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Harlequin Afghan Pattern #1707
A harlequin afghan of puff-stitch triangles in four colors, sewn to chart with a multi-row puff-stitch border.
Materials
- Bone Crochet Hook · No. 3 or 4
Pattern instructions
Triangles
Work 230 triangles in Green, 79 in Lt. Scarlet, 75 in Amber and 76 in Lilac.
Ch 4, 2 dc in 1st of ch, ch 3, turn.
Dc in same st, 1 dc in next st, 2 dc in 4th st of ch, ch 3, turn.
Dc in same st, 1 dc in next dc, puff st in next dc (puff st, yarn over needle insert in next st, pull loop through, * yarn over needle insert in same st, pull loop through, repeat from *, yarn over and pull through all loops on needle but one, yarn over and pull through 2 loops) 1 dc in next dc, 2 dc in 3rd st of ch, ch 3, turn.
Dc in same st, 1 dc in next dc, 1 puff st in next dc, puff st over puff st, puff st in next dc, 1 dc in next dc, 2 dc in 3rd st of ch, ch 3, turn.
Dc in same st, dc in next dc, 1 puff st in each of the next 5 sts, dc in next dc, 2 dc in 3rd st of ch, ch 3, turn.
Dc in same st, dc in next dc, 1 puff st in each of the next 7 sts, 1 dc in next dc, 2 dc in 3rd st of ch, ch 3, turn.
Same as 6th row having 1 puff st in each of the center 9 sts, ch 3, turn.
Dc in same st, 1 dc in each of the next 13 sts, 2 dc in 3rd st of ch. Break Yarn.
Arrange Triangles as illustrated in chart and sew them together.
Border
With Green work a row of sc around entire Afghan working a dc in center st between scallops on long sides.
Work a puff st in each st.
Work 1 dc between each puff st decreasing 1 st between scallops at long sides and increasing 1 st at each corner.
1 puff st in each dc decreasing 1 st between scallops of long sides.
* Ch 3, skip 1 puff st, puff st in next puff st, ch 3, skip 1 puff st, sc in next puff st, repeat from * all around.
