{"id":103,"date":"2012-04-05T18:51:03","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T18:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/?page_id=103"},"modified":"2020-10-30T17:18:54","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T17:18:54","slug":"american-flag-afghan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/?page_id=103","title":{"rendered":"American Flag Afghan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><audio autoplay=\"autoplay\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/grand-old-flag.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\">Your browser does not support the audio tag.<\/audio><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/uploads\/media\/images\/AmericanFlagAfghan.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>Flag is about 36X 60 inches. Materials list: 20 ounces of white 16 ounces of red 12 ounces of blue 4 ounces gold knitting worsted weight yarn crochet hook size F (I used a G to make it to gauge) abbreviations: ch (chain) sc ( single crochet) sl st ( slip stitch) hdc (half double crochet) dc (double crochet) tr (treble) sk (skip) Gauge: 7 sc equal 2 inches Work begins at lower edge. Starting with red ch 218, sc in second ch from hook, sc in each ch across, ch 1,turn. Pattern row: sc in each sc across, ch 1 , turn Repeat pattern row until there are11 rows red, fasten off. Join white and work 11 pattern rows. Continue changing colors from red to white until 3 red and 3 white stripes are completed. Change to blue and sc across 109 sts, ch1 turn. Continue in blue , sc until 77 rows are completed Join red in first sc after first blue row of sc, work 11 rows of sc in red for first short stripe Work 4 red and 3 white short stripes Sew blue to edge of short stripes with small stitches. Stars: Make 50: With white ch 4 , join with sl st, ch 1, 15 sc in ring, join with sl st. *Ch 6, sl st in second ch from hook, sc in next ch hdc in next ch, dc in next ch, tr in next ch, sk 2 sc, sl st in next sc. repeat from * around-5 points, join with sl st and fasten off, leaving about a 12 inch length to sew the star on. sew stars on blue section as shown in photo, 6 in a row for 5 rows and 5 in a row for 4 rows between them. Fringe: With Gold, cut strands about 6 1\/4 inches long. Fold 3 strands in half and put them in every other sc around. Trim even.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your browser does not support the audio tag. &nbsp; Flag is about 36X 60 inches. Materials list: 20 ounces of white 16 ounces of red 12 ounces of blue 4 ounces gold knitting worsted weight yarn crochet hook size F (I used a G to make it to gauge) abbreviations: ch (chain) sc ( single [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-103","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2leRo-1F","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3097,"href":"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions\/3097"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}