Autumn Glow Afghan Pattern #5208

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Size 52" x 75"

Materials Required — AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY "DAWN" KNITTING WORSTED, ARTICLE W11
13 - 1¼ oz. Skeins Black.
9 - 1¼ oz. Skeins Scarlet.
11- 1¼ oz. Skeins Cardinal.
22 - 1¼ oz. Skeins Maroon.
Each square measures about 7 inches. 70 squares (7 x 10) are required for Afghan illustrated.
Bone Crochet Hook No. 5 or No. 6.

With Black, ch 3 and work 7 s c in first st of ch, join in ch. The chain at beginning of row counts as 1 s c.

2nd Row. Ch 4, s c in same space (corner), 1 s c in next s c, 1 s c, ch 3, 1 s c in next s c (2nd corner), 1 s c in next s c, 1 s c, ch 3, 1 s c in next s c (3rd corner), 1 s c in next s c, 1 s c, ch 3, 1 s c in next s c (4th corner) 1 s c in last st, join in 1st corner loop.

3rd Row. Ch 4, s c in same space, * 1 s c in each s c at side, 1 s c, ch 3, 1 s c in corner, repeat from * twice, 1 s c in last s c on last side, sl st in corner loop to join. Repeat 3rd row having 2 more sts at sides each row until there are 11 sts between corners, break yarn.

Attach Scarlet in corner loop, ch 4, s c in same space, * 1 s c in each of the next 6 s c, yarn over 4 times, pick up entire center s c of 3rd row of Black and work off all loops on needle 2 at a time, this is referred to as a treble treble, (tr tr) , skip the s c in back of tr tr and work 1 s c in each of the next 6 s c, 1 s c in corner, ch 3, 1 s c in corner and repeat from * all around, join in corner with a sl st.

Next Row. Ch 4, s c in corner, * 1 s c in each of the next 6 s c, work a tr tr over 3rd st in 4th row of Black, skip the s c in back of the tr tr, s c in next s c, work a tr tr over 5th s c in 4th row of Black, skip the s c in back of tr tr, 1 s c in each of the next 6 s c, 1 s c in corner, ch 3, 1 s c in corner, repeat from * all around, join in corner loop, break yarn.

Attach Cardinal in corner loop, ch 4, s c in same space, * 1 s c in each of the next 6 s c, work a tr tr over 3rd st in 5th row of Black, skip the s c in back of tr tr, 1 s c in each of the next 3 sts, 1 tr tr over 7th s c in 5th row of Black, skip the s c in back of the tr tr, 1 s c in each of the next 6 s c, 1 s c in corner, ch 3, 1 s c in corner, repeat from * all around, join in corner loop.

Next Row. Ch 4, s c in same space, * 1 s c in each of the next 6 s c, work a tr tr over 3rd st in 6th row of Black, skip the s c in back of the tr tr, 1 s c in each of the next 5 sts, 1 tr tr over 9th s c in 6th row of Black, skip the s c in back of the tr tr, 1 s c in each of the next 6 s c, 1 s c in corner, ch 3, 1 s c in corner, repeat from * all around, join in corner loop, break yarn.

Attach Maroon in corner loop, ch 4, s c in same space, * 1 s c in each of the next 6 s c, work a tr tr over 3rd st in 7th row of Black, skip the s c in back of tr tr, 1 s c in each of the next 7 sts, 1 tr tr over 11th s c in 7th row of Black, skip the s c in back of the tr tr, 1 s c in each of the next 6 s c, s c in corner, ch 3, s c in corner, repeat from * all around, join in corner loop.

Next Row. Ch 4, s c in same space, * 1 s c in each of the next 6 s c, 1 s c over the 2nd st in 7th row of Black, skip the s c in back of the tr tr, 1 s c in each of the next 9 sts, 1 tr tr over the 13th st in 7th row of Black, skip the s c in back of the tr tr, 1 s c in each of the next 6 s c, s c in corner, ch 3, s c in corner, repeat from * all around, join in corner loop.

Next Row. Work 1 s c in each s c and 1 s c, ch 3, 1 s c in each corner, break yarn. Work 69 more motifs.

Sew or crochet the motifs together matching sts and having 10 rows of 7 motifs.

EDGE. Attach Maroon in corner and work a row of s c all around Afghan, working 3 s c in center st of each corner, and 2 s c in each corner loop of motif at joinings.

2nd & 3rd Rows. 1 s c in each s c, 3 s c in center st of each corner.

4th Row. Slip st to center st of corner, * ch 4, 2 tr c in same space, skip 3 s c, s c in next s c, repeat from * all around.