BEAUTIFUL IN BLUE CABLES
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Size:
39" x 50"" before fringing
Materials:
Worsted weight yarn,
12 oz medium blue
6 oz natural
18 oz light blue
Note: Photographed model made with Bernat ® Berella ® “4”,
#08721 Medium Country Blue, #08940 Natural, and #08720 Light Country Blue
14" size 10 straight needles (or size required for
gauge)
Size G aluminum crochet hook for joining panels
Cable stitch holder or double point needle
Gauge:
20 sts = 3 3/4"
Note:A YO lp begins every row; for ease in counting lps and
assembling panels, tie a marker of contrasting yarn every 25th lp
on each side of panel. Mark cast-on row of each panel as panel
bottom.
Instructions:
Light Blue Panel (make 4):
With light blue, cast on 20 sts.
Row 1: YO, K7, K2 tog, K11.
Rep Row 1 until there are 150 YO loops on each
side of the panel. Bind off loosely.
Cable Panel (make 2 in medium blue; make 1
in natural):
Cast on 41 sts.
Row 1 (cable twist row): YO, K 7, K 2 tog, K 2; sl next
4 sts onto cable needle and hold in back of work; K4,
K 4 sts from cable needle, K 3, sl 4 sts onto cable
needle and hold in back of work; K 4, K 4 sts from
cable needle, K 11.
Row 2: YO, K 7. K 2 tog; K 2, P 8, K 3; P 8, K 11.
Row 3: YO, K 7, K 2 tog, K 32.
Rows 4 through 9: Rep Rows 2 and 3, 3 more times.
Row 10: Rep Row 2.
Rep these 10 rows until there are 150 YO loops on
each side of the panel, ending by working Row 10.
Bind-Off Row: BO 7 sts; K 2 tog, BO the K 2
tog; *place next 4 sts on cable needle, bind off 4 sts;
bind off 4 sts on cable needle; bind off 3 sts; rep from
* to last 11 sts, bind off.
Joining:
Join panels with crochet hook, as follows: Place natural
cable panel with wrong side facing wrong side
of a lt blue panel and cast-on rows at
bottom; join natural yarn with an sc working
through both bottom YO loops; continue working sc
to join YO loops, adjusting tension to keep work flat.
Work to top of panels, finish off. Join another lt blue
panel to other side of medium blue panel in same man-
ner. Using medium blue yarn, join a medium blue panel to
each of the joined lt blue panels, in same manner.
Then using medium yarn, join remaining lt blue panels,
panels, one to each side of medium blue panels. Weave in
all loose ends.
Fringe:
Make Single Knot Fringe. Cut strands 16" long in all colors.
Working acrosseach short end of afghan, knot 1 strand in each st
across, matching fringe color to panel color.
From 7 Day Afghans by Jean Leinhauser and Rita Weiss, Published by
Sterling Publishing. There are 44 more afghans in this book.
Entire contents © 2008 by Creative Partners, LLC.