MATERIALS—BEAR BRAND or FLEISHER’S EVER-MATCH NYLON ’N WOOL.
GERMANTOWN SPORT, Light Color 28 ozs.; Dark Color 10 ozs.
“Boye” 9-inch Knitting Needles, 1 pair Size 6.
GAUGE: Pattern Strip—
8½ inches in width
6 rows = 1 inch
GAUGE: Narrow Strip—2 inches in width
PATTERN STRIP (MAKE 5)—With Light Color, cast on 42 sts. Row 1—K 2, * p
2, yo, k 1, yo, p 2, k 2, k 2 tog., k 3; rpt from * twice, end, p 2, k 2
(45 sts). Row 2—K 4, * p 6, k 2, p 3, k 2; rpt from * twice, end, k 2.
Row 3—K 2, * p 2, k 1, yo, k 1, yo, k 1, p 2, k 2, k 2 tog., k 2; rpt
from * twice, end, p 2, k 2 (48 sts). Row 4—K 4, * p 5, k 2, p 5, k 2;
rpt from * twice, end, k 2. Row 5—K 2, p 2, * k 2, yo, k 1, yo, k 2, p
2, k 2, k 2 tog., k 1, p 2; rpt from * twice, end, k 2 (51 sts). Row 6—K
4, * p 4, k 2, p 7, k 2; rpt from * twice, end, k 2. Row 7—K 2, p 2, * k
3, yo, k 1, yo, k 3, p 2, k 2, k 2 tog., p 2; rpt from * twice, end, k 2
(54 sts). Row 8—K 4, * p 3, k 2, p 9, k 2; rpt from * twice, end, k 2.
Row 9—K 2, p 2, * k 2, k 2 tog., k 5, p 2, k 1, k 2 tog., p 2; rpt from
* twice, end, k 2 (48 sts). Row 10—K 4, * p 2, k 2, p 8, k 2; rpt from *
twice, end, k 2. Row 11—K 2, p 2, * k 2, k 2 tog., k 4, p 2, k 2 tog., p
2; rpt from * twice, end, k 2 (42 sts). Row 12—K 4, * p 1, k 2, p 7, k
2; rpt from * twice, end, k 2. Row 13—K 2, p 2, * k 2, k 2 tog., k 3, p
2, yo, k 1, yo, p 2; rpt from * twice, end, k 2 (45 sts). Row 14—K 4, *
p 3, k 2, p 6, k 2; rpt from * twice, end, k 2. Row 15—K 2, p 2, * k 2,
k 2 tog., k 2, p 2, k 1, yo, k 1, yo, k 1, p 2; rpt from * twice, end, k
2 (48 sts). Row 16—K 4, * p 5, k 2; rpt from * 5 times, end, k 2. Row
17—K 2, p 2, * k 2, k 2 tog., k 1, p 2, k 2, yo, k 1, yo, k 2, p 2; rpt
from * twice, end, k 2 (51 sts). Row 18—K 4, * p 7, k 2, p 4, k 2; rpt
from * twice, end, k 2. Row 19—K 2, p 2, * k 2, k 2 tog., p 2, k 3, yo,
k 1, yo, k 3, p 2; rpt from * twice, end, k 2 (54 sts). Row 20—K 4, * p
9, k 2, p 3, k 2; rpt from * twice, end, k 2. Row 21—K 2, p 2, * k 1, k
2 tog., p 2, k 2, k 2 tog., k 5, p 2; rpt from * twice, end, k 2 (48
sts). Row 22—K 4, * p 8, k 2, p 2, k 2; rpt from * twice, end, k 2. Row
23—K 2, p 2, * k 2 tog., p 2, k 2, k 2 tog., k 4, p 2; rpt from * twice,
end, k 2 (42 sts). Row 24—K 4, * p 7, k 2, p 1, k 2; rpt from * twice,
end, k 2. Rpt these 24 rows (for pattern) 17 times. Bind off.
NARROW STRIP (MAKE 6)—With Dark Color, cast on 11 sts. Row 1—K 1, p 1
across. Rpt row 1 for pattern until Strip measures same as Pattern
Strip. Bind off. Arrange Strips in place as shown on illustration, from
wrong side, sew Strips together.
FRINGE—Wind yarn around a 4½-in. cardboard, cut at one end. With
matching color, tie a 2 strand Fringe in every other st along short
sides of Afghan.
[Illustration: EVERGREEN AFGHAN]