Materials required:
SUSAN BATES®
or
MARCIA LYNN®
3-inch Hairpin Lace loom
4-inch Hairpin lace loom
(Use adjustable loom adjusted to 4-inch width)
Crochet Hook J or 10
4 Ply Knitting Worsted—
24 ounces White
20 ounces Purple
20 ounces Blue
or colors of your choice
Yarn is used double. Each loop has two strands of yarn but is still
called a single loop.
Edgings on both afghan and pillow are made on a 3-inch loom, even though
the afghan is made on a 4-inch.
AFGHAN: With 4-inch loom and J-10 crochet hook, make strips of 130 lps
each on each side of loom as follows: 6-purple, 7-blue, 12-white.
To join: Starting with blue strip, join to white strip (as per
instructions below), then join to purple strip, then to white ...
continue thus for length of afghan, ending with blue strip.
Join loops by pulling 2 lps through 2 lps, always starting at the same
end. When all strips are joined, weave in all ends, and finish as
follows. Finish sides of afghan by pulling 2 lps through 2 lps. Fasten
last 2 lps securely. Attach double yarn at corner, and working along
ends, sc in corner, * ch 2, sc in next lp. Repeat from * across, ending
ch 2, sc in corner st. Ch 1, turn.
ROW 2: Sc in first st. Then work * 2 sc in ch 2 space, sc in next sc.
Repeat from * across. Fasten off. Work other end of afghan the same way.
EDGING: With purple yarn and 3-inch crochet loom, and working on one
side of loom, make 2 strips each of 200 lps, and 2 each of 150 lps.
To Make Edging: Edging is worked in the same way as regular strips, but
instead of working the single crochet down the center of the loom, it is
worked close to one prong. This will make the loops on one side of strip
longer than the other. With J-10 crochet hook, and working on smallest
loops, pull 2 lps through 2 lps all the way across each strip. If you
prefer, the long loop may be cut for a fringe effect.
Sew the longer strips to the sides, and the shorter ones to the ends,
easing them around the corners, keeping them flat.