I can’t believe how fast this years Mystery Winter Afghan Crochet Along is going by!!
So… Welcome back! Thank you for stopping by and checking out this Mystery Afghan CAL, I hope you are having a great time… If you are just joining in now, Welcome! As you saw last week, this is a traditional chevron pattern and it has some twists and turns… During this CAL, hopefully you will learn some new stitches and/or advance your crochet ability!!
If this is your first Mystery CAL with me… Check out the past 6 years of the Winter Mystery Afghans and all of the other CAL’s we have done in the Crochet with Me tab at the top of the page! Each week I will post a easy section for you to complete, and in 12 weeks… You will have a fun, whimsical afghan!
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There are a few prizes involved in this years 2020 Winter Mystery Afghan CAL..
Grand Prize – There will be a $50 Amazon Gift Card for 1 lucky winner at the end of the CAL. The grand prize will be drawn on Sunday May 24th 2020. To be eligible, you must email a picture and permission by Friday May 22nd, 2020 to [email protected] showing your completed project. Entries will be numbered by the order they arrive and the number will be drawn using a random number generator.
Monday Treasure Hunt Weekly Prize – Each Monday starting March 2nd, 2020 a $10 Amazon Gift Card will be given away to one member in the Beatrice Ryan Designs C AL Group on Facebook. Each Monday, a post will be made explaining the rules to enter. The entry time will only last part of the day… so stay tuned in the group!
Congrats to Kristi P., last weeks Monday Treasure Hunt winner!!!
Here is my color line up… You can choose your colorway to be in any order you like… The way my eye liked my colors was from lightest to darkest… A~White B~Stone C~Sweet Pink D~Light Gray E~Cameo F~Pewter
Stitches:
- St ~ Stitch
- Sl St ~ Slip Stitch
- Sk ~ Skip
- Ch ~ Chain
- Bl ~ Back Loop
- Dec Sc ~ Decrease Single Crochet *Insert hook in next st, pull up loop, insert hook in next st, pull up loop, Yo and draw through all 3 loops on hook*
- Sc ~ Single Crochet
- Blsc ~ Back Loop Single Crochet
- Dc ~ Double Crochet
- V St – In designated stitch – Dc, ch 1, Dc
Instructions:
**Each week you will be repeating the blsc row 3 several times(in the color indicated for the row repeat) … Here it is so you don’t have to go back to week 1…
Row 3: Ch 1, turn, dec blsc over the next 2 sts, blsc in next 8 sts, *3 blsc in next st, blsc in next 9 sts, sk 2 sts, blsc in next 9 sts*, repeat *to* 9 more times, 3 blsc in next st, blsc in next 8 sts, dec blsc over the last 2 sts. =231 blsc
Join in bl color F with sl st to end of row 73
Rows 74-77: Repeat row 3
Row 78: Ch 4(counts as dc + ch 1), turn, bldc in next st, sk 2 sts, bl V st in next st, sk 2 sts, bl V st in next st, sk 2 sts, {3 bldc in next st, *sk 2 sts, bl V st in next st*, repeat *to* 5 more times, sk 2 sts}, repeat {to} 9 more times, 3 bldc in next st, sk 2 sts, bl V st in next st, sk 2 sts, bl V st in next st, sk 2, bl dc in next st, ch 1, bldc in last st. = 37 – dc, 2 – ch1 & 64 V sts
**Tip for row 79, Make sure to work in the ch and dc in the beginning and end of the previous row to get proper st count
Rows 79-82: Repeat row 3 Finish off
Join color E in bl with sl st to end of row 82
Rows 83-92: Repeat row 3
Finish Off
** The approx. length at the end of this week is 40″ laid flat not stretched
That’s it… you have completed week 5!!! You are 42% done!!! Meet me back here next Sunday for Week 6, more color, more fun stitching!!!
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Happy Crocheting!!
Elena
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