Classic Aran AfghanDesign by Angela Tate

DIRECTIONSBeginner

SIZE45 x 60 inches, excluding tassels

MATERIALS• Worstedweightyarn:48oz

Aran

• SizeI/9crochethookorsizeneededtoobtaingauge

• Tapestryneedle

GAUGE11dc=4inches;5dcrows=31⁄2

inches;5dcrowand3rowsribbing=5inches

Checkgaugetosavetime.

PATTERN NOTESWeaveinlooseendsasworkpro-

gresses.Ch3countsasfirstdcthroughout.Popcorn (pc): 5 dc in indicated st,

draw up a lp, remove hook, inserthookinfirstdcof5-dcgroup,pickupdroppedlp,drawthroughstonhook,ch1tolock.

AFGHANRow 1 (RS): Ch 177, dc

in4th ch fromhook,dc in each rem

ch across, turn.(175 dc)Row 2: Work-ing in frontlps for thisrowonly, ch3,dcineachst across,turn.

Row 3: Workinginfront lpsforthisrowonly,ch3,dcinnextst,[pcinnextst,dcineachofnext4sts]repacrosstolast3sts,pcinnextst,dcineachofnext2sts,turn.

Rows 4–6: Workinginfrontlpsforthis row only, ch 3, dc in each stacross,turn.

Row 7: Ch3,[fpdcaroundnextdc,bpdcaroundnextdc]repacrosstolast2sts,fpdcaroundnextdc,dcin3rdchofturningch-3,turn.

Row 8: Ch3,[bpdcaroundnextst,fpdcaroundnextst]repacrosstolast2sts,bpdcaroundnextst,dcin3rdchofturning,turn.

Row 9: Workinginfront lpsforthis row only, ch 3, dc in each stacross,turn.

Rows 10–65: RepRows2–9 forpattern.(8ribbingstripes)

Rows 66–69: RepRows2–5.AttheendofRow69,donotturn.Row 70: Workreversescineach

dcacross,fastenoff.Row 71 (RS): Workinginopposite

sideoffoundationch,attachyarn,ch1,reversescineachchacross,fastenoff.

TASSELSCut10(16-inch)strandsofyarn.

Holdingstrandstogasone,attachtoWSofafghanwithalark’sheadknot

overpost of first dc on first pc row.Repatendofeachpc

rowandcenterrowofeachribbingstripe

across both ends of afghan. Trimends of tasselsevenly.✄

Traditional … and stylish—this manly afghan has all the texture and pattern of a complicated Aran knit, but it’s

crocheted!

From Crochet World magazine, February 2002, Vol. 25, No. 1, Page 32, Copyright © 2002 Crochet World magazine

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