{"id":1785,"date":"2012-09-08T16:35:41","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T22:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2018-08-24T08:59:58","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T14:59:58","slug":"no-beginning-chain-lacy-shell-afghan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/2012\/09\/08\/no-beginning-chain-lacy-shell-afghan\/","title":{"rendered":"No Beginning Chain Lacy Shell Afghan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The first row of an afghan with homespun or boucl\u00e9 or other knobby style yarn can be frustrating. This afghan does not require finding chain stitches, even for the first row. The lacy shells keep the afghan light even with a heavier yarn.<\/p>\n

This pattern was designed to be easy for homespun or boucl\u00e9 style yarns, but it can be made with just about any yarn. Make it in a solid color or with as many color changes as you like.<\/p>\n

The example is made in Caron SnoSpun.<\/p>\n

Size:<\/strong> This blanket can be made any size. Five widths are given in the directions.<\/p>\n

[grid width=”600″ cols=”100,*,100,*,*”] Size|Width (Inches)|Length (Inches)|Ounces of yarn|Yards of yarn~ Extra Small|30.33|40.44|7.71|472.7~ Small|35|46.67|10.27|629.33~ Medium|39.67|52.89|13.19|808.34~ Large|44.33|59.11|16.47|1009.73~ Extra Large|49|65.33|20.12|1233.49~[\/grid]<\/p>\n

Materials:<\/strong>
\nYarn – Sizing given for Bulky yarn but other weights can be used
\nSize\u00a0J (6mm) crochet hook<\/p>\n

Abbreviations:<\/strong>
\nch = chain
\nch sp = chain space
\ndc = double crochet
\nsc = single crochet
\ntr = triple crochet<\/p>\n

Special stitch:<\/strong>
\nShell – work the following in the ch sp or over stitch indicated: (1 dc, ch 1) three times, 1 dc<\/p>\n

Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Instead of a beginning chain, the blanket is begun with a first row of chain and\u00a0tr spaces.<\/p>\n

For these widths, start with this number of chain and\u00a0tr spaces:<\/p>\n

30.25″ =\u00a025
\n35″ =\u00a029
\n39.75″ =\u00a033
\n44.25″ =\u00a037
\n49″ = 41<\/p>\n

There is a chart for this pattern available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Row 1: Ch 5, sc in first ch, (ch 3, tr in last ch sp) odd number of times, ch 3, dc in last ch sp.<\/p>\n

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Do not turn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Row 2: Ch 1. Without turning the work, sc over dc just made. Working across the tr stitches,\u00a0ch 1, shell over\u00a0first tr, ch 1, ** sc over next tr, ch 1, shell over next tr, ch 1. Repeat from\u00a0** across all the tr stitches. Sc in ch 5 sp at end of row.<\/p>\n

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Row 3: Ch\u00a04 and turn. Sc in first ch-1 sp of first shell, ch 3, sc in third ch-1 sp of same shell, ** ch 3, sc in first ch-1 sp of next shell, ch 3, sc in third ch-1 sp of same shell. Repeat from ** across all the shells. Ch 2, dc in ch space from row before shell row.<\/p>\n

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Row 4: Ch 1 and\u00a0turn. Sc in ch-2 sp. Ch 1, shell in first ch-3 sp, ch 1, ** sc over next ch-3 sp, ch 1, shell in next ch-3 sp, ch 1. Repeat from ** across all the ch-3\u00a0spaces. Sc in ch\u00a04 sp at end of row.<\/p>\n

Repeat row 3 and 4 until afghan is desired length.<\/p>\n

For straight sides – End with a\u00a0row 3.\u00a0Finish off and weave in end.<\/p>\n

For scalloped sides – You will need to have an odd number of shell rows. End with a row 4. In same ch sp, ch 1, shell, ch 1, sc. Working across the ch-4 spaces on the side, (ch 1, shell in next ch-4 sp, ch 1, sc in next ch-4 sp). At the last ch-4, after the\u00a0sc, also work, ch 1,\u00a0shell, ch 1, sc. Working across bottom of afghan in the ch-3 spaces, (ch 1, shell in next ch-3 sp, ch 1, sc in next ch-3 sp).\u00a0After the last sc, in same sp also work, ch 1, shell, ch 1, sc. Working across last side of dc stitches, \u00a0(ch 1, shell over next dc, ch 1, sc\u00a0over next dc). At last corner also work, ch 1, shell, ch 1. Join with sc from the beginning of the last row 4. Finish off and weave in end.<\/p>\n

The blanket can be made in a solid color or can be made with any number of color changes. The best way to make a color change is to finish all but the very last pull through of the two loops of the last stitch of a row. Cut yarn with a few inches of tail and join with new color next to stitch. Pull new color through last two loops. Weave in ends.<\/p>\n

Edits:
\n10\/27\/16 – added chart link
\n8\/24\/18 – corrected last segment of scalloped sides to include “shell”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first row of an afghan with homespun or boucl\u00e9 or other knobby style yarn can be frustrating. This afghan does not require finding chain stitches, even for the first row. The lacy shells keep the afghan light even with a heavier yarn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,9,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1785"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2964,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions\/2964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}