Connie Ellison - Shaped Afghans: 6 Beautiful Designs

DESIGN BY SHANNON MULLETT-BOWLSBY

44 inches in diameter

• Caron Simply Soft medium (worsted) weight yarn (6 oz/315 yds/170g per skein): 4 skeins #9759 ocean
• Size H/8/5mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
• Stitch marker

7 sc = 1 inches

Work in continuous rounds; do not turn or join unless otherwise stated.

Mark first stitch of round.

Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.

Double crochets worked in each bottom half circle will be wrong side facing.

Double crochet cluster (dc cl): Holding back last lp of each st on hook, 2 dc as indicated in instructions, yo, pull through all lps on hook.

Cluster V-stitch (cl V-st): (Dc clsee Special Stitches, ch 3, dc cl) as indicated in instructions.

Beginning cluster V-stitch (beg cl V-st): (Ch 2, sc, ch 3, dc cl) as indicated in instructions.

Picot: Ch 6, sc in 5th ch from hook.

Cluster V-stitch picot (cl V-st picot): (Dc cl, picotsee Special Stitches, ch 1, dc cl) as indicated in instructions.

Bottom half circle: Ch 16, sl st in 12th ch from hook, ch 3, sk next 2 chs on ch-16, sc in next ch, 6 dc in ch-12 ring, sk next 3 sts on previous rnd, sc in next st on previous rnd, 8 dc in ch-12 ring.

Top half circle: Working opposite bottom half circle, 16 dc in next ch-12 ring.

Corner bottom half circle: Ch 16, sl st in 12th ch from hook, ch 3, sk next 2 chs on ch-16, sc in next ch, 6 dc in ch-12 ring, sk next 3 sts on previous rnd, sc in corner ch-3 sp on previous rnd, 8 dc in ch-12 ring.

Valley bottom half circle: Ch 16, sl st in 12th ch from hook, ch 3, sk next 2 chs on ch-16, sc in next ch, 6 dc in ch-12 ring, sk next 3 sts on previous rnd, sc in next ch-1 sp on previous rnd, 8 dc in ch-12 ring.

Rnd 1: Ch 5, sl st in 5th ch from hook to form ring, [ch 6, sc in ring] 5 times, do not join(see Pattern Notes),place marker(see Pattern Notes).

Rnd 2: [Ch 6, 3 sc in next ch-6 sp] around.

Rnd 3: [Ch 6, 3 sc in next ch-6 sp, sc in each of next 2 sts, sk next st] around.

Rnd 4: [Ch 6, 3 sc in next ch-6 sp, sc in each st across to st before next ch-6 sp, sk next st] around.

Rnds 5-25: Rep rnd 4. (5 ch sps, 245 sc at end of last rnd)

Rnd 26: [Ch 5, sc in next ch-6 sp, ch 6, sk next sc, sc in each st across to last st before next ch-6 sp, sk last st] around. (10 ch sps, 235 sc)

Rnd 27: [(Ch 5, sc) in each ch-5 sp around to next sc section, ch 5, sk first sc of next sc section, sc in each st across to st before next ch-5 sp, sk next st] around. (15 ch sps, 225 sc)

Rnds 28-50: Rep rnd 27. (20 ch sps, 15 sc at end of last rnd)

Rnd 1: Ch 5, sc in next ch-5 sp, *[ch 3, sc in next ch-5 sp] across to next sc section, ch 3, sk next sc, dc in next sc, sk next st, rep from * around, ch 3, join(see Pattern Notes) in beg sc.

Rnd 2: Ch 1, hdc in same st as beg ch-1, 3 hdc in next ch-3 sp, [hdc in next sc, 3 hdc in next ch-3 sp] 11 times, *(3 hdc, ch 3, 3 hdc) in next ch-3 sp (corner), [hdc in next st, 3 hdc in next ch-3 sp] 12 times, ch 1**, [hdc in next st, 3 hdc in next ch-3 sp] 12 times, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in beg hdc.

Rnd 3: Beg cl V-st(see Special Stitches) in same st as joining, [ch 1, sk next 3 sts, cl V-st(see Special Stitches) in next st] 5 times, bottom half circle(see Special Stitches and Pattern Notes), *[ch 1, sk next 3 sts, cl V-st] 5 times, corner bottom half circle(see Special Stitches), [ch 1, sk next 3 sts, cl V-st] 5 times, bottom half circle, [ch 1, sk next 3 sts, cl V-st] 6 times, valley bottom half circle(see Special Stitches)**, [ch 1, sk next 3 sts, cl V-st] 6 times, bottom half circle, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, ch 1, sk next 3 sts, join with sc in top of beg cl V-st. (110 cl V-sts, 20 bottom half circles)

Rnd 4: Cl V-st picot(see Special Stitches) in next ch-3 sp, sc in next dc cl, sc in next ch-1 sp, [sc in next dc cl, cl V-st picot in next ch-3 sp, sc in next dc cl, sc in next ch-1 sp] 5 times, top half circle(see Special Stitches), sc in next ch-1 sp, *[sc in next dc cl, cl V-st picot in next ch-3 sp, sc in next dc cl, sc in ch-1 sp] 5 times, top half circle, sc in next ch-1 sp, rep from * once, **[sc in next dc cl, cl V-st picot in next ch-3 sp, sc in top of next dc cl, sc in next ch-1 sp] 6 times, top half circle, sc in next ch-1 sp, rep from ** once, rep from around, join in 2nd ch of beg ch-2. Fasten off. (110 cl V-st picots, 20 top half circles)

DESIGN BY SUSAN SOLAKIAN

48 inches in diameter

• Red Heart Super Saver medium (worsted) weight yarn (7 oz/ 364 yds/198g per skein):
  3 skeins #316 soft white
  1 skein each #505 Aruba sea and #668 honeydew
• Size H/8/5mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge

4 sc = 1 inch; 3 ripple rows = 1 inch

Small Square = 3 inches square

Large Square = 4 inches square

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

Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.

Beginning popcorn (beg pc): Ch 3, 3 dc in same st or sp as beg ch-3, drop lp from hook, insert hook in 3rd ch of beg ch-3, pull dropped lp through, ch 1 to close.

Popcorn (pc): 4 dc as indicated in instructions, drop lp from hook, insert hook in top of first dc of group, pull dropped lp through, ch 1 to close.

Rnd 1 : With Aruba sea, ch 5, sl st in 5th ch from hook to form ring,