Bev's version of the 'Mile-an-Hour Afghan'!
unknown copyright of the original - I'm guessing it's Sarah of the Old Testament!
Lots of people call this the mile-a-minute afghan, but I call it 'Mile-an-Hour' which is a bit more accurate!
Approx. 2000 yds of worsted weight (#4) yarn
Crochet Hook Size H
Yarn needle
Afghan measures approximately 45" X 62" (but make it as large or small as you wish.)
FIRST
STRIP
(Make several): With color 1 , ch 6. Sl st to beg
ch to
form
ring.
Row
1: Ch 3;
work 3 dc, ch 3 and 3 dc in ring. MARK THIS ROW WITH
CONTRASTING
COLOR THREAD AS RIGHT SIDE. Ch 3, turn.
Row
2: Skip
first
3-dc shell; work 3 dc, ch 3 and 3 dc in next ch 3 sp between shells;
skip
next 3-dc shell; dc in sp between last dc of shell and next ch-3
turning
ch. Ch 3, turn.
Rep
Row 2 until 75
shells
have been completed. At end of last row, do not ch
3,
turn.
Fasten off.
BORDER:
With right
side facing, attach color 3 to beg ring; ch 3 to count
as 1 dc; work 2 dc, ch 2 and 3 dc in same ring -- POINT MADE AT END OF
STRIP; now start working across long side of strip as follows: ch 1,
skip
next shell; work 3 dc, ch 2 and 3 dc in next sp formed by a dc
OR a ch-3
turning ch; * now work 3 dc in each sp (formed by a dc or turning ch)
across
long side edge to within last sp on edge; work 3 dc, ch 2 and 3 dc in
last
sp, ch 1 skip next shell *; work 3 dc, ch 2 and 3 dc in next
ch-3
sp between shells for point at opposite end of strip, ch 1, skip next
shell;
work 3 dc, ch 2 and 3 dc in next sp; rep from * to * once MORE.
Sl st to the top of beginning ch-3 to join. Fasten off.
SECOND STRIP (Make 6): Starting with color 2 repeat directions as for first strip.
JOINING: Alternating strips so a color 1 strip is on each side, and having all shells point in the same direction, and holding strips wrong sides together, whipstitch across long sides through BACK LPS ONLY with variagated yarn. I have also seen people sl st this together, but I prefer sewing.
OUTER
EDGE:
With
right side facing, attach Color 2 (white) to any corner sp,
ch 1,
3 sc in sp; work sc in each st around including joining sts and working
3 sc in outer ch-2 sp and skipping joinings at inside
corners. Sl
to beg sc to join.
Fasten
off.