Retirement Granny Afghan

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materials:

2 or 3 - 8 oz. skeins: dark brown, warm brown, buff fleck, cornmeal, rose pink
size "J" hook

notes:

this pattern will make a square afghan that does not have straight sides. it is an appropriate size to be a queen-king bedspread, but is relatively light for it's size.

yarn amounts and final size depend on your personal usage. June and I had squares that were approximately 6 inches square. 6 inch squares should take about 5 rounds.

pattern:

layout:

B = warm brown (49)
F = buff fleck (40)
P = rose pink (32)
C = cornmeal (24)

=>empty space in table denotes no square.

                B                
              B F B              
            B F P F B            
          B F P C P F B          
        B F P C B C P F B        
      B F P C B F B C P F B      
    B F P C B F P F B C P F B    
  B F P C B F P C P F B C P F B  
B F P C B F P C B C P F B C P F B
  B F P C B F P C P F B C P F B  
    B F P C B F P F B C P F B    
      B F P C B F B C P F B      
        B F P C B C P F B        
          B F P C P F B          
            B F P F B            
              B F B              
                B                

 

joining:

with dark brown,
each square gets a border of 1 round of hdc
squares are joined with hdc

border:

Rnd 1: sc around with dark brown, at outward corners--3 sc in corner st, at indented corners--sk corner st
Rnd 2: with corn meal, sc around putting 3 sc in each outward pointing corner, sk 1 st in indented corners
Rnd 3: with rose, repeat Rnd 2
Rnd 4: with dark brown, work (sc, picot) in each sc around
(picot is worked: ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook)

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