Angel Afghan’s Full of Spirit
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WHEN Dolores Spoonmore of Madison, Indiana found out her neighbor was to become a grandmother, she didn’t hesitate to create a heavenly present!
“I worked up a baby afghan featuring an angel,” Dolores relates. “The project is pretty and could be used as a wall hanging.”
Materials Needed:
- Chart (see below)
- 14 ounces of sport-weight yarn (Dolores used Bernat Baby Coordinates yarn in Lemon Custard)
- Size I/9 (5.5mm) crochet hook or size needed to obtain correct gauge
- Scissors
Gauge: Working in sc, 16 sts and 18 rows = 4 inches. Slight variation in gauge will change the finished size a bit.
SPECIAL STITCHES/TECHNIQUES:
Double Crochet Cluster (dcCL): Yo, insert hk in next st, yo, pull yarn through st, yo, pull yarn through 2 lps on hk, [yo, insert hk in same st, yo, pull yarn through st, yo, pull yarn through 2 lps on hk] three times, yo, pull through all 5 lps on hk.
Reading chart: Each white square on chart equals 1 sc; each dark square on chart equals one dcCL.
Follow the chart from bottom to top, reading from right to left on the odd-numbered rows and from left to right on the even-numbered rows.
Directions:
Row 1: Ch 76, sc in second ch from hk and in each remaining ch across, turn: 75 scs.
Rows 2-5: Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn: 75 scs.
Rows 6-78: Ch 1 at beginning of each row, follow chart across rows as shown, turn at end of each row.
Rows 79-83: Ch 1, sc in each st across. Do not fasten off or turn.
Edging:
Round 1: Sc around, working 3 scs in each corner, 1 sc in ends of each row, 1 sc in each st of beginning ch and 1 sc in sts of Row 83, join with a sl st in first sc of round.
Round 2: Ch 3 for first dc, dc around, working 3 dcs in center sc of each corner and 4 dcs in each sc around, join with a sl st in third ch of beginning ch-3.
Round 3: Ch 1, work 1 sc in each dc around, join with a sl st in first sc of round. Fasten off.
Weave in all loose ends.
Finished Size: Afghan measures about 20 inches wide x 20 inches long.
