And the Mystery is solved! Hope you all enjoyed MysteryGhan 2021 – last clue is in your email and Rav library – thanks to all who chatted and shared updates and results on our Rav board and FB Group. Pattern is now called Four Winds Afghan due to its four distinct pattern sections.
Please continue to discuss the pattern as you finish up and let me know if you have any problems. I sent out a first copy of this last clue that contained an error in Round 1 of the border, but the correction was sent out right afterward. The pattern lends itself to your own interpretation; you can always change the size length or width-wise, you can substitute a stitch pattern, or you can shape-shift the motifs, as some have done on my Ravelry group – they made the first four squares into a square and continued around in the next patterns to make the afghan in the round. It’s a great idea and while I am not going to work it up right now, I look forward to seeing you put your interprations out there.
Do not forget to sign up on this blog for blog updates, so you do not miss news of the next pattern or Crochet Along or Knit Along or any news from me. As you know, our next CAL will be working through my pattern Resplendent Afghan which appears in the Fall 2021 Interweave Crochet Magazine, available at newsstands and online. We will begin October 11, 2021, and yarn details are here.
I am happy to have a new affiliate relationship with Jimmy Beans Wool, a fun and exciting yarn shop selling only the best in crochet and knit supplies. I think the Craftvent Calendar 2021 sounds like a great time – you receive an Advent Calendar-like box with a different treat for each day of December, containing the yarn or notion needed to complete a crochet or knit shawl or mittens. Check it out and let me know if you want to CAL/KAL – I have my eye on the Tidings Wrap in Buttermint.
Featured this Month on the MOOGLY CAL 2021 – check out Moogly’s blog for all the fabulous afghan square designs that are featured this year; the creativity shown in this years’ offerings is outstanding! Create your own unique blanket with the Moogly CAL 2021.
Chaplet Afghan Square by Julie Yeager
12” Afghan Block
U.S.Crochet Terms
Materials: Red Heart with Love (100% Acrylic, #4, 7 oz/198 g; 370 yds/338 m)
Color A: Dusty Purple (60 g) B: Aran (30 g)
Crochet Hook size J (6.0 mm)
(Change to larger hook for linen stitch border starting at Round 12 if desired.)
Special Stitches and abbreviations:
Beg – beginning BLO – back loop only ch – chain dc – double crochet hdc – half double crochet sc – single crochet sk – skip sl – slip sp – space st – stitch YO – yarn over
BPsc – back post single crochet – insert hook from back to front around post of designated stitch; YO and pull up a loop (2 loops on hook), YO and draw through 2 loops (1 loop on hook)
FPsc – front post single crochet – insert hook behind post of stitch (from front to back), YO, pull through, bring up even with last stitch completed, YO, pull through 2 loops (1 loop on hook)
FPsc dec – front post single crochet decrease – Insert hook behind posts of next two stitches (from front to back), YO, pull through, bring up even with last stitch completed, YO, pull through 2 loops (1 loop on hook)
FPdc – Front post double crochet – YO, insert hook behind post of stitch (from front to back and then back to front), YO, pull through, (3 loops on hook), (YO, pull through 2 loops) twice
Join with sc – (Standing stitch) With slip knot on hook, insert hook into designated stitch, hook yarn, pull through, (two loops on hook,) YO, pull through two loops
V – St (V-Stitch) – (dc, ch 2, dc) in same st or sp
Puff St – Puff Stitch – (YO, insert hook in designated st or sp, YO, pull through, bring up to height of a dc) 3 times, YO, pull through all 7 strands, ch 1 to close
3 Puff Corner – [(Puff St, ch 1) twice, Puff St] in same st or sp
Notes: Ch-3 at the beginning of a round counts as a dc; ch-2 as a hdc. Ch 1 at the beginning of a round does not count as a stitch. “Omitting last stitches” means that those stitches were already completed at the beginning of the round.
