From www.RedHeart.com
Lakehouse Crochet Throw Free Crochet Pattern
Pattern #: LW5497
Designed By: Marianne Forrestal
Skill Level: Easy
This easy pattern stitch is perfect for relaxing with as you crochet. Once you have completed this throw, it is perfect for relaxing with as you read a book or just daydream.
Materials:
RED HEART® Super Saver®: 4 skeins 369 Mushroom B, 1 skein each 313 Aran A and 326 Oatmeal C
Susan Bates® Crochet Hook: 5.5mm [US I-9]
Yarn needle
Locking stitch marker
Gauge/Tension: 8 pattern repeats + 1 st = 4″ (10 cm) (one pattern repeat consists of one stitch and one chain); 9 rows = 4″ (10 cm). CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size hook to obtain the gauge.
Throw measures 46″ wide x 60″ long (117 x 152.5 cm).
Notes
1. At end of each row, color is either fastened off or dropped; next color is joined or returned to the hook and worked into stitches and chain-1 spaces. Do not turn or cut yarn unless otherwise instructed.
2. Place the dropped loop on a locking stitch marker so it doesn’t unravel as the next row is worked.
3. Border is worked in joined rounds with right side facing at all times.
Special Stitches
Bpdc (back post double crochet) = Yarn over, insert hook from back side of work to front and to back again around the post of indicated stitch; yarn over and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook), yarn over and draw through 2 loops (2 loops on hook), yarn over and draw through 2 loops (1 loop on hook). Skip the stitch “in front of” the Bpdc.
Fpdc (front post double crochet) = Yarn over, insert hook from front side of work to back and to front again around post of indicated stitch; yarn over and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook), yarn over and draw through 2 loops (2 loops on hook), yarn over and draw through 2 loops (1 loop on hook).
Special Technique
Join with sc = Place a slip knot on hook, insert hook in indicated stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and draw
through both loops on hook.
THROW
With A, ch 152.
Row 1 (wrong side): Sc in 2nd ch from hook, *ch 1, skip next ch, sc in next ch; repeat from * across—76 sc and 75 ch-1 spaces. Fasten off. Do not turn.
Row 2: With wrong side facing, join B with slip st in first sc, ch 3 (counts as first dc here and throughout), dc in first ch-1 space, (ch 1, dc) in each ch-1 space across, dc in last sc; drop loop from hook and place on marker—77 dc and 74 ch-1 spaces. Do not fasten off or turn.
Row 3: With wrong side facing, join C with sc in top of beginning ch-3, (ch 1, sc) in each ch-1 space across, ch 1, insert hook in last dc and pull up a loop, pick up B-colored loop, remove marker, and draw through first 2 loops on hook (last sc made), turn—76 sc and 75 ch-1 spaces.
Cut C.
Row 4 (right side): Ch 3, dc in first ch-1 space, (ch 1, dc) in each ch-1 space across, dc in last sc; drop loop from hook and place on marker—77 dc and 74 ch-1 spaces. Do not fasten off or turn.
Row 5: With right side facing, join A with sc in top of beginning ch-3, (ch 1, sc) in each ch-1 space across, ch 1, insert hook in last dc and pull up a loop, pick up B-colored loop, remove marker, and draw through first 2 loops on hook (last sc made), turn—76 sc and 75 ch-1 spaces.
Cut A.
Row 6 (wrong side): Repeat Row 4.
Rows 7–122: Repeat last 4 rows 29 times.
Rows 123–125: Repeat Rows 3–5.
At end of last row, drop loop from hook and place on marker. Weave in all A and C colored ends. Do not turn.
Border
Round 1 (right side): Pick up loop and remove marker, ch 3, working in ends of rows of first side, [2 dc in next dc row, dc in next sc row] across; working in opposite side of foundation ch, 3 dc in first ch, dc in next 4 ch, [skip next ch, dc in next 5 ch] 23 times, skip next ch, dc in next 6 ch, 3 dc in last ch; working in ends of rows of other side, 2 dc in first dc row, [dc in next sc row, 2 dc in next dc row] across; working across last row, 3 dc in first sc, [dc in next ch-1 space, dc in next sc] twice, skip next ch-1 space, *[dc in next sc, dc in next ch-1 space] twice, dc in next sc, skip next ch-1 space; repeat from * 22 times, [dc in next sc, dc in next ch-1 space] 3 times, 3 dc in last sc; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—125 dc across each short edge, 187 dc across each long edge, and four 3-dc groups.
Round 2: Ch 2 (counts as first Bpdc here and throughout), *[Fpdc around next dc, Bpdc around next dc] across to next 3-dc group, Fpdc around next dc, 3 dc in next dc (center dc of 3-dc group); repeat from * around, Fpdc around last dc; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—318 Fpdc, 314 Bpdc, and four 3-dc groups.
Round 3: Ch 2, *[Fpdc around next Fpdc, Bpdc around next Bpdc] across to next 3-dc group, Bpdc around next dc, 3 dc in next dc (center dc of 3-dc group), Bpdc around next dc; repeat from * around, Fpdc around last Fpdc; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—318 Fpdc, 322 Bpdc, and four 3-dc groups.
Round 4: Ch 2, *[Fpdc around next Fpdc, Bpdc around next Bpdc] across to next 3-dc group, Fpdc around next dc, 3 dc in next dc (center dc of 3-dc group); repeat from * around, Fpdc around next dc, Bpdc around next Bpdc, Fpdc around last Fpdc; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—326 Fpdc, 322 Bpdc, and four 3-dc groups.
Round 5: Ch 2, *[Fpdc around next Fpdc, Bpdc around next Bpdc] across to next 3-dc group, Bpdc around next dc, 3 dc in next dc (center dc of 3-dc group), Bpdc around next dc; repeat from * around, Fpdc around next Fpdc, Bpdc around next Bpdc, Fpdc around
last Fpdc; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—326 Fpdc, 330 Bpdc, and four 3-dc groups.
Round 6: Ch 2, *[Fpdc around next Fpdc, Bpdc around next Bpdc] across to next 3-dc group, Fpdc around next dc, 3 dc in next dc (center dc of 3-dc group); repeat from * around, [Fpdc around next dc, Bpdc around next Bpdc] twice, Fpdc around last Fpdc; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—334 Fpdc, 322 Bpdc, and four 3-dc groups.
FINISHING
Weave in ends.
ABBREVIATIONS
A, B, C = Color A, Color B, Color C, etc.;
ch = chain(s);
dc = double crochet;
hdc = half double crochet;
sc = single crochet;
st(s) = stitch(es);
( ) = work directions in parentheses into same st;
[ ] = work directions in brackets the number of times specified;
* = repeat whatever follows the * as indicated.
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