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Stripe Blocks & Flowers Afghan
Free Crochet Pattern
Free Crochet Pattern
By Donna Collinsworth of Donna’s Crochet Designs
MATERIALS: 2 skeins Bernat Baby Coordinates yarn in Lemon Custard and Daisy Yellow, 1 skein ea in Pale Blue and Blue Bon Bon, small amount of Baby Coordinates in Sweet Pink, F crochet hook or hook needed to obtain gauge, and needle to take yarn.
FINISHED SIZE: 34” X 44”
Gauge: 4 hdc sts = 1”, 3 rows hdc = 1”, block is 10” X 10” and flower is 3” across.
SQUARE (MAKE 12):
ROW 1: With Lemon yarn and F hook ch-42, hdc 2 nd ch from hook, hdc ea ch across, ch-1, turn. (41 sts)
ROW 2-8: Hdc ea st across, ch-1, turn. End row 8 join Daisy, fasten off lemon.
ROW 9-15: Hdc ea st across, ch-1, turn. End row 15 join lemon, fasten off Daisy.
ROW 16-22: Hdc ea st across, ch-1, turn. End row 22 join Daisy, fasten off lemon.
ROW 23-29: Hdc ea st across, ch-1, turn. End row 29 fasten off.
With needle and matching yarn sew the block in four rows of 3 blocks ea alternating the stripes. Sew the rows tog.
EDGING:
RND 1: With Bon Bon and F hook join in any st along edge, ch-1, hdc same st, evenly hdc ea st and row around working (2 hdc, ch-1, 2 hdc) in ea corner, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn.
RND 2-4: Hdc ea st around working (2 hdc, ch-2, 2 hdc) in ea ch-2 sp around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. End rnd 4 fasten off.
FLOWER (MAKE 20):
With Sweet Pink and F hook ch-3, sl st to form a ring.
RND 1: Ch-3 (1 st dc), work 14 dc in ring, sl st top beg ch-3, ch-1, turn. (15 sts)
RND 2: (sc next st, sk next st, sc next st) around, join Pale Blue, sl st top beg sc, ch-1, fasten off Sweet Pink, do not turn.
RND 3: Sc 1st st, (sk 1 st, ch-3, sc next st) around ending with ch-3, sl st top beg sc, do not turn.
RND 4: Sl st in 1st lp, (sc, hdc, dc, 2 trc, dc, hdc, sc) in same lp, rep bet () in ea lp around, ch-1, do not turn.
RND 5: Sc in sk st rnd 3, (ch-3, sc next sk st rnd 3) around ending with ch-3, sl st top beg sc, do not turn.
RND 6: Sl st in 1st lp, (sc, ch-3, 6 trc, ch-3, sc) same lp, rep bet () in ea lp around, sl st top beg sc, fasten off.
With needle and yarn sew one flower to ea intersecting corner on blocks and ea corner of block along afghan edge.