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Approximately 49 x 68 Inches

MATERIALS: Chadwick's Red Heart Knitting Worsted, 60 balls (1 oz. balls) of Light Yellow; 8 balls of Wood Brown for Border and Embroidery … Bone Afghan Hook No. 6 (4¼ mm. size).

GAUGE: 5 sts make 1 inch; 4 rows make 1 inch.

BLOCK (Make 35) … With Yellow, ch 45 to measure 9¼ inches and work in afghan stitch (see patternbook page) until piece is square (36 rows). Break off. Attach Brown to corner st, make 3 sc in corner, * ch 1, skip 1 st, sc in next st. Repeat from * around, making 3 sc in each corner. Join and break off.

EMBROIDERY … Examine the diagram for making cross stitches over afghan stitch (see patternbook page). Placing design at center, embroider 18 Blocks accord­ing to chart below.
   Sew Blocks neatly together on wrong side, alternat­ing plain and embroidered Blocks.

BORDER … 1st rnd: Attach Brown to corner, 3 sc in corner, sc in each st and in each ch-1 sp around, making 3 sc in each corner. Join. 2nd rnd: Sc in each sc around, making 3 sc in center sc of each corner. Join. 3rd rnd: Ch 3, sc in joining, sc in next sc, 3 sc in next sc, sc in next sc, * ch 3, sc in last sc, sc in next 5 sc. Repeat from * around, making 3 sc in each corner. Join and break off.