{"id":137,"date":"2012-04-05T18:58:43","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T18:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/?page_id=137"},"modified":"2020-10-28T22:59:09","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T22:59:09","slug":"prize-winning-chain-afghan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/?page_id=137","title":{"rendered":"Prize Winning Chain Afghan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><audio autoplay=\"autoplay\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cajun-fiddle-mp3.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\">Your browser does not support the audio tag.<\/audio><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/uploads\/media\/images\/prizewinningafghansampleenlarged.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"173\" border=\"0\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>SIZE 50X64<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">MATERIALS LIST: 35 oz. 4-ply yarn size I Hook 13 one-inch safety pins<br \/>\nGAUGE: 6 dcs=2&#8243;,2 rows=1&#8243;<br \/>\nNOTE: In last 2 rows, ch 6 (not 10 for loops). ROW <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">1: ch 252, sc in first ch,ch 10&nbsp;skp 10 ch&nbsp;(this makes a loop) *dc in next 10 chs, ch 10 skp 10 chs. repeat from * until there are 12 groups of dcs and 13 loops. Ending with sc, ch 1. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROW 2: sc in first sc, ch 10,dc in next 10 dc, skp loop ,*dc in next 10 dcs, ch 10, skp loop, repeat from * sc, ch 1 turn. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">Repeat these 2 rows for 116 rows. See NOTE for last 2 rows. TO FINISH LOOPS: Start at bottom of afghan and with fingers or large crochet hook pull first loop over second loop, loop 2nd loop through, 2nd loop over 3rd loop and 3rd loop through. Repeat to end. Fasten last lp tog with safety pin. Be sure all loops go in same direction. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">FINISHING: Sc in each sc across top, sc in each loop. Remove pins as you go. Across bottom sc in 10 dc*ch 1, sc in 10 dc. Repeat from * to end Fasten off. FRINGE: Cut 10&#8243; lengths of yarn, fold in half. Knot one folded strand in each sc at top and bottom. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">FOR 3 COLOR STRIPE PATTERN USE: 4-8OZ. SKEINS OF WHITE 3-4OZ. SKEINS OF BLUE 3-4OZ. SKEINS OF PINK <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">Work 5 rows white 2 rows blue 2 rows white 1 row pink 2 rows white 2 rows blue then 5 rows white and repeat sequence. this is easy and works up fast and is pretty, especially when done in contrasting colors. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">*A WAY TO MAKE SURE YOU CHAIN UP ALL THE LOOPS ON THIS AFGHAN IS TO FOLD THE SECTIONS IN HALF LENGTHWISE, SO THAT THE &#8220;LOOPS&#8221; STAND UP. THEN TAKE A LARGE CROCHET HOOK SIZE H AND CHAIN UP ALL THE LOOPS. THIS WAY YOU WON&#8217;T MISS ANY.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your browser does not support the audio tag. SIZE 50X64 MATERIALS LIST: 35 oz. 4-ply yarn size I Hook 13 one-inch safety pins GAUGE: 6 dcs=2&#8243;,2 rows=1&#8243; NOTE: In last 2 rows, ch 6 (not 10 for loops). ROW 1: ch 252, sc in first ch,ch 10&nbsp;skp 10 ch&nbsp;(this makes a loop) *dc in next [&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-137","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2leRo-2d","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3107,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137\/revisions\/3107"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}