Afghan III

This free pattern originally published in the Woolco Knitting & Crocheting Manual, in 1916.

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MATERIAL-6 skeins of white, 4 of blue, 3 of pink and 1 of yellow Woolco Germantown Zephyr. No. 4 Woolco hook.

The Reversed Afghan Stitch is made the same as Afghan Stitch, except that the vertical thread is taken from the back instead of from the front.

Using blue, chain 141 stitches.

1 row of blue in R. A. S.

6 rows of blue in star stitch.

Then, in R. A. S., 1 row each – white, pink, white, yellow, blue.

6 rows of white in star stitch.

Then, in R. A. S., 1 row each – pink, white, yellow, blue, white.

6 rows of pink in star stitch.

Then, in R. A. S., 1 row each – white, yellow, blue, white, pink.

6 rows of white in star stitch.

Then, in R. A. S., 1 row each – blue, white, pink, white, yellow*.

6 rows of blue in star stitch. This is the center stripe.

Work back from the *.

BORDER-Using white, make 1 row of star stitch all around the afghan.

Next row, a shell of 5, in white.

Finish with a picot edge, in blue.

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