Cottage Garden Afghan Pattern #B-376

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Cottage Garden Afghan Pattern

The favorite Granny-type afghan in a new guise … but just as simple to crochet as ever!

COATS & CLARK'S "RED HEART" KNITTING WORSTED, 4 Ply (4 oz. "Tangle-Proof" Pull-Out Skeins): 8 skeins of No. 360 Wood Brown; 4 skeins each of No. 227 Canary Yellow and No. 255 Tile.
Crochet Hook Size H.

Afghan measures 45 x 65 inches, measuring from inner points … Motif measures about 4¾ inches square and 6½ inches diagonally from corner to corner.

FIRST MOTIF (Make 88)  … Starting at center with Canary Yellow, ch 6. Join with sl st to form ring. 1st rnd: Ch 1, * sc in ring, ch 3 to measure 1 inch, (yarn over, insert hook in ring and draw loop through to the height of the sc and ch-3 and hold it there to keep height of loop) 3 times; yarn over and draw through all 7 loops on hook, ch 1 to fasten; ch 3 more. Repeat from * 4 times more. Join last ch-3 with sl st to first sc—5 petals. Break off and fasten. 2nd rnd: Attach Tile to the top of any petal, ch 1, sc in same place, * ch 2, 2 dc in next sc between petals, ch 2, sc in top of next petal. Repeat from * around. Join last ch-2 to first sc. 3rd rnd: Ch 1, sc in joining, * 2 sc in next sp, sc in next 2 dc, 2 sc in next sp, 2 sc in next sc. Repeat from * around, ending with sc in same place as first sc—40 sc. 4th rnd: Sl st loosely in 40 sc, insert hook in both loops of the next sc (behind the sl st), drop Tile, draw Brown through the sc and loop on hook. 5th rnd: Ch 1, sc in same place, working through both loops of sc's (behind sl sts) throughout, make sc in next 2 sc, * h dc in next 2 sc, dc in next sc, in next sc make 2 dc, tr and 2 dccorner made; dc in next sc, h dc in next 2 sc, sc in next 3 sc. Repeat from * around, ending with h dc in last 2 sc. Join with sl st to first sc. 6th rnd: Ch 1, sc in joining, * (ch 1, skip next st, sc in next st) 3 times; ch 1, in corner tr make sc, ch 3 and sc; (ch 1, skip next st, sc in next st) 3 times. Repeat from * around, ending with (ch 1, skip next st, sc in next st) twice; ch 1. Join, break off and fasten.

SECOND MOTIF (Make 70) … Using Tile instead of Yellow for center and Yellow instead of Tile for 2nd through 4th rnd, work as for First Motif.

   Arranging motifs as shown on dia­gram, sew together neatly. With wrong side facing, using Brown, work sl st loosely in each st around entire outer edge. Join, break off and fasten. Block.


Cottage Garden Afghan Pattern chart