College-Bound Throw

INTERMEDIATE

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

36 inches wide x 60 inches long

MATERIALS

• Premier Yarns Basix medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (7 oz/359 yds/200g per ball): 2 balls #1115-44 linen (A) 1 ball each #1115-35 pecan (B), #1115-38 mustard (C) and #1115-45 teal (D)

• Size I/9/5.5mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge

• Tapestry needle

• Locking stitch marker

GAUGE

11 dc = 4 inches; 7 rows = 4½ inches Take time to check gauge.

PATTERN NOTES

Weave in loose ends as work progresses.

Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.

Chain-3 or chain-4 at end of row counts as first double crochet for next row unless otherwise stated.

End loop in border refers to the turning chain or double crochet at the beginning or end of the rows.

This pattern is worked as a mirror image from the center diamond motif rows.

SPECIAL STITCHES

V-stitch (V-st): 2 dc in natural sp between 2 dc.

Lopsided shell stitch (Lshell): (3 dc, ch 1, dc) in indicated st.

3 dc in indicated st or sp.