{"id":139,"date":"2012-04-05T18:59:12","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T18:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/?page_id=139"},"modified":"2020-04-23T15:52:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T15:52:53","slug":"rainbow-afghan-pattern","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/?page_id=139","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Afghan Pattern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><audio autoplay=\"autoplay\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/im-always-chasing-rainbows-mp33.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<table width=\"600\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Rainbow Afghan Pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>NOTE<\/p>\n<p>I finally found the original pattern and it is correct as printed here<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MVC-308S.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2373\" alt=\"MVC-308S\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MVC-308S-300x225.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MVC-308S-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/MVC-308S.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #3300cc;\">AVERAGE: For those with some experience<br \/>\n<\/span>Directions<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;are given for an afghan measuring 48&#8243; wide x 64&#8243; long <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;MATERIALS:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;Any 4 ply worsted weight yarn: 48 ounces of white (A), <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">8 ounces each of red (B), orange (C), yellow (D),<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;lime green (E), turquoise (F),med. blue (G) and lavender (H)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;crochet hook, size H, or any size hook to obtain gauge below;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;tapestry needle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">GAUGE: 4 sc =1&#8243;; 4 rows = 1&#8243;. Each full fan = 15&#8243; wide( at widest point )x8&#8243;deep<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;(from point to opposite edge). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">NOTE: Afghan is made up of 38 full fans and <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">14 half fans that are sewen together afterwards. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">FULL FAN: (make 35 multi-colored and 3 white): <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">Starting at bottom point with A, ch 2, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROW 1: Sc in second ch from hook.ch 1 turn. hereafter<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;ch 1, turn at end of each row, unless otherwise stated. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROW 2: (right side) ; 3 sc in sc. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROW 3: 2 sc in first sc&#8211;inc. made; sc in next sc, 2 sc in last sc&#8211;inc. made&#8212;5 sc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;ROWS: 4-11:continue increasing in first and last sc until there are 21 sc. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROW 12: 2 sc in first sc* sc in each of the next 4 SC, 2 SC in next SC; rep from 3 times more&#8212;26sc. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROW 13: Sc in each sc across. Ch 3(counts as 1 dc of next row), turn. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROW 14: Dc in first sc and in each sc across to within last sc, 2 dc in last sc&#8212;28 dc. Ch 1, turn. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROW 15: sc in each dc across&#8212;28 sc. Ch 3, turn. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">NOTE: to work a popcorn stitch (pcn st): 5 dc in same st, drop loop from hook, insert hook in first dc of the 5 dc group and draw dropped loop through, ch 1 to secure. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROW 16: ( pcn st row) Pcn st in first sc* dc in next sc pcn st in next sc; rep from * across, ending with dc in last sc&#8212;14 pcn sts. Fasten off. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROW 17: with wrong side facing attach B to first st, sc in each st across (including ch 1 at top of pcn st)&#8212;43 sc. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROW 18: with B sc in each sc across. At end of this row change to C as follows: work last sc of row until there are 2 loops on hook, drop B yo with C and draw through 2 loops on hook. Ch 1 , turn. Fasten off. Here after change colors in this way. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROW 19: with C 2 sc in first sc, sc in each sc across to last sc 2 sc in last sc&#8212;45 sc. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROW 20: with C sc in each sc across. At end of this row change to D. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROWS 21-30: Rep rows 19 and 20 working in the following color sequence:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;2 rows ea of D, E, F, G, and H. At end of row 30 change to A. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROW 31: With A rep row 19&#8212;57 sc. Ch 3, turn. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROW 32: Skip first sc*pcn st in next sc, dc in next sc; rep from * across ending with dc in last sc&#8212;28 pcn sts. Fasten off. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">HALF FAN: 1 (make 7) : Starting at bottom point with A, ch2. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook. Ch 1, turn. Hereafter ch 1,turn at end of each row, unless otherwise stated. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROW 2(right side) 2 sc in sc. Note: increases are made on left side edge only <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROW 3: 2 sc in first sc&#8211;inc made on left side edge&#8211;3 sc. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROW 4: Sc in each sc to within last sc, 2 sc in last sc &#8212;&#8211; inc made on left side edge &#8212;&#8211; 4 sc <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROWS 5-12; rep rows 3 and 4 until there are 13 sc. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROW 13: Sc in each sc across. Ch 3, turn. ch 3 counts as 1 dc of next row, turn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;ROW 14: Skip first sc, dc in each sc across to within last sc, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">2 dc in last sc&#8211;inc made on left side edge&#8211;14 dc. Ch 1, turn. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROW 15: Sc in each dc across. Ch 3, turn. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROW 16: ( pcn st row): Rep row 16 as for full fan&#8212;7 pcn sts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;Fasten off A; turn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;ROW 17: With B rep row 17 as for full fan&#8211;22 sc. Ch 2, turn. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROWS 18-31 Rep rows 18-31 as for full fan in the same color sequence&#8212;29 sc, increasing on left side edge only. Ch 3, turn. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">ROW 32: Rep row 32 as for full fan&#8212;14 pcn sts. Fasten off A .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;Pin together with large safety pin and set aside. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">HALF FAN 2: ( make 7) Work same as half fan 1, increasing on right side edge only.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;Pin together and set aside. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">BLOCKING: Pin each fan to measurements on a padded surface: cover with a damp cloth and allow to dry; do not press.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3300cc; font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;ASSEMBLY: With right side up,invert the 3 white fans so that last pcn st row is at bottom edge of afghan. Select the multi-colored fans of row 2( half fan 2, two full fans and half fan 1) sew them to Row 1 with right side up, along adjoining edges working through back loops only of each st.. In the same way, sew the 3 multi-colored fans of row 3 in between the fans of row 2. Rep rows 2 and 3, six times more, joining each fan to the previous row. I didn&#8217;t like how the sides looked when I got it finished so I did a row of sc then a row of popcorn sitches.&nbsp; You will need an exta skein of white yarn to do this.&nbsp; It&#8217;s a lot more work to finish it this way but the end result is beautiful.&nbsp; Also I whipped stitched blocks together to assemble.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"295\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/uploads\/media\/images\/assembly%20for%20rainbow%20afghan.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rainbow Afghan Pattern NOTE I finally found the original pattern and it is correct as printed here AVERAGE: For those with some experience Directions &nbsp;are given for an afghan measuring 48&#8243; wide x 64&#8243; long &nbsp;MATERIALS: &nbsp;Any 4 ply worsted weight yarn: 48 ounces of white (A), 8 ounces each of red (B), orange (C), [&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-139","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2leRo-2f","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139","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=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3046,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftingranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139\/revisions\/3046"}],"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=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}