook] twice. cable = skip next st, fpdc around the next st, fpdc around skipped st. shell = 4 dc between the 2nd and 3rd dc of next 4-dc group.

Throw
Ch 136.
Row 1 (Wrong Side): Dc in 4th ch from hook and in each ch across; turn – 134 sts.
Row 2 (Right Side): Ch 3, * cable, skip next dc, 4 dc in next dc, skip next dc; repeat from * to last 3 sts; cable, dc in top of ch-3; turn.
Row 3: Ch 3, * bpdc around next 2 fpdc, shell; repeat from * to last 3 sts; bpdc around next 2 fpdc, dc in top of ch-3; turn.
Row 4: Ch 3, * cable, shell; repeat from * to last 3 sts; cable, dc in top of ch-3; turn. Repeat Rows 3 and 4 for pattern until 55” from beginning (or desired length). Do not fasten off.

Edging
Round 1: Ch 1, sc evenly spaced around entire afghan, working 3 sc in each corner; join with a slip st to first sc.
Round 2: Ch 1, sc in first sc, * ch 1, sc in front loop of sc just made, skip next sc, sc in next sc; repeat from * around; join with a slip st to first sc. Fasten off. Weave in ends.

ABBREVIATIONS:
ch = chain; dc = double crochet; mm = millimeters; sc = single crochet; st(s) = stitch (es); * = repeat whatever follows the * as indicated; [] = work directions in brackets the number of times specified.