Charleston Garden Afghan
Charleston Garden Afghan
Materials Required: AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY “DAWN” KNITTING
WORSTED 13 ozs. Shaded Pinks or any other flower shade
desired. 13 ozs. Golf Green. 38 O7.s. Baby Blue. 26 ozs.
Black. 3 ozs. Pink. Plastic crochet hook No, 5 or G. Each
motif measures about 7-1/2 inches. 70 motifs 7 x 10 are
required for Afghan.
With Shaded Pinks, ch 4, join to form a ring, ch 3, 3 d c in
ring, sI loop off hook, insert in 3rd st of ch 3 and pull
loop through, * ch 3, 4 d c in ring, sI loop off hook,
insert in first d c and pull loop through (popcorn st),
repeat from * twice, ch 3, join in first popcorn st.
2nd Row. In next loop, work 1 s c, 4 d c, 1 s c, repeat from
beginning 3 times.
3rd Row. Ch 4, working in back of petals over the 1st row, s
c in lower center edge of petal, ch 4, s c between the
petals, repeat from the beginning all around (8 loops).
4th Row. Over each loop, work 1 s c, 5 d c, 1 s c, cut yarn.
5th Row. Attach Pink and work 1 s c in each st of each
petal, cut yarn.
6th Row. Attach Green in s c of 3rd row in back of petal, *
ch 7, s c in 2nd st from hook, 1 s d c in each of the next 2
sts (s d c: yarn over hook, insert in st, pull through, yarn
over and work off all loops at one time) , 1 d c in each of
the next 3 sts, s c in next s c in 3rd row between petals,
repeat from * all around.
7th Row. Work 5 s c on side of next leaf, 3 s c in point of
leaf, 5 s c down other side of leaf and repeat on all
leaves, cut yarn.
8th Row. Attach Baby Blue in point of leaf, 3 s c in same
space, * 1 s d c in each of the next 2 s c, d c in next s c,
yarn over twice, insert in last s c on side of leaf, work
off 2 loops, yarn over, insert in 1st st on next leaf and
work off all loops 2 at a time, skip 2 s c, d c in next s c,
1 s d c in each of the next 2 s c, 3 s c in next s c, repeat
from * all around.
9th Row. Ch 1, * 1 s c in each of the next 3 s c, 1 s d c in
each of the next 2 sts, 1 d c in each of the next 3 sts, 1 s
d c in each of the next 2 sts, repeat from * all around.
10th Row. Ch 4, 2 tr c in same space, ch 1, 3 tr c in same
space, * ch 1, work a popcorn st in each of the next 3 d c
with ch 1 between each popcorn st, ch 1, s c in 1st s c, sI
st in next s c, s c in next s c, ch 1, 1 popcorn st with ch
1 between in each of the next 3 d c, ch 1, in center s c
work 3 tr c, ch 1, 3 tr c, repeat from * all around, join in
1st shell.
11th Row. Work a row of s c all around working 1 s c in each
st and working 2 s c, ch 2, 2 s c in each corner, cut Blue.
Attach Black and work 1 s c in each s c, working 3 s c in
each corner.
Next Row. 1 s c in each s c, cut Black. Sew motifs together
and work the following border: With Black starting at
corner, ch 4, d c in same space, * ch 1, d c in same space,
repeat from * twice, ** skip 2 s c, d c in next s c, * ch 1,
d c in same space, repeat from * twice and repeat from ** to
corner s c, work a 5 d c shell in corner and continue all
around.