Adult sized amounts: Worsted
weight, 4 ply yarn (Simply
Soft works great!)
: 16
oz light blue; 16 oz navy blue; 22 oz
white or 3 colors you like works best with lights and darks in there.
Size
H hook
Abbreviations: dc
= double crochet; sk = skip; ch = chain; sp =
space; YO = yarn over; lps = loops; rep =
repeat; st = stitch; rem = remaining
To make a shell = [2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc] in next ch-1 space
Instructions:
With Navy Blue, ch
164
--loosely
Row1: Dc
in
4th ch
from hook, dc in next ch; sk next 2 chs, 2 dc in next ch, ch 1, 2 dc in
next ch, * sk next 3 chs, 2 dc in next ch, ch 1, 2 dc in next ch;
rep from * to last 5 chs, sk next 2 chs, dc in each of remaining 3 chs.
Row 2:
Ch 3 (Counts as first dc of row),
turn; dc in each of the next 2 dc, sk next
2 dc, work [2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc]
in next ch-1 space [that makes your
shell]; * sk
next
4 dc, work a shell in next ch-1 sp; rep from * to last 5
dc,
skip next 2 dc, dc in each of the next 2 dc, dc in top of ch-3 at end
of
row.
[COLOR
NOTE: TO CHANGE COLORS, WORK LAST DC TIL 2 LOOPS REMAIN ON HOOK; FINISH
OFF COLOR BEING USED. WITH NEW COLOR, YO AND DRAW THROUGH BOTH
LPS
ON HOOK - COLORS CHANGED.]
Row 3: With white,
ch 3, turn;
Dc in each of the next 2 dc, * work a shell [2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc] in ch 1-sp of
next
shell,
work a puff st in sp between shells in 2nd row below as follows;
[YO hook, insert hook in sp between
shells in 2nd row below; YO hook
and
draw up a long loop to height of working row] 4 times [9 loops
now on
hook;]
YO hook and draw through first 8 lps on hook [2 lps now on hook]; YO
hook
and draw through rem 2 lps on hook [puff st made];
repeat from
* to last shell, work in a shell in ch-1 sp of last shell, dc in each
of
the next 2 dc, dc in top of ch-3 at end of row.
Row 4: Ch 3,
turn;
dc in each of next 2 dc, * work in a shell in ch-1 sp of next shell;
rep
from * to last 3 dc, dc in each of the next 2 dc, dc in top of
ch-3
at end of row.
(apparently
there was a mistake with row 5 being a repeat of row
4. It was making double kittens? I have not tested this updated
version but it should not repeat row 4)
Row 5-8:
Change to light
blue, rep rows 3-4. At end of row 8, change to Navy
Blue.
*** (Please note
that
the
shells and the puffs work through to both sides so even though it
appears
that you are working through the puffs on the wrong side this time, it
still works.) ***
Rows 9-11:
With Navy Blue,
rep rows 3-5. At end of row 11, change to white.
Repeat rows 3-11
until afghan
measures approx. 60" from beginning edge, ending by working row 10 [2
rows
of navy blue].
Finish off and weave in all the loose ends. You
can also add a fringe if you want to. I didn't on my son's and it
still looks great!