Pennant Afghan Pattern #696

Approximately 55 x 68 Inches

MATERIALS: Chadwick’s Red Heart Afghan Wool, 28 skeins (1 oz. skeins) of Antique Blue and 18 skeins of Pearl Grey.
Milward's Steel Crochet Hook No. 2/0 (double zero).

Gauge: 9 sts make 2 inches; 3 rows make 1¼ inches.

With Antique Blue make a chain 70 inches long (about 5 ch sts to 1 inch). 1st row: D c in 4th ch from hook, d c in each ch until there are 246 d c, counting turning ch as 1 d c. Cut off remaining chain. Ch 3, turn. 2nd row: D c in each d c across. Ch 3, turn. 3rd row: Repeat 2nd row. 4th row: D c in 8 d c; d c in next d c, leaving last 2 loops on hook; drop Blue, attach Grey and * draw through 2 loops. Holding Blue along top of previous row and working over it, make d c in next 11 d c (thus concealing Blue); d c in next d c, leaving last 2 loops on hook; drop Grey, pick up Blue and draw through 2 loops. D c in next 15 d c, concealing Grey as before and leaving the last 2 loops of last d c on hook; drop Blue, pick up Grey. Repeat from * across, ending with 12 Grey d c and 9 Blue d c. Ch 3, turn. Now work as follows, changing colors and concealing unused color as before. 5th row: 9 Blue, * 3 Grey, 6 Blue, 3 Grey, 15 Blue. Repeat from *, ending row with 3 Grey, 6 Blue, 3 Grey, 9 Blue. 6th row: Repeat 5th row. 7th row: 9 B, * 21 G, 6 B. Repeat from * across, ending with 12 G, 9 B. 8th row: 27 B, 3 G, 6 B, 3 G, * 15 B, 3 G, 6 B, 3 G. Repeat from * across, ending with 18 B. 9th row: 18 B, 3 G, 6 B, 3 G, * 15 B, 3 G, 6 B, 3 G. Repeat from * across, ending with 27 B. 10th row: 18 B, 21 G, * 6 B, 21 G. Repeat from * across, ending with 18 B. 11th row: Same as 8th row. 12th row: Same as 9th row. 13th row: 9 B, 12 G, * 6 B, 21 G. Repeat from * across, ending with 9 B. 14th and 15th rows: Same as 5th row. 16th row: Same as 13th row. 17th row: Same as 9th row. 18th row: Same as 8th row. 19th row: Same as 10th row. 20th row: Same as 9th row. 21st row: Same as 8th row. 22nd row: Same as 7th row. 23rd and 24th rows: Same as 5th row. 25th row: Same as 7th row. 26th row: Same as 8th row. 27th row: Same as 9th row. 28th row: Same as 10th row. 29th row: Same as 8th row. 30th row: Same as 9th row. Repeat 13th to 30th rows incl. 5 more times; then 13th to 24th rows incl. once more. Next row: Like 4th row. Work 3 rows Blue to correspond with other end. Fasten off. Block to measure 55 x 68 inches.