Afghan With Diamond Stripe
Materials Required:
13 skeins Bear Brand Germantown, 8-fold.
9 skeins contrasting color, Germantown, 8-fold.
1 pair amber knitting pins, No. 9 (10 in. long).
1 amber crochet hook, No. 9, same length.
(Note—These directions are based on 16 skeins to the box Germantown. If the “10 skeins to the box” wool is used, the number of skeins required will be proportionately less.)
The Cro-Knitting stripe is made first. Cast on 26 stitches with the principal color. Knit two plain rows.
Third row: k. 1, * over, k. 2 tog. and repeat from * across row, k. last stitch.
Fourth row: k. 2, * k. the over st., k. 1 and repeat from *.
Knit two rows plain.
Seventh row: with contrasting color and crochet hook, pull a loop through the first stitch, ch. 1 tightly, k. 1, wool over twice, pick up a loop, inserting hook from first to second opening in third row, wool over, through 2 loops on needle, wool over, pick up another loop in same space, wool over and through 3 loops on needle, again wool over and through 3 loops on needle, * k. the next two stitches tog., wool over twice, pick up a loop from the second to third opening in third row, wool over and through 2, wool over and pick up another loop in same place, wool over and through 3, again wool over and through 3 and repeat from * across row, k. the last 2 stitches.
Eighth row: with same wool and knitting pin, k. 3. * on the contrasting thread before the next stitch knit 1 stitch, then knit next stitch and repeat from *, knit last stitch.
With principal color knit 4 rows.
These last ten rows constitute one pattern.
Repeat 18 times when the stripe should be about 31 inches long and seven inches wide.
Bind off. Make 2 more stripes in same manner.
Diamond Stripe: cast on 13 stitches.
First row: knit plain.
Second row: k. 2, p. 9, k. 2.
Third row: knit plain.
Fourth row: like second.
Fifth row: k. 6, p. 1, k. 6.
Sixth row: k. 2, p. 3, k. 3, p. 3, k. 2.
Seventh row: k. 4, p. 5, k. 4.
Eighth row: k. 2, p. 1, k. 7, p. 1, k. 2.
Ninth row: like seventh.
Tenth row: like sixth.
Eleventh row: like fifth.
Repeat from the beginning of the second row.
These ten rows constitute one pattern and are made over and over again until stripe is same length as Cro-Knitting stripes. Make another stripe in same way.
Join the stripes alternately, with single crochet stitches worked on wrong side of afghan.
Border. Across each end, with contrasting color, make scallops, as follows: 1 s. c. in first stitch, ch. 2, * wool over needle twice, skip about 4 stitches, (arranging scallops so that there are 3 on the Cro-Knitting stripe and 1 in the center of Diamond stripe) pick up a loop, wool over and through 2, wool over and pick up another loop in same place, wool over and through 2, wool over and pick up third loop in same place, wool over and through 2, wool over and through 4, wool over and through 2, ch. 2 and repeat from * twice, 3 clusters in same stitch, ch. 1, skip the required space, 1 s. c., ch. 1 and make same scallop all across.
With principal color make * 1 s. c. in first space of scallop, ch. 2, — 1 d. c. around the post at the top of first cluster, ch. 2, 1 s. c. in next space. Repeat from — twice. Ch. 2, 1 s. c. around the s. c. of row below, ch. 2 and repeat from * all across scallops.
Down each side, work as follows: * 1 s. c., ch. 2, 1 d. c. around the s. c. just made, skip enough space to make work lie flat, 1 s. c., ch. 1, skip as before and repeat.