Little Rose Afghan

For Detail see Star Stitch, page 28 and Old Afghan Stitch, page 27

MATERIALS

SUNLIGHT Four-fold Germantown

10 Skeins white

10 Skeins colored

1 Celluloid Crochet Hook, No. 100

BLYDA Rope Silk, 3 dozen skeins

INSTRUCTIONS

(Written for pink and white.)

This little blanket is made up of 3 white panels with pink border all around, and a pattern of climbing wild roses and green leaves is worked with cross stitches from one end of panel to the other.

Start with white yarn and make a chain of 35 stitches.

1st row: Take up 1 loop in each stitch on the chain, 35 loops in all on needle. Put yarn over hook and pull through 1 loop at a time.

2nd row: Take up in the loops from row below and pull through same as on 1st row. Repeat this row for the length of 28½ inches. Make 2 more panels in white like this one.

Begin with pink yarn and start border on the side of one panel.

1st row: Start at the corner with a chain of 3 stitches. Take up 2 loops in the chain, then take up 1 loop in each one of the 3 first stitches. Now 6 loops on needle, put yarn over hook and pull through all at once and make 1 chain.

2nd stitch: Take up 1 loop in space below this 1 chain; pick up 1 loop in the back of last loop in preceding stitch, take up 1 loop in same place as last loop in preceding stitch, then pick up 2 more loops in the next 2 stitches on row below. Put yarn over hook and pull through all at once and make 1 chain. Repeat 2nd stitch to end of row; turn.

2nd row: A chain of 3 stitches, make 2 double crochet in 1st double stitch on star below. Make 2 more double crochet in 1st stitch on 2nd star below. Repeat this on every star to end of row, turn.

3rd row: Same as 1st row, taking up in the back of the stitches on row below. Repeat these 3 rows on other side of panel. This panel is the middle one.

On the 2 outside panels repeat these 3 rows just on the side that is to be joined to the middle panel.

Joining: Place 2 panels together. Start with pink yarn and make a loop on the hook. Put the hook through both panels in the 1st stitch on 1st star, then yarn over hook, pull through and make a chain of 2 stitches.

Next repeat this in 2nd stitch, on 1st star 79with the white yarn. Take up the pink chain on the hook and place it in front of the white chain, then put hook through both panels in 1st stitch on 2nd star, pull through and make a chain of 2 stitches. Take up the white chain, place it in front of pink chain, pull through in 2nd stitch on 2nd star and make a chain of 2 stitches. Repeat this to end of panels. Join the 2 other sides the same way.

For border all around, repeat the 3 rows already described.

Make the last row in pink and white, the same as the row for joining, with the exception of making 6 stitches in the chains and taking up once in every star.

Work a cross stitch pattern of little pink roses and green leaves for the whole length of the panels.

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