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Summer Breeze Beachy Throw Pattern

Summer Breeze Beachy Throw Pattern

When you head to the shore this summer, remember to grab your sunglasses, floppy hat, bathing suit, and this Summer Breeze Beachy Throw Pattern so you can hook up a crochet blanket as soft as the sand between your toes. This summer afghan pattern is perfect for your beach house or back porch, but will lend an easy-going beachy elegance to any style decor. The stitch design is reminiscent of shells or pebbles you might pocket on a stroll through the surf. If you could crochet what a day at the beach feels like, it would be this easy breezy beachy throw!

Crochet HookK/10.5 or 6.5 mm hook

Yarn Weight(5) Bulky/Chunky (12-15 stitches for 4 inches)

Crochet Gauge13 sc = 4" (10 cm); 8 rows in pattern = 4" (10 cm). CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size hook to obtain the gauge.

Finished SizeThrow measures 60" x 48" [152.5 cm x 122 cm].

Materials List

  • RED HEART® Dreamy Stripes™: 6 balls 9383 Calm Breeze
  • Stitch markers
  • Yarn needle

INSTRUCTIONS

NOTE:
Designer recommends placing stitch markers to divide long edges evenly into quarters and then working ¼ of the number of required stitches evenly spaced from corner to marker and between markers.

Special Stitches
3-dc Cl (3-double crochet cluster) = Yarn over, insert hook in indicated st or space, pull up loop, yarn over and draw through 2 loops, [yarn over, insert hook in same st or space, pull up loop, yarn over and draw through 2 loops] twice, yarn over and draw through all 4 loops on hook.
Beg 3-dc Cl (beginning 3-double crochet cluster) = Ch 2, [yarn over, insert hook in same indicated space, pull up loop, yarn over and draw through 2 loops] twice, yarn over and draw through all 3 loops on hook.
Cdc (crossed double crochet) = Skip next 2 sts, dc in next st, ch 1, working over dc just made, dc in first skipped st.
DcX (double crochet X-stitch) = Skip next st, dc in next st, dc in skipped st.

THROW

  1. Ch 138.
    Row 1 (Right Side): Sc in 2nd ch from hook and each ch across; turn—137 sc.

  2. Row 2 (Wrong Side): Ch 3 (counts as first dc here and throughout), Cdc across to last sc, dc in last sc; turn—2 dc, 45 Cdc, 45 ch-1 spaces.

  3. Row 3 (Right Side): Ch 1, sc in each dc and ch-1 space across; turn—137 sc.

  4. Row 4 (Wrong Side): Ch 4 (counts as dc, ch 1), skip next sc, 3-dc Cl in next sc, *ch 2, skip 2 sc, 3-dc Cl in next sc; repeat from * across to last 2 sc, ch 1, skip next sc, dc in last sc; turn—2 dc, 2 ch-1 spaces, 45 3-dc Cl, 44 ch-2 spaces.

  5. Row 5 (Right Side): Ch 1, sc in first dc and ch-1 space, sc in top of first 3-dc Cl, *2 sc in next ch-2 space, sc in top of next 3-dc Cl; repeat from * across to last 2 sts, sc in last ch-1 space and top of ch-3; turn—137 sc.

  6. Rows 6-101: Repeat Rows 2–5, 24 times.

  7. Rows 102-103: Repeat rows 2-3 once. Do not turn.

BORDER

  1. Round 1 (Right Side): Work 168 sc evenly spaced across side edge (see Note), 3 sc in corner, work 134 sc evenly spaced across opposite side of foundation chain, 3 sc in corner, work 168 sc evenly spaced across next side edge, 3 sc in corner, work 134 sc evenly spaced across top edge, 3 sc in last corner, slip st in first sc—604 sc.

  2. Round 2: Slip st in next sc, ch 3, dc in same st as join-ing slip st of Round 1 (counts as first DcX), *DcX across edge to corner, ch 3, skip worked corner sc, dc in next sc, dc in corner sc; repeat from * 3 times; slip st in top of ch-3—86 DcX on long sides, 69 DcX on short sides, 4 ch-3 spaces.

  3. Round 3: Ch 1, *[sc between next 2 DcX, ch 1] across to ch-3 space, (sc, ch 1) 3 times in ch-3 space; repeat from * 3 times, sc between next 2 DcX, ch 1, slip st in first sc; turn.

  4. Round 4 (Wrong Side): Slip st in next ch-1 space, Beg 3-dc Cl in same space [ch 1, 3-dc Cl in next ch-1 space] twice, ch 3, [3-dc Cl in next ch-1 space, *ch 1, 3-dc Cl in next ch-1 space; repeat from * across edge to corner, ch 3] 3 times; *3-dc Cl in next ch-1 space, ch 1; repeat from * across edge to Beg ch-3 Cl; slip st in top of Beg 3-dc Cl; turn.

  5. Round 5 (Right Side): (Slip st, ch 1, sc) in next ch-1 space, ch 1, *(sc, ch 1) in each ch-1 space to ch-3 space, [sc, ch 1] 4 times in ch-3 space; repeat from * 3 times, (sc, ch 1) in each ch-1 space across edge to beginning of Round, slip st in first sc.

  6. Round 6: Slip st in next ch-1 space, ch 1, (sc, ch 3, slip st in 3rd ch from hook, sc) in each ch-1 space around, slip st in first sc.
    Fasten off.

FINISHING

Weave in ends and block.

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