Itsy Bitsy Spiderweb
From Leisure Arts "Our
Best Baby Afghans" (in filing cabinet)
Finished Size: ~34" x 46'
Materials:
- sport weight yarn ~13oz 1255
yards
- hook, size H
Gauge: 16dc and 10 rows = 4"
Ch137 loosely.
Row 1 Dc in fourth ch from hook and in
each ch across 135 sts.
Row 2 (Right side) Ch3 (counts as first
dc, now and throughout), turn ; dc in next 2 dc, * ch1, skip next dc, dc in
next 15 dc* to last 4 dc, ch1, skip next dc, dc in last 3 dc.
Note Loop
a short piece of yarn around any stitch to mark last row as right side.
Row 3,14,25,36,47,58,69,80,91,102 Ch3, turn; dc in next 2 dc, ch1, *dc
in next dc, (ch1, skip next dc, dc in next dc) 7 times, ch1* across to last 3
dc, dc in last 3 dc.
Row 4,15,26,37,48,59,70,81,92,103 Ch3, turn; dc in next 2 dc, ch1, *dc
in next dc, (dc in next ch-1 sp and in next dc) 7 times, ch1* across to last 3
dc, dc in last 3 dc.
Row 5,16,27,38,49,60,71,82,93,104 Ch3, turn; dc in next 2 dc, ch1, *dc
in next 15 dc, ch1* across to last 3 dc, dc
in last 3 dc.
Row 6,17,28,39,50,61,72,83,94,105 Ch3, turn; dc in next 2 dc, ch1, *dc
in next 3 dc, ch3, (skip next dc, tr in next dc) 4 times, ch3, skip next dc, dc
in next 3 dc, ch1* across to last 3 dc, dc in last 3 dc.
Row 7,18,29,40,51,62,73,84,95,106 Ch3, turn; dc in next 2 dc, ch1, *dc
in next 3 dc, ch3, sc in next 4 tr, ch3, dc in next 3 dc, ch1* across to last 3
dc, dc in last 3 dc.
Rows 8-10,19-21,30-32,41-43,52-54,63-65,74-76,85-87,96-98,107-109 Ch3, turn; dc in next 2 dc, ch1. *dc
in next 3 dc, ch3, sc in next 4 sc ch3, dc in next 3 dc, ch1* across to last 3
dc, dc in last 3 dc.
Row 11,22,33,44,55,66,77,88,99,110 Ch3, turn; dc in next 2 dc, ch1, *
dc in next 3 dc, ch1, (tr in next sc, ch1) 4 times, dc in next 3 dc, ch1*
across to last 3 dc, dc in last 3 dc.
Row 12,23,34,45,56,67,78,89,100,111 Ch3, turn; dc in next 2 dc. ch1. *
dc in next 3 dc and in next ch-1 sp, (dc in next tr and ch-1 sp) 4 times, dc in
next 3 dc, ch1* across to last 3 dc, dc in last 3 dc.
Row 13,24,35,46,57,68,79,90,101,112 Ch3, turn; dc in next 2 dc, ch1, *dc
in next 15 dc, ch1* across to last 3 dc, dc
in last 3 dc.
Rows 14-114 Repeat
Rows 3-13, 9 times; then repeat Rows 3 and 4 once more.
Row 115 Ch3,
turn; dc in next dc and in each dc and ch-1 sp across, do not finish off.
EDGING
Rnd l Ch1, turn; work 136 sc evenly spaced
across; working in end of rows, 3 sc in first row, work 173 sc evenly spaced across
to last row, 3 sc in last row working in free loops of beginning ch (Fig, 23b, page
125), work 136 sc, evenly spaced across working in end of rows, 3 sc in first
row, work 173 sc evenly spaced across to last row, 3 sc in last row join with
slip st to first sc 630 sc.
Rnd 2 Ch1,
*sc in next sc, ch4, sc in third ch
from hook, ch2, skip next 2 sc*around;
join with slip st to first sc, finish off.
