Infant’s Pine Stitch Afghan

With Cross Stitch Stripe

Size, 1 Yard Square

For details see Pine Stitch, page 40, and Old Afghan Stitch, page 27

MATERIALS.

SUNLIGHT Eight-fold Germantown, 7 skeins colored

SUNLIGHT Four-fold Germantown, 9 skeins white, 1 skein each of 2 medium shades of green, 1 skein tan, 1 skein light blue

10 skeins darker blue BLYDA Rope Silk

1 Amber Crochet Hook, No. 4

1 Amber Crochet Hook, No. 6

INSTRUCTIONS

(Written for white and blue.)

This little Afghan is made up of 7 panels. The blue panel is worked in the Pine Stitch and a vine of violets is embroidered in cross stitch on the white panel. A pretty lace border finishes off the edge.

Begin with the blue panel, use No. 6 hook and make a chain of 17 stitches (a little tight).

1st row: Start in 2nd stitch from hook and * pick up 3 long loops, 1 in each stitch on the chain. Take up a short loop in the next stitch on the chain, put yarn over hook and pull through 1 loop. Repeat from * ending row with the short loop and another loop pulled through as before. Now put yarn over hook and pull through 4 loops, * yarn over pull through 1 loop (of those picked up) yarn over hook pull through 3 loops (of those picked up) and repeat from * to end of row; make 1 chain tight.

2nd row: * Take up 1 long loop in 1st space on preceding row, take up another long loop on top of the 3 loops below and a 3rd loop in next space. Pick up a short loop through the short loop below top chain, put yarn over hook pull through 1 loop and repeat from *. Pick up the short loop at end of row in 2nd chain stitch on the side of panel and pull through another loop. Now put yarn over hook and pull through same as on 1st row.

Repeat 2nd row for the length of 31 inches. Finish off last row of the panel with 1 row in the slip stitch (see First Stitches). There will be 17 stitches across.

Make 4 panels.

Start the white panel, use No. 4 hook and make a chain of 32 stitches.

1st row: Pick up 1 loop in each stitch on the chain (32 loops on needle), put yarn over hook pull through 1 loop (of those picked up) at a time.

2nd row: Same as 1st row, taking up the loops in front from the loops on preceding row.

Repeat 2nd row for the length of 31 inches. Finish off last row with 1 row in the slip stitch, taking up in the loops. Make 1 row in white on each side of the panel: * Make a single crochet on the edge, then make a double crochet, taking up from below in 3rd loop from top and repeat from *.

Embroider in cross stitch a vine of violets on the white panel, using the assorted colors of 4-fold Germantown, and the Blyda rope silk.

Make 3 panels.

Join the panels in white. Place both panels together having the right sides out and the blue panel toward you. Make 1 row in the single crochet, taking up in every stitch on both edges, with the exception of making 2 stitches in about every 6th stitch on edge of the blue panel.

77Border: 1st row in white: Make 1 row in the single crochet all around. Take up in every stitch on the ends of the Afghan and make 2 single crochet in every 4th stitch on the sides of Afghan.

2nd row in white: Make the double crochet, taking up in double stitch on 1st row. Have the corners full enough.

3rd row in white: Make a chain of 2 stitches and a single crochet in every 3rd stitch on preceding row.

4th row in white: * Make 2 double crochet, a chain of 2 stitches and 2 more double crochet in 1 space on preceding row. Make 1 chain and a single crochet in the stitch between 1st and 2nd space from the group. Make 1 chain, skip 1 space and repeat from * to end of row.

5th row in white: Same as preceding row.

Last row in blue: Make a slip stitch across the single crochet between the scallops on 3rd row. Make a chain of 3 stitches and a slip stitch above to right side of scallop over the 1 chain and repeat the same on next row above. Make a chain of 3 stitches and * a double crochet in space on top of scallop, then make a chain of 3 stitches and a single crochet over the double crochet and repeat from * until you have 4 double crochet in the space and 4 picots.

Make the other side of the scallop to correspond.

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