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You’ll need:

3060 yds Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice (Aran/”4″/UK: 10-12 ply) (2 skeins of each used for the throw size, plus a little extra of Color I for the border):

Color A: Wild Berry;

Color B: Eggplant;

Color C: Sapphire;

Color D: Aqua;

Color E: Fern;

Color F: Sweet Pea;

Color G: Duckie;

Color H: Goldfish;

Color I: Scarlet;

Crochet hook 6,5 mm;

2 stitch markers.

Size

Preemie/Lovie (20″ x 20″): Ch 58, 55 rows, 372 yds;

Baby Blanket (40″ x 40″): Ch 112, 111 rows, 1488 yds;

Throw/Afghan (50″ x 66″, shown): Ch 142, 181 rows, 3060 yds;

Twin (65″ x 90″): Ch 184, 247 rows, 5441 yds;

Queen (90″ x 100″): Ch 256, 275 rows, 8370 yds;

King/Cal King (110″ x 100″): Ch 310, 275 rows, 10,230 yds.

The quantity of sts is a multiple of 3 +2, +2 for the starting chain. Always end on an odd numbered row.

Orders of Colors

Rows 1 – 20: Odd A, Even B;

Rows 21 – 40: Odd B, Even C;

Rows 41 – 60: Odd C, Even D;

Rows 61 – 80: Odd D, Even E;

Rows 81 – 100: Odd E, Even F;

Rows 101 – 120: Odd F, Even G;

Rows 121 – 140: Odd G, Even H;

Rows 141 – 160: Odd H, Even I;

Rows 161 – 181: Odd I, Even A.

Instructions

Note: You will work 2 rows, first Color A (odd rows), then Color B (even rows), going in the same direction, before turning your work and starting again with Color A and then Color B.

Row 1: With Color A, ch 142, dc in 5th ch from the hook (counts as dc and skipped ch). Ch 1, dc in the same ch. (V stitch made) *Skip 2 ch, [dc, ch 1, dc] in next st. Repeat from * until 2 ch remain. Skip 1 ch, dc in the last ch. Remove the hook from the active loop, and pm (place marker) in loop (this is to keep the stitches from coming out). Do not turn. (140 sts, or 46 V sts)

Row 2. With Color B, STDC in the ch sp of the 1st V of the previous row. Ch 1, dc in the same ch sp. (V st made) [Dc, ch 1, dc] in ch sp of each V st to the end. Remove the hook, pm, turn. (138 sts, or 46 V sts)

Row 3: With Color B row held in back, replace hook in active loop of Color A. CSDC, ch 1, dc between the 1st and 2nd st of Row 1 (between the dc and the first V st). [Dc, ch 1, dc] between the V sts of Color A/Row 1 (NOT in the ch sps, enclosing Color B/Row 2 in each st) until 1 V st of Row 1 remains. Dc between the last V st and the last dc st, ch 1, dc in the last st. Remove hook, pm, do not turn. (141 sts, 47 V sts)

Row 4: Inserting the hook into the ch sp of the 1st V st of Color A, replace hook in active loop of Color B and pull it to the front. CSDC, ch 1, dc in the same ch sp. [Dc, ch 1, dc] in ch sp of each V st to the end. Remove the hook, pm, turn. (141 sts, or 47 V sts)

Row 5: With Color B held in back, replace hook in active loop of Color A. CSDC. [Dc, ch 1, dc] between the V sts of Color A until 1 V st remains. Dc in the last st. Remove the hook, pm, do not turn. (140 sts, or 46 V sts)

Row 6: Inserting the hook into the ch sp of the 1st V st of Color A, replace hook in active loop of Color B and pull it to the front. CSDC, ch 1, dc in the same ch sp. [Dc, ch 1, dc] in ch sp of each V st to the end. Remove the hook, pm, turn. (138 sts, or 46 V sts)

Row 7: With Color B row held in back, replace hook in active loop of Color A. CSDC, ch 1, dc between the 1st and 2nd st of previous Color A row (between the dc and the first V st). [Dc, ch 1, dc] between the V sts of Color A until 1 V st remains. Dc between the last V st and the last st, ch 1, dc in the last st. Remove hook, pm, do not turn. (141 sts, 47 V sts)

Row 8: Inserting the hook into the ch sp of the 1st V st of Color A, replace hook in active loop of Color B and pull it to the front. CSDC, ch 1, dc in the same ch sp. [Dc, ch 1, dc] in ch sp of each V st to the end. Remove the hook, pm, turn. (141 sts, or 47 V sts)

Row 9 – 181: Repeat Rows 5 – 8. (This is the Row # for the throw size, see chart above for last row number of other sizes, see below for color sheme)

Change colors after every 20 rows, so that the previous Color A is set aside, and the previous Color B becomes the new Color A. To attach the new colors, use the STDC st and work in the pattern. The very last “Color A” will be used for one extra odd numbered row to finish off the blanket.