INTERMEDIATE
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
48 inches wide x 57 inches long
MATERIALS
• Universal Yarn Deluxe Worsted medium (worsted) weight wool yarn (3½ oz/220 yds/ 100g per hank):
3 hanks #12270 natural 2 hanks each #12177 hot fuchsia, #1900 ebony, #91476 fire red, #3669 Caribbean sea and #12224 chartreuse olive
• Size I/9/5.5mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
• Tapestry needle
• Stitch markers
GAUGE
Each Square = 9 inches x 9 inches
PATTERN NOTES
Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.
Chain-3 at beginning of round counts as first double crochet and chain-2 unless otherwise stated.
Squares should be joined according to order shown on Assembly Diagram starting at lower left corner and working across horizontally and then back and forth for subsequent rows in direction indicated by arrows on diagram.
Chain-6 at beginning of round counts as first double crochet and chain-3 unless otherwise stated.
Chain-7 at beginning of round counts as first treble crochet and chain-3 unless otherwise stated.
Chain-5 at beginning of round counts as first double crochet and chain-2 unless otherwise stated.
Chain-4 at beginning of round counts as first treble crochet unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCHES
Double crochet join (dc join): With WS of Squares tog, yo, insert hook in st indicated of working Square, yo, pull up lp, yo, pull through 2 lps on hook, insert hook in adjacent st of other Square, yo, pull up lp, yo, pull lp through all lps on hook.
Small beginning cluster (sm beg cl): Ch 2, dc in same st as beg ch-2.
Small cluster (sm cl): Holding back last lp of each st on hook, 2 dc as indicated, yo, pull through all lps on hook.
Large beginning cluster (lg beg cl): Ch 2, holding back last lp of each st on hook, 2 dc in same st as beg ch-2, yo, pull through all lps on hook.
Large cluster (lg cl): Holding back last lp of each st on hook, 3 dc as indicated, yo, pull through all lps on hook.
Single crochet join (sc join): With WS of Squares tog, insert hook in st indicated on working Square, pull up lp, insert hook in adjacent st of joining Square, pull up lp, yo, pull through all lps on hook.
Extended single crochet (ext sc): Insert hook as indicated, yo, pull lp through, yo, pull through 1 lp on hook, yo, pull through all lps on hook.
Fan: (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) as indicated.
THROW
Getting started: Make Squares in order shown on Assembly Diagram, starting at lower left corner, and working horizontally, and back and forth across rows.
First Solid Square
Rnd 1: With natural, make slip ring (see illustration), 12 dc in ring, join (see Pattern Notes) in first dc. Pull end to close ring. (12 dc)
2 dc in same ch as beg ch-3, [dc in each of next 2 chs, 5 dc in next ch]
