Gauge:
4 sc by 4 rows = a 1-inch square

Materials:

• 12 oz. Sport or Worsted weight yarn
• Size "H" crochet hook

Finished size:
Approximately 20" by 26".

DIRECTIONS:

Ch 87.

Row 1: Dc in 3rd ch from hook and in the next 3 chains. *Ch 1; skip 1 st; dc in next 3 sts. Repeat from * across, ending with a dc in the last st. Ch1, turn.

Row 2: Sc in top of 1st st. * Ch 3; skip the next 3 dc's; sc in next ch-1 space. Repeat from * across. End with sc in the last st. Ch3, turn.

Row 3: * Do 3 dc's in next ch-3 space; ch 1; skip the next sc. Repeat from * across, ending with a dc in the last st.

Repeat rows 2 & 3 twenty-two times.

Repeat row 2 once more.

Edge Row 1: Turn the afghan sideways and work down the left side edge. *Ch3; sc in end of next sc row. Repeat from *. Continue all around the bottom (sc in the ch-1 spaces) and the right side edge (same as left edge), doing 1 sc in each corner. End with a sl st in the 1st sc of the top edge.

Edge Row 2: Ch 1; sc in joining st (the corner sc). *Ch 3; 2 dc in the next ch-3 space; ch 3; sc in next ch-3 space. Repeat from * around all edges. In each corner st, sc & ch 3. End with a sl st in the sc at the last corner. Finish off.