Instructions:
Round 1: With Color A, ch 4, sl st in first ch to form ring. Ch 3, 11 dc in ring, sl st to top of beg ch-3. (12 dc)
Round 2: Ch 4 (counts as dc and ch-1), [(dc, ch 1) in next st] 11 times, sl st to 3rd ch of beg ch-4. (12 dc, 12 ch-1 sp)
Round 3: Sl st in ch-1 sp, ch 3, 2 dc in same sp, ch 1, [(3 dc, ch 1), in next ch-1 sp] 11 times, sl st to top of beg ch-3, fasten off. (36 dc, 12 ch-1 sp)
Round 4: Join Color B with sl st in any ch-1 sp, ch 5 (counts as dc and ch-2), dc in same sp, ch 1, [(V st, ch 1) in next ch-1 sp] 11 times, sl st to 3rd ch of beg ch-5. (12 V-st, 12 ch-1 sp)
Round 5: Sl st in ch-2 sp, ch 3, 2 dc in same sp, (FPdc in next 2 dc, 3 dc in ch-2 sp) 11 times, FPdc in next 2 dc, sl st to top of beg ch-3. (60 st)
Round 6: Ch 2, (3 hdc in next st, hdc in next st, ch 1, FPsc dec around next 2 FPdc, ch 1, hdc in next st) 12 times, omitting last st, sl st to top of beg ch-2, fasten off. (60 hdc, 12 FPsc dec, 24 ch-1)
Round 7: Join Color A with sc in any FPsc dec, [ch 2, sk ch-1 sp and 2 hdc, BPsc in next hdc, ch 2, sk 2 hdc and ch-1 sp, sc in FPsc dec, ch 2, sk ch-1 sp and 2 hdc, BPsc in next hdc, sk 2 hdc and ch-1 sp, (V-st, ch 2, V-st) in FPsc dec, sk ch-1 sp and 2 hdc, BPsc in next st, ch 2, sk 2 hdc and ch-1 sp, sc in next FPsc dec] four times, omitting last st, sl st to first sc. (4 dc, 3 BPsc, 2 sc, 7 ch-2 sp per side)
Round 8: FPsc in same st as join, [2 sc in ch-2 sp, FPsc in BPsc, 2 sc in ch-2 sp, FPsc in sc, 3 sc in ch-2 sp, FPsc in BPsc, FPsc in dc, 2 sc in ch-2 sp, Fpsc in dc, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 sp for corner, FPsc in dc, 2 sc in ch-2 sp, FPsc in dc, FPsc in BPsc, 3 sc in ch-2 sp, FPsc in sc] four times, omitting last st, sl st to beg FPsc. (25 st plus ch-2 sp per side)
Round 9: Ch 1, sc in same st and in next 15 st, [(sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 sp for corner, sc in next 25 st] three times, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 sp for corner, sc in next 9 st, sl st to first sc, fasten off. (27 st plus ch-2 sp per side)
Round 10: (Note: This round may look a little wavy but it will work out. There is a ch at the end of the puff and a ch between puffs.) Join Color B with sl st in BLO of first corner ch (this sl st will be hidden later.) (Puff st, ch 1, puff st) in ch-2 corner sp, [(ch 1, sk 1 st, puff st in next st) 13 times, ch 1, sk 1 st, 3 puff corner] four times, omitting last 3 st and placing last puff st in same sp as beg, ch 1, sl st to first puff, fasten off. (16 puffs, 16 ch-1 sp per side)
Round 11: Join Color A with sc in first ch-1 sp of any corner, sc in same sp, FPsc in puff, 2 sc in ch-1 sp, [(FPsc in puff, sc in ch-1 sp) 14 times, (FPsc in puff, 2 sc in next ch-1 sp) twice] four times, omitting last 5 st, sl st to first sc. (34 st per side)
Round 12: Sl st in next st and in next (corner) st, ch 1, (sc, ch 2, sc) in same st for corner, [(ch 1, sk 1 st, sc in next st) 16 times, ch 1, sk 1 st, (sc, ch 2, sc) in next st for corner] four times, omitting last corner, sl st to first sc. (18 sc, 19 ch per side)
Round 13: Sl st in ch-2 sp, ch 1, (sc, ch 2, sc) in same sp for corner, [(ch 1, sk 1 st, sc in next ch-1 sp) 17 times, ch 1, sk 1 st, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 sp for corner] four times, omitting last corner, sl st to first sc. (19 sc, 20 ch per side)
Round 14: Sl st in ch-2 sp, ch 1, (sc, ch 2, sc) in same sp for corner, [(ch 1, sk 1 st, sc in next ch-1 sp) 18 times, ch 1, sk 1 st, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 sp for corner] four times, omitting last corner, sl st to first sc. (20 sc, 21 ch per side)
Round 15: Sl st in ch-2 sp, ch 1, (sc, ch 2, sc) in same sp for corner, [(ch 1, sk 1 st, sc in next ch-1 sp) 19 times, ch 1, sk 1 st, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 sp for corner] four times, omitting last corner, sl st to first sc. (21 sc, 22 ch per side)
Round 16: Sl st in ch-2 sp, ch 1, (sc, ch 2, sc) in same sp for corner, [(ch 1, sk 1 st, sc in next ch-1 sp) 20 times, ch 1, sk 1 st, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 sp for corner] four times, omitting last corner, sl st to first sc. (22 sc, 23 ch per side)
Round 17: Sl st in ch-2 sp, ch 1, (sc, ch 2, sc) in same sp for corner, [(ch 1, sk 1 st, sc in next ch-1 sp) 21 times, ch 1, sk 1 st, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 sp for corner] four times, omitting last corner, sl st to first sc. Fasten off. (23 sc, 24 ch per side)
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