{"id":1872,"date":"2012-09-19T18:24:21","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T00:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/?p=1872"},"modified":"2015-08-19T12:53:53","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T18:53:53","slug":"no-beginning-chain-quick-shell-afghan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/2012\/09\/19\/no-beginning-chain-quick-shell-afghan\/","title":{"rendered":"No Beginning Chain Quick 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.<\/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 with two strands of DK weight yarn. It can also be made with one strand of bulky or super bulky yarn.<\/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|33.12|44.16|19.82|770.15~ Small|38.88|51.84|27.31|1061.32~ Medium|44.64|59.52|36|1399.08~ Large|50.4|67.2|45.89|1783.43~ Extra Large|56.16|74.88|56.98|2214.36~[\/grid]<\/p>\n

Materials:<\/strong>
\nYarn – Sizing given for Super Bulky yarn but other weights can be used.\u00a0If using two stands of lighter yarn, double the yardage.
\nSize\u00a0N (10.0mm) crochet hook<\/p>\n

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

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

There is a tutorial video<\/a> and a chart<\/a> available for this blanket.<\/p>\n

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

For these widths, start with this number of chain and tr spaces:
\n33″ = 23
\n39″ = 27
\n44.75″ = 31
\n50.5″ = 35
\n56.25″ = 39<\/p>\n

Row 1: Ch 3,\u00a0tr in first ch, (ch 3, tr in last ch sp)\u00a0even number of times.<\/p>\n

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

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Row 2: Ch 4. Without turning the work, 2 dc over tr just made. Working across the tr stitches,\u00a0(sc, ch 3, sc) over next tr, ** (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) over next tr, (sc, ch 3, sc) over next tr. Repeat from ** across all\u00a0but last\u00a0tr stitch. Over last tr, 2 dc, 1 tr.<\/p>\n

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Row 3: Ch\u00a03 and turn. Sc in space between tr and dc.\u00a0** (2 Dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch-3 sp, (sc, ch3, sc) in ch-2 sp.\u00a0Repeat from ** across to last 2 dc and turning chain. (Sc, ch 1, dc)\u00a0in space between 2nd dc and turning chain.<\/p>\n

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Row 4: Ch 4 and turn. 2 dc in ch-1 sp. (Sc, ch 3, sc) in ch-2 sp, ** (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch-3 sp, (sc, ch 3, sc) in ch-2 sp. Repeat from ** across to last ch-3 sp. (2 Dc, 1 tr) in last ch-3 sp.<\/p>\n

Repeat row 3 and 4 until afghan is desired length. 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

Updates:
\n8\/19\/15 – added chart link<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1915,"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\/1872"}],"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=1872"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2762,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872\/revisions\/2762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}