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Fireside Formality Afghan Pattern #6142
An afghan-stitch block afghan in light yellow with wood brown edging, cross-stitch embroidery on alternate blocks, and a scalloped border.
Materials
- Bone Afghan Hook · No. 6 (4½ mm. size)
Pattern instructions
Block
With Yellow, ch 45 to measure 9½ inches and work in afghan stitch (see patternbook page) until piece is square (36 rows). Break off.
Attach Brown to corner st, make 3 sc in corner, * ch 1, skip 1 st, sc in next st. Repeat from * around, making 3 sc in each corner. Join and break off.
Embroidery
Examine the diagram for making cross stitches over afghan stitch (see patternbook page). Placing design at center, embroider 18 Blocks according to chart below.
Sew Blocks neatly together on wrong side, alternating plain and embroidered Blocks.
Border
Attach Brown to corner, 3 sc in corner, sc in each st and in each ch-1 sp around, making 3 sc in each corner. Join.
Sc in each sc around, making 3 sc in center sc of each corner. Join.
Ch 3, sc in joining, sc in next sc, 3 sc in next sc, sc in next sc, * ch 3, sc in last sc, sc in next 5 sc. Repeat from * around, making 3 sc in each corner. Join and break off.
