Christmas Rose Afghan

HOLIDAY HOME

- Priscilla Hewitt

INTERMEDIATE

FINISHED MEASUREMENT

45 inches in diameter

MATERIALS

Premier Yarns Basix medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (7 oz/359 yds/200g per ball): 7 balls #1115-32 Cream

Size H/8/5mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge

Tapestry needle

Stitch marker

GAUGE

Rnds 1–7 = 61/2inches across Take time to check gauge.

PATTERN NOTES

Weave in loose ends as work progresses.

Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.

Chain-3 at beginning of round counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated.

Chain-2 at beginning of round does not count as a stitch unless otherwise stated.

Chain-2 plus double crochet in first stitch of round counts as join and last chain-5 space unless otherwise stated.

Chain-3 plus double crochet in first stitch of round counts as join and last chain-6 space unless otherwise stated.

Chain-3 plus treble crochet in first stitch of round counts as join and last chain-7 space unless otherwise stated.

SPECIAL STITCHES

Popcorn (pc): *Yo, insert hook in indicated st, yo, pull lp through, (yo, pull through 2 lps) twice; rep from * 4 more times in same st, drop lp from hook, insert hook from front to back through top of first st made, place dropped lp on hook and pull through st, ch 1.

Special Single Crochet (special sc): Insert hook under indicated ch-sp 2 rnds below and into indicated st on previous rnd at the same time and complete a sc.

AFGHAN