Materials: Chadwick's Red Heart Germantown Zephyr, 49 balls (30 yd. balls) each of color 505 Turquoise and 323 Champagne, 43 balls of 727 Lt. Pink. If 1 oz. balls are used, buy ⅓ 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 45 x 63 inches, 140 octagon blocks (each 4½ inches in diameter from side to side) are required. Blocks are made individually and then sewed together.
Block. Starting at center, with Champagne ch 4, join with sl st to form ring. 1st rnd: Ch 3 (to count as d c), 7 d c in ring. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-3 first made. 2nd rnd: Ch 3, 2 d c in same place as sl st, 3 d c in each d c (24 d c). Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-3 first made. Break off. 3rd rnd: Attach Turquoise, ch 3, d c in next d c, * 3 d c in next d c, d c in each of next 2 d c, repeat from * around. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-3 first made. Break off. 4th rnd: Attach Lt. Pink, ch 3, d c in each of next 2 d c, * 3 d c in next d c, d c in each of next 4 d c. Repeat from * around, ending rnd with d c in last d c. Join with sl st. Break off. 5th rnd: Attach Turquoise, ch 3, d c in each of next 3 d c, * 3 d c in next d c, d c in each of next 6 d c. Repeat from * around, ending rnd with d c in each of last 2 d c. Join as before. Break off. 6th rnd: Attach Lt. Pink, ch 1, s c in each of next 4 d c, * 3 s c in next d c, s c in each of next 8 d c. Repeat from * around, ending rnd with s c in each of last 3 s c. Join with sl st. Fasten and break off. Darn in all loose ends. This completes one block. Make 139 more blocks. Place blocks in position, as in diagram, with wrong side on top. With Lt. Pink, sew blocks together with over and over stitches, picking up only the top loop of s c's.
Fill-in-Squares. With Champagne, ch 12. 1st row: D c in 4th ch from hook, d c in each of next 8 ch. Ch 3, turn. 2nd row: D c in each d c. Ch 3, turn. 3rd and 4th rows: Same as 2nd row. At end of 4th row, break off. Make 116 more fill-in-squares. Place these fill-in-squares in position, as in diagram, and sew to adjacent blocks in same way.
Edging. With right side of work toward you, attach Turquoise to inner corner of one block, skip 3 s c, * 3 d c in next s c, ch-4 p, 3 d c in same place (1 shell made), skip 2 s c, s c in next s c, skip 3 s c. Repeat from * around entire afghan. Join and break off.
