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Super Fast & Easy Throw
Lion Brand® Homespun®
GAUGE: Each rep = 6". BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE. When you match the gauge in a pattern, your project will be the size specified in the pattern and the materials specified in the pattern will be sufficient. If it takes you fewer stitches and rows to make a 4 in. [10 cm] square, try using a smaller size hook or needles; if more stitches and rows, try a larger size hook or needles.
STITCH EXPLANATION:
Cluster of 2-dc: 2 dc (half closed and joined tog) worked across designated ch's or dc's.
Cluster of 3-dc: 3 dc (half closed and joined tog) worked across designated ch's or dc's.
Cluster of 5-dc: 5 dc (half closed and joined tog) worked across 5 designated ch's or dc's.
Note: These clusters are made by working a specified number of double crochets to the point where you would normally do your last yarn-over-pull-through-two and keeping them on the hook (you will have multiple loops on your hook), then yarn over and pull through all the loops on the hook to close the cluster and draw it together. The clusters are the mirror image of the shell stitches with which they alternate.
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PATTERN (multiple of 16 sts + 4):
Row 1: 1 cluster of 2-dc worked across 5th and 6th ch from
hook, (ch 1, sk 1 ch, 1 dc in next ch) 2 times, ch 1, sk 1 ch, *5
dc in next ch, (ch 1, sk 1 ch, 1 dc in next ch) 2 times, ch 1, sk
1 ch, 1 cluster of 5-dc worked across next 5 ch, (ch 1, sk 1 ch, 1
dc in next ch) 2 times, ch 1, sk 1 ch,* rep from * to * across,
ending last rep 5 dc in next ch, (ch 1, sk 1 ch, 1 dc in next ch)
2 times, ch 1, sk 1 ch, 1 cluster of 3-dc worked across last 3 ch.
Ch 1, turn.
Row 2: Sc in each st and each ch across. Ch 3, turn.
Row 3: 1 cluster of 2-dc worked across next 2 sc, (ch 1, sk
1 sc, 1 dc in next sc) 2 times, ch 1, sk 1 sc, *5 dc in next sc, (ch
1, sk 1 sc, 1 dc in next sc) 2 times, ch 1, sk 1 sc, 1 cluster of
5-dc worked across next 5 sc, (ch 1, sk 1 sc, 1 dc in next sc) 2
times, ch 1, sk 1 sc,* rep from * to * across, ending last rep 5
dc in next sc, (ch 1, sk 1 sc, 1 dc in next sc) 2 times, ch 1, sk
1 sc, 1 cluster of 3-dc worked across last 3 sc. Ch 1, turn. Rep
Rows 2 and 3 for pat.
THROW: Ch 116. Beg with Pat Row 1, then rep Rows 2 and 3 for pat until piece measures approx 55". Fasten off.
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Ratings and Reviews
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| Super Fast & Easy Throw Reviewed by Danielle on 2011-09-30 |
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I had a lot of trouble getting this project started because, I either read the pattern wrong, or there was one stitch missed on each of the 4 times I had to restart.
It made things a LOT simpler when I realized the shells and clusters needed to be right on top of each other. So, I altered the stitches accordingly.
The way I was doing it, they were off by 2 chains, and the blanket looked more like a trapezoid rather than a rectangle. I also gave it a single crochet border around the entire edges (with a 2chain increase at the tops of the shells, and a 2 chain together at the tops of the clusters just to accent their curves more).
Hope this helps! I really like this pattern. Once it got going, it was easy and turned out beautiful in taupe.
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