Materials Required:
11 skeins white, Bear Brand Germantown, 4-fold.
2 skeins green Glossilla Rope, No. 264.
2 skeins blue Glossilla Rope, No. 108.
1 skein pink Glossilla Rope, No. 200.
1 pair amber knitting pins, No. 4, 14 inches long.
1 amber crochet hook No. 4, same length.
(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._)
The Cro-Knitted center of afghan is made first. Cast on 98 stitches and
work as directed for lower part of “Dresden Baby Coat” (see page 25)
until 40 patterns have been made. The work should be about 21 inches
wide and 28 inches deep. Bind off.
BORDER: chain 108 and work in afghan stitch as directed for “Afghan
Stitch Stripe” (see page 36) for 7 rows, widening by picking up an extra
stitch at each end of every row. The first of these rows should be the
exact width of the Cro-Knitted center. Final row: pick up loop, as
usual, then draw wool through loop on hook.
For the afghan stitch side stripe, chain 7 and make stripe same length
as center, narrowing one stitch (by picking up last two bars together)
on the _same_ side of each of the last seven rows to form the mitered
corner. Make another stripe in same manner, taking care to keep them
opposites. Sew up the mitered corners, then baste border to center. Use
the wrong side of the fourth row of center as the right side of the
work. Holding the right side of afghan stitch border toward you, make 1
short, double crochet stitch (1 s. d. c.) as follows through the first
afghan stitch and the center: wool over and draw a loop through stitch,
wool over and through all three loops on hook. Repeat in each stitch on
all three sides of afghan, putting extra stitches at corners, to prevent
capping. Holding the wrong side of work toward you, make a round of s.
d. c. in same manner on the edge of afghan stitch border. Turn.
Work back around the three sides in double crochet stitches, putting the
stitches between the s. d. c. stitches of preceding round. Put 3 d. c.
in each corner. Fasten off.
Go back to other end and make puffs around the three sides, as follows:
* 5 d. c. in the first stitch, drop loop and insert hook through the
first d. c. made, draw loop through, ch. 1, skip 1 stitch of preceding
round and repeat from *. After the ch. 1 draw loop, on hook, up a little
to prevent work from drawing in at the top. Do not skip any stitches at
the corners, but skip 2 stitches between puffs when working across the
bottom of afghan. Fasten off.
Go back, as before, * 1 d. c. in the top of puff, 1 d. c. in the next
chain and repeat from * on all three sides. Extra stitches in corners.
Fasten off.
Final round: 1 s. c. in first stitch, * ch. 4—wool over and pick up a
loop in first ch. made, wool over and through 2 loops on hook, repeat
from—three times, wool over and through all 5 loops on hook, ch. 1, skip
2 stitches, 1 s. c. in next and repeat from *. Skip only one stitch on
each side of corners, to prevent capping.
TURN OVER: ch. 122 and work 3 rows in afghan stitch. On the fourth row
narrow by picking up second and third bars together, also the two bars
just preceding the final bar together. Repeat these four rows, twice;
then narrow on every third row three times. Narrow on every second row
until there are 30 rows in all, then work off as final row of afghan
border was done. Sew to top of afghan, then make the five border rounds,
as before, beginning with the short, double crochet round.
Embroider as illustrated.
_For detail of embroidery see page 26._
[Illustration:
Child’s Norfolk
]