Daisy Afghan
Materials Required:
1 box Cream White Bear Brand Germantown, 8-fold.
1 box Pink or Blue Germantown, 8-fold.
2 skeins White Bear Brand Germantown, 4-fold.
2 skeins 4-fold Germantown in same color as the 8-fold.
3 skeins Glossilla Rope, Yellow, No. 515.
1 amber crochet hook, No. 5, 10 inches long.
(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.)
Each block is made separately and should be about 6 inches square. Using the white 8-fold Germantown, chain 30 and make two rows in plain afghan stitch. (See Afghan Stitch Stripe, page 36.)
Third row pick up the loops and work back on them, as usual, for 15 loops, then chain 5 and draw through loop (to form a popcorn) and work off the remaining 14 loops. These chain stitches should be pulled to the front of work.
Fourth and every alternate row is plain afghan stitch.
Fifth row: pick up all loops, then work off 11 loops, 1 popcorn, 1 loop plain, 1 popcorn, 4 plain loops, 1 popcorn, 1 plain loop, 1 popcorn, 10 plain loops. This makes two popcorns on each side of the four center loops with 1 plain loop between the two popcorns on each side. This one loop is always worked between the popcorns and no further mention will be made of it.
Seventh row: 2 popcorns on each side of the 10 center loops.
Ninth row: 2 popcorns on each side of the 16 center loops.
Eleventh row: 2 popcorns on each side of the 20 center loops. This is the middle row of the block.
Hereafter the number of loops in the center of row is decreased as they were increased, always having one plain afghan stitch row between the fancy rows until the row having one popcorn in the center has been made. Make 2 plain rows to match beginning of block, then work off as follows: pick up first perpendicular thread, as usual, drawing the wool also through the loop on hook. Continue to work in this way in each perpendicular thread to the end of the row and fasten off. Make 15 white blocks, in all, and 15 blocks of the selected color. Join the blocks with single crochet stitches, working on the wrong side. Alternate colors in both width and length, the afghan being six blocks long and five blocks wide.
BORDER: using the cream white wool, make a round of double crochet stitches, putting 1 d. c. in each stitch, with extra stitches at the corners to prevent capping. This round should be perfectly flat. Join at the end of each round.
Second round: using the colored wool, make * 2 d. c. in first stitch, ch. 1, 2 more d. c. in the same stitch, ch. 1, skip 2 stitches of previous round and repeat from * if a ruffled border, as illustrated, is desired. If less fullness is wanted, skip 4 stitches instead of 2. Skip fewer stitches at the corners.
Third round: using white wool, make * 4 d. c. in the center of first shell, 1 d. c. between the shells and repeat from * all around.
Fourth round: using the color, make * 1 slip stitch, as follows: draw wool through stitch of previous round and also through loop on hook. Chain 3 and repeat from * in each stitch of third round. Fasten off.
The daisies are embroidered in the loop stitch with 4-fold wool, a colored one in the center of each white block and a white one in each colored block. All the centers are worked in French knots with the yellow Glossilla.