{"id":127,"date":"2012-04-05T18:56:47","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T18:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/?page_id=127"},"modified":"2021-11-14T19:39:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T19:39:42","slug":"navajo-indian-multi-colored-afghan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/?page_id=127","title":{"rendered":"Navajo Indian Multi-Colored Afghan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Best yarn is Red Heart 4-ply<\/span><\/p>\n

black,red,gray and white but you can make up your own combinations. You will need: 8 oz. black 12 oz. red 12 oz. gray 12 oz. white for an afghan approx. 60×48 If you wish to make an afghan 72×52 you will need 8 oz. black 16 oz red 16 oz gray 16 oz. white Size I crochet hook. <\/span><\/p>\n

NOTE: To make a beautiful afghan all one color, it takes 7- 8 oz. skeins of cream color. This looks as though it is embossed and is very pretty, <\/span><\/p>\n

NOTE: All single crochets ( sc) are made in back loop of stitches ( sts.) All double crochets( dc) are made in front loop of st in second row from one being worked on with the be<\/span>ginning of each row the chain is attached to the knot of the lower chain. ( left handers be sure to make a right-handed knot) Start with black for the border. chain 245 for the 60×48 afghan 285 for the 72×52. cut yarn. DON’T FORGET TO LEAVE A 4″ END FOR FRINGE!!<\/span><\/p>\n

BLACK: Rows: 1 thru 5- single crochet (sc) in each st across with border color <\/span><\/p>\n

Row: 6 sl st into 1st Sc, ch1,1 sc,sc in next sc, 1 dc, ( 19 sc 1 dc,) across end with 2 sc. The sc of the previous row (the one behind the dc) is left unworked. <\/span><\/p>\n

RED- Row: 7- 3 sc, 1 dc, ( 17 sc, 1 dc, 1 sc, 1 dc ) across end with 3 sc. <\/span><\/p>\n

Row: 8- 4 sc, 1 dc, ( 15 sc, 1 dc, 3 sc, 1 dc ) across end with 4 sc. <\/span><\/p>\n

Row: 9- 5 sc, 1 dc, ( 13 sc, 1 dc, 5 sc, 1 dc ) across end with 5 sc. GRAY- <\/span><\/p>\n

Row: 10- 6 sc, 1 dc, ( 11 sc, 1 dc, 7 sc, 1 dc ) across end with 6 sc.<\/span><\/p>\n

Row: 11- 7 sc, 1 dc, ( 9 sc, 1 dc, 9 sc, 1 dc ) across end with 7 sc.<\/span><\/p>\n

Row: 12- 8 sc, 1 dc, ( 7 sc, 1 dc, 11 sc, 1 dc ) across end with 8 sc. <\/span><\/p>\n

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WHITE- Row: 13- 9 sc, 1 dc, ( 5 sc, 1 dc, 13 sc, 1 dc, ) across end with 9 sc. <\/span><\/p>\n

Row: 14- 10 sc, 1 dc, ( 3 sc, 1 dc, 15 sc, 1 dc, ) across end with 10 sc. <\/span><\/p>\n

Row: 15- 11 sc, 1 dc, ( 1 sc, 1 dc, 17 sc, 1 dc, ) across end with 11 sc. BLACK- <\/span><\/p>\n

Row: 16- 12 sc, 1 dc, (19 sc, 1 dc, ) across end with 12 sc. Repeat rows- 15, 14, 13. Repeat rows- 12, 11, 10. Repeat rows- 9, 8, 7. Repeat row- 6, then begin pattern again with row 7. When afghan reaches desired size, repeat rows 1 thru 5 with black after row 6 to complete your border. There will be seven rows of diamonds, or continue with pattern as long as you have yarn and end with the center black row and then put on border <\/span><\/p>\n

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Your browser does not support the audio tag. Best yarn is Red Heart 4-ply black,red,gray and white but you can make up your own combinations. You will need: 8 oz. black 12 oz. red 12 oz. gray 12 oz. white for an afghan approx. 60×48 If you wish to make an afghan 72×52 you will […]<\/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-127","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2leRo-23","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127","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=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3265,"href":"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127\/revisions\/3265"}],"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=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}