Part 11 ~ Wonder Crochet Blanket CAL 2016

Wonder Crochet Blanket CAL 2016 ~

Part 11

This is Part 11 of the 2016 Wonder Crochet Blanket CAL.  I hope you are enjoying making your along with us as we design each part.  The CAL began on January 7, 2016 and is scheduled for twice a month on Thursdays, until November 3 ,2016.  For more information, including links to each part of the blanket please visit the Introductory Post which is available ** HERE **

 

Level – Easy to Intermediate

Yarn – Red Heart Soft, worsted weight #4, 100% Acrylic, 5oz/141g/256 yds/234m, (I used approximately 100 yds of Wine and Off White)

Hook and Notions – Hook: I (5.50 mm)

Measurement

Estimated Finished Size: (depending on your yarn choice and gauge) 52 inches wide and 60 inches long plus edging

Gauge

N/A

Abbreviations

Ch/chs = chain/chains

Cl st = cluster stitch

Dc = double crochet

Sp/sps = space/spaces

St/sts = stitch/stitches

Special Stitch

1. 5 dc Cluster stitch – (cl st) –
   1. yo, insert hook into indicated stitch (2 loops on hook)
   2. yo draw through, (3 loops on hook)
   3. yo and draw through the first 2 loops on the hook (2 loops on hook)
   4. yo insert hook and draw through the loop (4 loops on hook)
   5. yo draw through first 2 loops on hook (3 loops on hook)
   6. yo insert hook and draw through loop (5 loops on hook)
   7. yo draw through first 2 loops on hook (4 loops on hook)
   8. yo insert hook and draw through loop (6 loops on hook)
   9. yo draw through first 2 loops on hook (5 loops on hook)
   10. yo insert hook and draw through loop (7 loops on hook)
   11. yo draw through first 2 loops on hook (6 loops on hook)
   12. yo draw through all 6 loops on hook
   13. ch 1 securing cluster (1 cluster st made)

Note

Chain 3 at beginning of rows counts as 1^st dc

 

Instructions

Row 1 (Row 65): Chain 3, dc next 2 stitches, * chain 1, skip 1, work 5 dc cl stitches in next stitch, skip next stitch, dc in next 3 stitches,* repeat from * to * across. (27 cl sts, 28 sets of 3 dc, 54 ch 1 sps)

Row 2 (Row 66): Chain 3, dc in each stitch and chain 1 space across. (165 sts)

Rows 3–6 (Rows 67–70): Repeat Rows 1 and 2 (165 sts

Happy Hookin!

 Mistie