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WE'RE ALL GOD'S
CHILDREN
ABBREVIATIONS
Beg - Beginning
ch - Chain
sc - Single Crochet
dc - Double Crochet
sl st - Slip Stitch
sp - Space
BLO - Back Loop Only
NOTE: This afghan is worked using worsted
weight yarn in the colors specified with each project. It is made up of
two different types of granny squares: a solid color granny and a
bi-color granny. General directions for each are as follows below.
Simply crochet the number of squares needed for each block in the color
required then assemble as described in instructions.
SOLID COLOR GRANNY
Finished square measures approximately 2
1/2”
Ch 4, join with a sl st to first chain
to form a ring
RND 1: Ch 3, 2 dc in ring, ch 1, (3 dc in ring, ch1) three times, join with sl
st to top of beg ch 3
RND 2: Ch 3, turn, 2 dc in first ch 1 sp, ch 1,
3 dc in same ch 1 sp, ch 1 (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc, ch 1) in remaining 3 ch 1 sps, join with sl st to top of beg ch 3, finish off, weave in loose
ends
BI-COLOR GRANNY
Finished square measures approximately 2
1/2”
Ch 4, with main
color, join with a sl st to first chain to form a ring
RND 1: Ch 3, 2 dc in ring, ch 1, 3 dc in ring, drop main color but DO NOT
cut, pickup second color, YO draw through loop on hook, 3 dc in
ring, ch 1, 3 dc in ring, ch 1 , join with sl st to top of beg ch 3
RND 2: Turn, sl st in first ch 1 sp, ch 3, 2 dc in same ch 1 sp, ch 1, (3 dc,
ch 1, 3 dc) in next ch 1 sp, ch 1, 3 dc in next ch 1 sp, drop second
color, pick up main color again, YO draw through loop on hook, 3 dc
in same ch 1 sp, ch 1, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in next ch 1 sp, ch 1, 3 dc in
last ch 1 sp, ch 1, join with sl st to top of beg ch 3, finish off,
weave in loose ends
WE’RE ALL GOD’S CHILDREN AFGHAN
Afghan is made up of 9 blocks total. 3
blocks wide by 3 blocks long
Materials Needed
Note: This afghan is meant to be a
project to use all of your odds and ends of yarn. A scrap afghan. Use
your imagination! For example, we use Off White, Black, Warm Brown and
Cornmeal yarn for the faces but use whatever you have that you’d like to
use!
32 oz Buff worsted weight yarn for
Background
1 oz each various colors of worsted
weight yarn for 9 Hair-Dos
2 oz each various colors of worsted
weight yard for 9 Faces
2 oz each various worsted weight yarn
colors of 9 Bodies
Size “G” crochet hook, or size needed
for proper gauge
Tapestry needle
Block Assembly
Using tapestry
needle and appropriate color yarn and stitching through BLO, assemble
each individual block using the diagrams below for placement. Make 10 of
each block.
Afghan Assembly
Using tapestry needle and appropriate
color yarn and stitching through BLO, assemble the 9 completed blocks in
a grid 3 blocks wide by 3 blocks long. (see cover photo)
Border
RND 1: With Border color of your choice join
with a sl st to any corner ch 1 sp, sc around, work 3 sc in each corner
ch 1 sp, join with sl st to first sc to join
RND 2: Ch 3, turn, dc in each sc around, work 3
dc in each corner, join with sl st to top of beg ch 3 to join
RND 3: Ch 1, turn, sc in each dc around, work 3
sc in each corner, join with sl st to first sc to join, finish off,
weave in loose ends
Every effort has been made to ensure the
accuracy of these instructions. We cannot be responsible for human
error, differences in individual stitching techniques or typographical
errors.
Copyright © 2003 C.L. Halvorson |
