Week 6 - Art Deco Afghan

Welcome to Week 6 of the Art Deco Afghan CAL!

For CAL details and to find a list of participating shops for yarn kits,  read all about it HERE.

VIDEOS: by Tania Leis, Hooked by TJ

Week 6 – Righthand

Week 6 - Lefthand

Art Deco Afghan on Ravelry - $2.50

This week we will continue with our Dunand inspired section. You will make four more Right Angles, or Triangles, and then arrange them to your satisfaction. You can arrange them in the same order as I did, or however it pleases you with your colors.

Some of you may be having difficulty with gauge on this section. The length has been too short. Remember that each Right Angle needs to be half the width of your blanket - the clamshell section. No worries – here’s some tips on how to get the correct dimensions. 

1. Go up 1 or 2 hook sizes.

2. Try looser tension.

3. Keep adding more rows until your length is correct. It really doesn’t matter if you end up with more stitches on the last row than what the pattern calls for. It will not affect the border, but will just add a little to the height of the blanket.

MATERIALS & GUIDELINES

YARN

Cascade Anthem – Lempicka Kit

A – Raspberry

B – Silver

C – Rose Shadow

D – Roasted Coconut

E – Denim

F – Fuchsia Rose

HOOK - I / 5.5 mm

Use the hook size appropriate for your yarn and tension.

FINISHED SIZE

Each Right Angle – 4” X 20”

Four Joined Right Angles – 16” X 20”

ABBREVIATIONS

Beg = beginning

Ch/s = chain/s

Cont = continue/ing

Dc= double crochet

Hdc = half double crochet

Hk = hook

Lp/s = loop/s

Rnd = round

Sl St = slip stitch

Sp/s = space/s

St/s = stitch/es

Yo = yarn over

NOTES

·       All odd rows begin with an increase – 2 hdc in same st and the stitch counts increases by 1.

·       All even rows are worked evenly across and the stitch count remains the same as previous odd row.

·       There is no RS / WS.

INSTRUCTIONS

RIGHT ANGLES 

Make 1 in color A, 1 in color C, 1 in color E, and 1 in color F.

Sizing - Each right angle piece is 20” in length. Make sure that 1 right angle is equal to half the width of your blanket. See tips listed above for help on sizing.

Row 1: Ch 2, 2 hdc in first ch, ch 1, turn. (2 hdc)

Row 2: Hdc in each st across, ch 1, turn. (2 hdc)

Row 3: 2 hdc in first st, hdc in next st, ch 1, turn. (3 hdc)

Even Rows: 1 hdc in each st across, ch 1, turn.

Odd Rows: 2 hdc in first st, hdc in each st across, ch 1, turn.

Cont working Even and Odd Rows in established pattern. Finish off  after Row 44.

 

ROWS	STITCH COUNT		ROWS	STITCH COUNT
1 – 2	2		23 – 24	13
3 – 4	3		25 – 26	14
5 – 6	4		27 – 28	15
7 – 8	5		29 – 30	16
9 – 10	6		31 – 32	17
11 – 12	7		33 – 34	18
13 – 14	8		35 – 36	19
15 – 16	9		37 – 38	20
17 – 18	10		39 – 40	21
19 – 20	11		41 – 42	22
21 - 22	12		43 - 44	23

 JOIN

After completing all 4 Right Angles, you will sew them together. I used the mattress stitch, as the color doesn’t bleed through to the RS, but you can use your method of choice.

You can place your Right Angles in the order shown here, or arrange all 8 pieces in your desired order.

Note: Position piece A and piece C so that their points are slightly to the right. Join Pieces E and F at long ends as circled above. Join pieces A and C at long ends as circled above.

Sew both pieces together as shown, or to your preference.

EDGING

Row 1: Join color A to top right corner and work 135 sc evenly across top, Ch 1, turn. (135 sc)

Row 2: Sc in each st across. Finish off. (135 sc)

Repeat on bottom edge of piece.

ATTACH TO TOP OF AFGHAN

With color A, sew Right Angle section to top of afghan. I used the whip stitch on WS.

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