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RED HEART® Plush®: 27 Ounces No. 9908 Light Berry and 3 ounces 9627 Light Sage.

Circular Knitting Needles: 6mm [US 8] – 29".

Yarn needle to weave in ends.

abbreviations

 
mm : millimeters
St sts : Stockinette stitch (K 1 row, P 1 row)
st(s) : stitch (es)

gauges

 
GAUGE: 16 sts = 4"; 24 rows = 4" in St st. CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size needles to obtain the gauge.

sizes

 

Finished afghan measures approximately 45" x 60".


instructions

 
AFGHAN

With Light Sage, cast on 176 sts. Do not join but work back and forth in rows.

Knit 4 rows. Cut Light Sage and join Light Berry. Beginning with a Knit row (Right Side), work in St st (Knit Right Side rows, Purl Wrong Side rows) until afghan measures 59" from beginning. Cut Light Berry and join Light Sage. Knit 4 rows. Bind off all sts.

SIDE BORDER

With Light Sage and Right Side of afghan facing, pick up and Knit 270 sts evenly spaced along long edge of afghan. Knit 3 rows. Bind off all sts. Repeat on other long side.

Weave in all ends.

 
     
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