Pine Tree Afghan Pattern

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Pine Tree Afghan Pattern

Approximate Size 50 inches by 72 inches

COLOR KEY


QUANTITY
MATERIALS
Color Key
4 oz.
Twin-Paks
Bear Brand DeLuxe
Knitting Worsted
Fleisher’s Superior
Knitting Worsted
A
7
Russet Brown 380
Russet Brown 480
B
2
Russet Brown 381
Russet Brown 481
C
3
Russet Brown 383
Russet Brown 483
D
3
Russet Brown 384
Russet Brown 484
E
3
Russet Brown 40
Russet Brown 140

"Boye" 9-inch Crochet Hook, Size F.
"Boye" 5½-inch Crochet Hook, Size 3 (F).

GAUGE:
Afghan St—9 sts = 2 inches; 4 rows = 1 inch
Shaded Pattern—4 sts = 1 inch; 4 rows = 1 inch

AFGHAN-ST PANEL (MAKE 5)—Using 9-in. crochet hook, with A, ch 20 and work in Afghan-st for 5 rows, † Row 6 (Bead-st Pattern)—Draw up a loop as before thru each bar (20 loops on hook), work off first 10 loops on hook as for Afghan-st then ch 4, yo and thru both ch loop and next loop on hook (Bead-st made), work off re­maining loops as for Afghan-st. Row 7—Draw up a loop thru each bar of previous row, keeping Bead-st to front (right side) of work (20 loops on hook), work off first 9 loops, * ch 4, yo and thru both ch loop and next loop on hook (Bead-st made), yo, draw thru 2 loops on hook *; rpt between *'s once, work off remaining loops on hook. Row 8—Draw up a loop thru each bar of previous row, keeping Bead-st to front (right side) of work (20 loops on hook), work off first 8 loops; rpt between *'s of row 7 three times, work off remaining loops. Row 9—Draw up a loop thru each bar (20 loops), work off 7 loops; rpt between *'s of row 7 four times, work off re­maining loops. Row 10—Draw up a loop thru each bar (20 loops), work off 6 loops; rpt between *'s of row 7 five times, work off remaining loops; Then rpt rows 9, 8, 7, 6. Work 7 rows in Afghan-st. Rpt from † for pattern 15 times ending last rpt with only 5 rows in Afghan-st (16 Diamond Patterns), finish off with a row of sl sts. Fasten off.

SHADED PATTERN—Work all rows from right side—With E, make a loop on 5½-in. hook, working along long side of Panel, work 1 sc in end st of each of first 3 rows, * work a tr under bar of 4th st in next row, skip row in back of tr, sc in each of next 3 rows; rpt from * across, fasten off. Row 2—Hereafter always work in back loop of sts—With E, sc in each of first 4 sts, * work a tr in 3rd st of next Afghan-st row, hereafter always skip st back of tr, sc in each of next 3 sts; rpt from * across, end with 2 sc, fasten off. Row 3—With E, sc in each of first 5 sts, * work a tr in 2nd st of next Afghan-st row, sc in each of next 3 sts; rpt from * across, end with 1 sc, fasten off. Row 4—With D, sc in each of first 2 sts, * work a tr in first st of next Afghan-st row, sc in each of next 3 sts; rpt from * across, end with 4 sc, fasten off. Row 5—With D, sc in each of first 3 sts, work a tr in free loop above first tr of row 1, sc in each of next 3 sts, * a tr in free loop above next tr, sc in each of next 3 sts; rpt from * across, fasten off. Row 6—With D, sc in each of first 4 sts, * a tr in free loop above next tr of row 2, sc in each of next 3 sts; rpt from * across, end with 2 sc, fasten off. Row 7—With C, sc in first st, a tr in free loop of 2nd st of row 3, sc in each of 3 sts; continue in pattern across, end with 1 sc, fasten off. Row 8—With C, sc in each of first 2 sts, a tr in free loop above next tr of row 4 below, sc in each of 3 sts; continue in pattern across, end with 4 sc, fasten off. Row 9—With C, sc in each of first 3 sts, a tr in free loop above next tr of row 5 be­low, sc in each of 3 sts; continue in pattern across, fasten off. Row 10—With B, sc in each of first 4 sts, a tr in free loop above next tr of row 6 below, sc in each of next 3 sts; continue in pattern across, fasten off. Row 11—With B, sc in first st, a tr in free loop of 2nd st of row 7, sc in each of 3 sts; continue in pattern across, fasten off. Work same Shaded Pattern on oppo­site side of Panel to correspond.

FINISHING—Lay 2 strips together with Shaded Pattern sloping in same direc­tion on both strips as shown. From right side, sew strips together. Join all strips in same way.

BORDER—Work all rnds from right side, with E, work 1 sc in each st along long sides and about 1 sc in each row along short sides and 3 sc in each corner, join (with sl st) in first sc, fasten off. Rnd 2—With E, work 3 dc in any corner st, * ch 1, skip next 3 sts, 3 dc in next st; rpt from * to next corner, ch 1, 3 dc in corner st; continue in same way around, join in first dc, fasten off. Rnd 3—With D, work 3 dc in center dc of corner 3-dc group, * ch 1, 3 dc in next ch-1 sp; rpt from * to next corner, ch 1, 3 dc in center dc of corner group; continue in same way around, join, fasten off. Rnd 4—With C, rpt rnd 3. Rnd 5—With B, work [2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc] in center dc of a corner group, * ch 1, [2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc] in next ch-1 sp; rpt from * to next corner, ch 1, [2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc] in corner dc; continue in same way around, join, fasten off. Rnd 6—With A, work [2 sc, ch 1, 2 sc] in ch-1 sp of any corner Shell, sc in next ch-1 sp (between Shells), [2 sc, ch 1, 2 sc] in ch-1 sp of next Shell; continue in same way around, join, fasten off.