Durbar Afghan Pattern

Approximate Size: 44 inches by 65 inches

Bucilla White Crochet Hook, Size 5.

Gauge: 4 sts=1 inch; 5 rows=1 inch

With brown A, ch 266 (a multiple of 6 plus 2), skip first st, 1 s c in each st to end of chain. 2nd row: ch 1, turn, 1 s c in each st, taking up 2 threads of sts below. 3rd row: ch 1, turn, 1 s c in first s c, 1 d c in first s c of 1st row, inserting hook under 2 vertical threads of this st, * skip 1 s c in 2nd row (right behind the d c), 1 s c in each of the next 5 s c in 2nd row, 1 d c in 6th s c from last d c in 1st row; repeat from * to end of row, fasten off.

4th row: with brown B and working from wrong side of last row, make 1 s c in each st. 5th row: ch 1, turn, 1 s c in each of the first 2 sts of 4th row, insert hook under the first d c in 3rd row and make a d c (a d c around the post), * skip 1 s c behind the d c just made, 1 s c in each of the next 5 s c, 1 d c around the post of next d c in 3rd row; repeat from * ending row with 1 s c less after the last d c than in 3rd row; fasten off.

6th row: with brown C and working from wrong side of last row, work 1 s c in each st. 7th row: ch 1, turn, 1 s c in each of the first 3 s c, * 1 d c around the post of next d c, skip the s c behind the d c just made, 1 s c in each of the next 5 s c; repeat from *, ending row with 1 s c less after the d c than in 5th row; fasten off.

8th row: with brown D work as in 6th row. 9th row: 1 s c in each of the first 4 sts; continue in pattern as in 7th row; fasten off.

Continue in this way to work in pattern, 2 rows of each color, always changing color at beginning of the plain s c row. Use colors as follows: 2 rows each of tan E and F; the last row (13th) will begin and end with 6 s c.

14th row: with yellow G, work 1 s c in each st. 15th row: ch 1, turn, 1 s c in first s c, 1 d c around the first s c in 13th row, 1 s c in each of the next 5 s c (in 14th row), 1 d c around the post of next d c; continue in pattern to end of row.

Continue in pattern, working 2 rows of each color, in order as follows: 2 rows white, 2 rows black, 2 rows white, 2 rows yellow G, 2 rows each of tan F and E, 2 rows each of brown D, C and B; 6 rows brown A, 2 rows each of brown B, C and D, tan E and F. The last tan row will be the 49th row from beginning of afghan.

Repeat the last 36 rows from 14th to 49th row (inclusive), 4 times, then repeat from 14th to 35th row (inclusive) once more, ending with 2 rows in brown A. There will be 6 light stripes in afghan (see illustration).

BORDER — With brown C and working from right side, * make 1 s c in each st along one side of afghan, 3 s c in corner st, 1 s c in each row on end of afghan, 3 s c in corner st; repeat from * on remaining 2 sides, join with a slip st in first s c. 2nd round: do not turn, ch 1, 1 s c in next s c. * ch 1, yarn over hook, skip 1 st, draw up a loop in next st, yarn over, draw up another loop in same st as before, yarn over, draw up a 3rd loop in same st, yarn over and through all 7 loops on hook, ch 1 (a puff st), ch 1, skip 1 st, 1 s c in next st; repeat from * to next corner, spacing sts so that a puff st will come in the st just before the 3 corner sts; ch 1, 1 s c in the first of the 3 corner sts, ch 1, a puff st in next st (corner st), ch 1, 1 s c in next st, ch 1, a puff st in next st; * ch 1, skip 1 st, 1 s c in next st, ch 1, skip 1 st, a puff st in next st; repeat from last * to next corner, work 2nd corner same as first; continue in this way to end of round, join with a slip st in first s c and fasten off.

3rd round: with brown A, work 1 s c in space before a puff st, * 3 s c in top of puff st, 1 s c in each of the next 2 spaces; repeat from * around the entire afghan, join and fasten off.

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