Welcome back to this weeks Crochet with Me!! Winter 2016 CAL Afghan Project!! I am so excited to share with you the next section of our afghan!! This week we get colorful and all fun texture!!
Week 1 was the material list, Week 2 we went over gauge and made our first few inches of our afghan! There were a few questions about making the afghan larger, in the last weeks we will be adding 3 ” to each side then making our edging… So our afghan will become quite bit wider that what we are working with now!!
Also, I have loved seeing all of the pictures on Facebook of our progress for week 2 afghans… If you missed out, make sure to head over to my page and post yours and see what everyone else is doing!!
I have love using my Red Heart With Love Yarn,,, It sure does make a great afghan!! What do you think?
Are you ready to start Week 3?? Here we go!!
This week’s stitches:
st ~ Stitch sk ~ Skip ch ~ Chain sl st ~ Slip Stitch sc ~ Single Crochet hdc ~ Half Double Crochet dc ~ Double Crochet trc ~ Triple/Treble Crochet fl ~ Front Loop bl ~ Back Loop RS ~ Right Side (where bobbles, ridges and all fun textures show the most)
This week we will be making an “X” stitch pattern, there is a photo tutorial bottom of the pattern.
Instructions:
Change to Color “C”
Row 21: Ch 1, turn, fl sc in each st across. = 152 sts
Change to Color “B”
Row 22: Ch 1, Turn, sc in the same st and the next st, *trc in next st(this will make a slight bobble that you will make sure to push to the front), sc in next 2 sts*, repeat * * across. = 152 sts (102 sc & 50 trc) ** This is the RS of your project**
Change to Color “C”
Row 23: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st across. = 152 sts
Row 24: Ch 3(counts as dc now and throughout), turn, * sk next 2 sts, trc in the next st, ch 1, trc in 1st sk st (see photo tutorial) “X” stitch made*, repeat * * across to the last st, dc in last st. = 152 sts (2 dc, 50 “X” sts)
Row 25: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st and ch 1 space across. = 152 sts
Change to Color “B”
Row 26: Repeat row 22
Change to Color “C”
Row 27: Ch 1, Sc in each st across. = 152 sts
**Correction Made Here from original post** Forgot the color change and it added a row
Change to Color “A”
Row 28: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st across. = 152 sts
Row 29: Ch 2(counts as hdc now and throughout), turn, fl hdc in each st across. = 152 sts
Rows 30 – 32: Ch 2, hdc in each st across. = 152 sts.
“X” Stitch Photo Tutorial
Congratulations… You have just finished Week 3!! Your afghan should now be approximately 12″ long… Stay tuned next week for more fun color and texture!!
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Happy Crocheting!!
Elena
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