WORLDS EASIEST CROCHETED AFGHAN (C)

WORLD’S EASIEST CROCHETED AFGHAN


SIZE: 40 x 56 inches, excluding fringe


MATERIALS:
Worsted weight yarn
I (5.5 mm) crochet hook

GAUGE: Unimportant

NOTES:
1. Amount of yarn will depend on how large you make your afghan. This one took 32 ounces.
2. Afghan in photo was crocheted with two rows of each color. It looks nice worked with only one row of each color.
3. Rather than count stitches, just make a long chain and when you crochet the first row, crochet as far as you like for the length of your afghan. Cut off remaining chains.
4. When starting and ending rows leave an 8 inch tail to be included in fringe.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Leaving an 8 inch tail, chain 211 stitches for foundation. This will be about 60 inches. Want your afghan longer? Start with a longer chain.

Row 1: Hdc in third stitch from hook and in each remaining chain. If changing colors fasten off. Remember to leave an 8 inch tail.

Row 2 and all remaining rows: Turn. Join new color, if needed, with a slipstitch. Ch 2, hdc in blo (back loop only) of each hdc, being sure to go into first stitch.

Change colors as you like. Making afghan the width you want.

To finish, work a row of slip stitches in last row. This stabilizes the edge and makes it resemble the beginning edge.


FRINGE:
To cut yarn pieces for fringe, wrap around a book or other object about 8 inches in height. Cut on one edge so that you have umpteen pieces of yarn about 16 inches long.

Fold three pieces of fringe in half. Using your crochet hook, pull the loop through between hdc on end of afghan. If that space has a yarn tail, pull the tail and the ends of the fringe pieces through the loop. Tighten up and repeat across in every hdc on both ends of afghan. Tie an overhand knot close to the knot formed by pulling the ends thorough the loop.

When your fringe is complete, lay the afghan flat and smooth out the fringe. Using a piece of cardboard as a guide, trim the fringe evenly.