A dainty flower-like design, suitable for the chaise lounge in milady's boudoir, may be made in dainty pastels. Or if you prefer to use it elsewhere choose bolder colors and make it either of Chadwick's Red Heart Germantown or Knitting Worsted.
Materials: Chadwick's Red Heart Germantown Zephyr, 19 balls (1 oz. balls) of color 303 Beige, and 39 balls of 929 Dk. Red and 2 balls of 323 Champagne. If 30 yd. balls are used, buy 3 times the amount specified.
Milward's steel crochet hook No. 1 or Milward's Casein crochet hook No. 3 or 4.
For an afghan of about 42 x 72 inches, 104 hexagon shaped blocks (each 6 inches in diameter from point to point) are required. Blocks are worked individually and then sewed together.
Block. 1st rnd: Starting at center, with Champagne ch 6, d c in 6th ch from hook, * ch 2, d c in same ch. Repeat from * 3 more times, then ch 2, sl st in 3rd st of ch-6 first made. 2nd rnd: Ch 1, * 2 s c in next sp, s c in next d c. Repeat from * around (18 s c). Join with sl st. Break off. 3rd rnd: Attach Beige, * ch 11, d c in 4th ch from hook, d c in each of next 7 ch, skip next 2 s c of previous rnd, s c in next s c (1 petal made). Repeat from * around (6 petals), ending with s c in last s c. 4th rnd: * S c in base of each of next 8 d c of 1st petal, 3 s c in turning ch-3 sp of same petal, s c in each of next 8 d c (19 s c made). Repeat from * around. Fasten and break off. 5th rnd: Attach Dk. Red to center s c of 3 s c group of 1st petal (at tip of petal), 3 s c in same s c, * s c in each of next 8 s c, skip next 2 s c, s c in each of next 8 s c, 3 s c in next s c (tip of petal). Repeat from * around. Join. 6th rnd: S c in 1st s c of 3-s c group, * 3 s c in next (center) s c, s c in each of next 7 s c, skip 4 s c, s c in each of next 7 s c. Repeat from * around. Join. 7th rnd: S c in same place as sl st, s c in 1st s c of 3-s c group, * s c in next (center) s c, s c in each of next 6 s c, ch 2, skip 4 s c, s c in each of next 6 s c. Repeat from * around. Join. 8th rnd: S c in sl st, s c in each of next 2 s c, * 3 s c in next (center) s c, s c in each of next 5 s c, ch 2, d c in next sp, ch 2, skip 2 s c, s c in each of next 5 s c. Repeat from * around. Join. 9th rnd: S c in sl st, s c in each of next 3 s c, * 3 s c in next (center) s c, s c in each of next 4 s c, ch 2, d c in next sp, ch 2, d c in next d c, ch 2, d c in next sp, ch 2, skip 2 s c, s c in each of next 4 s c. Repeat from * around. Fasten and break off. Darn in all loose ends. This completes one block. Make 103 more blocks.
Place blocks in position, as in diagram, and sew them together with over and over stitches on wrong side, picking up only the top loops of each st.
To fill in sps along the two shorter sides of afghan, make 8 half blocks as follows: Half Block. 1st row: Starting at center, with Champagne, ch 5, d c in 5th ch from hook, ch 2, d c in same ch, ch 2, d c in same ch, ch 1, d c in same ch. Break off. 2nd row: Attach yarn to center ch of turning ch-5, s c in 1st sp, * s c in next d c, 2 s c in next sp. Repeat from * across, making 1 s c in last sp and s c in 3rd st of ch-5 first made (11 s c in all). Fasten and break off. 3rd row: Attach Beige to 1st s c at beginning of previous row, ch 9, s c in 2nd ch from hook, s c in each of next 7 ch, then skip next s c of 2nd row, s c in next s c, * ch 11, d c in 4th ch from hook, d c in each of next 7 ch, then skip 2 s c of 2nd row, s c in next s c. Repeat from * once more. Then ch 9, s c in 2nd ch from hook, s c in each of next 7 ch, skip next s c of 2nd row, s c in last s c. Fasten and break off. Hereafter at the end of each row break off and attach Dk. Red to 1st s c at beginning of row. 4th row: Attach Dk. Red to tip of 1st petal at beginning of previous row, 2 s c in same place, s c in each of next 8 s c, * skip 2 s c, s c in each of next 8 s c, 3 s c in next (center) s c, s c in each of next 8 s c. Repeat from * once more. Then skip 2 s c, s c in each of next 8 s c, 2 s c in last s c. Break off. 5th to 9th rows incl: Work as for 5th to 9th rnds incl. of large block, having 2 s c in 1st and last s c of each row. Break off. Place these half blocks in position (see diagram) and sew in place.
Edging. 1st rnd: With right side of work toward you, attach Beige to beginning of 1st scallop, and * work 19 s c across the upward slope of scallop, make 1 s c at the point, 19 s c across downward slope of same scallop, 1 s c at the joining of this and next scallop, repeat from * around entire afghan, making enough s c across the straight sides to have work lie perfectly flat. Join rnd with sl st. 2nd rnd: * Ch 3, skip next 3 s c, 5 d c in next s c (a shell) ch 3, skip next 3 s c, s c in next s c. Repeat from * around. Fasten and break off. 3rd rnd: Attach Dk. Red, ch 3, 4 d c in s c, * ch 2, s c in center d c of next shell, ch 4, s c in same d c (1 p made), ch 2, make a shell in next s c. Repeat from * around, but omitting to make a shell in the s c at joinings between blocks on scalloped sides, thus emphasizing scallop effect. Fasten and break off.
