Granny stripe throw crochet pattern
Easy · 1 color
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- Size
- About 50½ × 60¼ in (128 × 153 cm)
- Skill
- EasyGroups in one place, skipped stitches, between stitches
Size 3 choices · Standard is pictured
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Groups of three double crochets worked into the gaps between the groups below, with no chains: the fabric of a granny square in straight rows. Granny stitch in rows is the same stitch with a chain between the groups.
Gauge
13 stitches and 7½ rows to 4 in (10 cm) in granny stripe.
How to measure it
To count your gauge in the middle of the test piece: four repeats of the bracketed group side by side (12 foundation chains' worth) are about 3.7 in (9.4 cm) wide, and 8 rows are about 4.3 in (10.8 cm) tall.
The pattern also stops you to measure after row 6.
Work a test square first (11 rows)
Work the test piece first. This piece is wide, and starting again after the first place to stop means working its first rows a second time.
A test piece to measure and pull out. It is not the start of the pattern.
Gauge is counted over 4 in (10 cm), so make the swatch bigger than that: about 6 in (15 cm) each way, and count in the middle of it.
- Swatch foundationCh 22.
- Swatch row 1 (RS)3 dc in 5th ch from hook (skipped chs count as dc), repeat: sk next 2 chs, 3 dc in next ch 5 times, sk next ch, dc in next ch(20 dc)
- Swatch row 2Ch 3 (counts as dc), turn; dc in same st, repeat: sk next 3 sts, 3 dc in sp before next st 5 times, sk next 3 sts, 2 dc in top of turning ch(19 dc)
- Swatch row 3Ch 3 (counts as dc), turn; sk next st, 3 dc in sp before next st, repeat: sk next 3 sts, 3 dc in sp before next st 5 times, sk next st, dc in top of turning ch(20 dc)
- Swatch rows 4 to 11Repeat swatch rows 2 and 3 in turn: every even-numbered row is worked as swatch row 2, every odd-numbered row as swatch row 3.
For another width: how many chains to add
For another width, add or take away 3 chains at a time: each 3 chains adds one more repeat of each bracketed group. Measure your own gauge first.
The starting chain calculator opens on this pattern's multiple and gauge: type the width you want.
Before you start
- The ch 3 at the start of a row counts as a dc. The last stitch of the next row is worked into the top of it.
- Row 1 is the right side.
- Stitches in parentheses, or several of one stitch, are all worked into the one place named after them.
- The sp before next st is the gap between two stitches, under all the loops, not the top of a stitch.
- The number of rows is our estimate: yours may differ, and the length does not change the stitch count.
- Leave a tail of about 6 in (15 cm) when you begin, and weave it in at the end with the others.
Instructions
Size: Standard Change sizeUS termsUK terms
- “[ ]” is a repeat.
- The count at the end is what the row leaves.
- Tick a row when it is done. Your place is kept in this browser.
How to read these rows
Square brackets “[ ]” hold a repeat: work what is inside as many times as it says. In UK terms dc is treble.
- FoundationCh 166.
- Row 1RS3 dc in 5th ch from hook (skipped chs count as dc), repeat: sk next 2 chs, 3 dc in next ch 53 times, sk next ch, dc in next chleaves (164 dc)
- Row 2Ch 3 (counts as dc), turn; dc in same st, repeat: sk next 3 sts, 3 dc in sp before next st 53 times, sk next 3 sts, 2 dc in top of turning chleaves (163 dc)
- Row 3Ch 3 (counts as dc), turn; sk next st, 3 dc in sp before next st, repeat: sk next 3 sts, 3 dc in sp before next st 53 times, sk next st, dc in top of turning chleaves (164 dc)
- Stop and measure when you have worked row 6.Width, across the middle of the rows and not along the chain edge: about 50½ in (128 cm). If it is wider, start again with a smaller hook; if it is narrower, with a larger one. If only the chain edge is tight, make the chain with a larger hook.
- Rows 4 to 113Repeat rows 2 and 3 in turn: every even-numbered row is worked as row 2, every odd-numbered row as row 3.Repeat until the piece measures about 60¼ in (153 cm), ending with a row worked as row 3: at our gauge that is row 113. Go by the tape measure, not the count.Next: row 4 of 113, worked as row 2
- EndFasten off, leaving a 6 in (15 cm) tail.
Finishing
- Weave in the ends.
- This pattern has no border, and every size given here is without one.
In all: 113 rows; 18,476 stitches; 2 ends to weave in.
The same stitch as other things
Each is worked in the same stitch pattern, granny stripe, with its own counts and yarn amount.
