Old Granny Afghan

This free pattern originally published by The American Thread Company, Star Afghan Book, Book 52, in 1947.

Size 53" x 79"

Materials Required--

AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY "DAWN" KNITTING WORSTED, ARTICLE W11
3--1 1/4 oz. Skeins Green.
3--1 1/4 oz. Skeins Amber.
19--1 1/4 oz. Skeins Scarlet.
12--1 1/4 oz. Skeins Cardinal.
47--1 1/4 oz. Skeins Black.

Each Motif measures about 7 inches.
70 motifs 7 x 10 are required for Afghan.

Bone Crochet Hook No. 6 or No. 7.

With Green, ch 5, join to form a ring and work 8 puff sts with ch 2 between each puff st in ring. (Puff st: yarn over needle, insert in ring and pull loop up the same length, repeat from *, yarn over and pull through all loops on needle but one, yarn over and pull through 2 loops), break yarn.

2nd Row. Attach Yellow in 2 ch loop, ch 3, 2 dc in same loop, * ch 1, 3 dc in next loop, repeat from * all around, ch 1, join in 3rd st of ch, break yarn.

3rd Row. Attach Cardinal in ch 1 loop, ch 3, 2 dc in same space, ch 1, 3 dc in same space, (corner) ch 1, 3 dc in next 1 ch loop, ch 1, 3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc in next loop, (corner) continue in same manner all around, ch 1, join, break yarn.

4th Row. Attach Scarlet in corner loop, ch 3, 2 dc in same space, ch 1, 3 dc in same space, * ch 1, 3 dc in next 1 ch loop, repeat from *, ch 1, 3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc in corner loop, continue all around in same manner, ch 1, join, break yarn.

5th Row. Attach Black in corner loop, ch 3, 2 dc in same space, ch 1, 3 dc in same space, 3 dc in each of the next 3 loops, 3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc in corner loop, continue in same manner, join.

6th Row. Attach Scarlet and work 1 puff st in each dc and 2 puffs sts, ch 3, 2 puff sts in loop at each corner, join, break yarn.

7th Row. Attach Black and work 1 dc in each puff st working 3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc in loop at each corner.

Work 69 more squares in same manner.

Sew or crochet squares together.

EDGE. With Black, work 1 dc in each dc, working 3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc in loop at each corner and 2 dc in each corner loop at joinings, break yarn.

2nd Row. Attach Scarlet at corner, ch 3, 3 dc in same space, ch 3, 4 dc in same space, skip the length of a dc, sc in next dc, * skip the length of a dc, 7 dc in next st, (shell) skip the length of a dc, sc in next st, repeat from * all around having 3 shells on side of each motif and 1 shell at each joining, working all corners same as 1st corner, join, break yarn.

3rd Row. Attach Black at corner, ch 3, 3 dc in same space, ch 3, 4 dc in same space, sc in center of next shell, * 7 dc in next sc, sc in center of next shell, repeat from * all around working all corners same as 1st corner, join.

4th Row. Attach Scarlet and work same as last row but having 6 dc in each sc, join, break yarn.

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