Heather's Flowers

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materials:

size "J" hook
1 - 6 oz. skein Plumberry
4 - 8 oz. skeins each: Dark Sage, Soft Navy

notes:

blue squares will be just slightly smaller than the green, there is the same number of stitches around
flower replaces 1st 2 rounds of a regular granny square

special instructions:

to work flower: ch 3, 2 dc in ring, ch 3, turn, 1 dc in each dc (including beg ch, total 4 -- 3 dc + ch), turn back, (3 dc in ring, ch 3, turn, 1 dc in each dc, turn back) 7 times, join with sl st in 3rd beg ch; 8 petals, 8 spaces---continue same as 3rd round on of regular square

blue squares:

(make 41)
work flower with plum berry
1 Rnd with dark sage
2 Rnds with navy

green squares:

(make 40)
plain 5 Rnd granny square with dark sage

layout:

B = blue square
G = green square

B G B G B G B G B
G B G B G B G B G
B G B G B G B G B
G B G B G B G B G
B G B G B G B G B
G B G B G B G B G
B G B G B G B G B
G B G B G B G B G
B G B G B G B G B

 

joining:

squares are joined using hdc in soft navy

border:

with soft navy,
Rnd 1: join with sc, sc in each st around, with 3 sc in the ch-1 spaces at the corners of afghan, join with sl st
Rnd 2: ch 3, dc in each sc around, with 3 dc in each of the four corners, join with sl st to 3rd ch
finish off
weave in ends

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