Welcome back! If you have already started this Mystery Afghan CAL, I hope you are having a great time… If you are just joining in now, Welcome! As you saw last week, this is a traditional chevron pattern and it has some twists and turns… During this CAL, hopefully you will learn some new stitches and/or advance your crochet ability!!
If this is your first Mystery CAL with me… Check out the past 6 years of the Winter Mystery Afghans and all of the other CAL’s we have done in the Crochet with Me tab at the top of the page! Each week I will post a easy section for you to complete, and in 12 weeks… You will have a fun, whimsical afghan!
For the Material List and all of CAL details…
Click HERE! For Week 1 Instructions… Click Here!!
There are a few prizes involved in this years 2020 Winter Mystery Afghan CAL..
Grand Prize – There will be a $50 Amazon Gift Card for 1 lucky winner at the end of the CAL. The grand prize will be drawn on Sunday May 24th 2020. To be eligible, you must email a picture and permission by Friday May 22nd, 2020 to [email protected] showing your completed project. Entries will be numbered by the order they arrive and the number will be drawn using a random number generator.
Monday Treasure Hunt Weekly Prize – Each Monday starting March 2nd, 2020 a $10 Amazon Gift Card will be given away to one member in the Beatrice Ryan Designs CAL Group on Facebook. Each Monday, a post will be made explaining the rules to enter. The entry time will only last part of the day… so stay tuned in the group!
Congrats to Donna M., last weeks Monday Treasure Hunt winner!!!
Here is my color line up… You can choose your colorway to be in any order you like… The way my eye liked my colors was from lightest to darkest… A~White B~Stone C~Sweet Pink D~Light Gray E~Cameo F~Pewter
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Stitches:
- St ~ Stitch
- Sl St ~ Slip Stitch
- Sk ~ Skip
- Ch ~ Chain
- Bl ~ Back Loop
- Dec Sc ~ Decrease Single Crochet *Insert hook in next st, pull up loop, insert hook in next st, pull up loop, Yo and draw through all 3 loops on hook*
- Sc ~ Single Crochet
- Blsc ~ Back Loop Single Crochet
- Dc ~ Double Crochet
- Bobble St ~ Yarn over, insert hook in indicated stitch or space, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, draw through 2 loops on hook, (yarn over, insert hook in same stitch or space, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, draw through 2 loops on hook) 2 times (4 loops on hook), yarn over, draw through all remaining loops on hook.
Instructions:
**Each week you will be repeating the blsc row 3 several times(in the color indicated for the row repeat) … Here it is so you don’t have to go back to week 1…
Row 3: Ch 1, turn, dec blsc over the next 2 sts, blsc in next 8 sts, *3 blsc in next st, blsc in next 9 sts, sk 2 sts, blsc in next 9 sts*, repeat *to* 9 more times, 3 blsc in next st, blsc in next 8 sts, dec blsc over the last 2 sts. =231 blsc
Join Color C
Rows 21-30: Repeat Row 3
Finish off after row 30
Join Color D
Rows 31-34: Repeat Row 3
*Tip for row 35 ~ Work in the back loops. Also, Watch your chains and sk sts, they are in specific places to make the count work. In some areas you do not ch or sk.
Row 35: Ch4(dc + ch1), turn, sk 2 sts, * Bl bobble st in next st, ch 1, sk st*, Repeat *to* 2 more times, Bl bobble st in next st, {3 bldc in next st, repeat *to* 4 times, Bl bobble st in next st, sk 2, repeat *to* 4 times, Bl bobble st in next st}, repeat {to} 9 more times, 3 bldc in next st, repeat *to* 3 times, Bl bobble st in next st, ch 1, sk 2 sts, bldc in last st. = 35 bldc, 88 ch & 108 bl bobble sts
*Tip for row 36: You will be working in the chains and sts, make sure you recognize the 4th ch at the end of the row as a st to go in then the 3rd ch as the last st
Rows 36-39: Repeat row 3.
Finish off at the end of row 39
** The approx. length at the end of this week is 16″ laid flat not stretched
That’s it… you have completed week 2!!! Meet me back here next Sunday for Week 3, more color, more fun stitching!!!
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Happy Crocheting!!
Elena
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