We felt so helpless when my brother-in-law, suddenly passed away in January. He lived about 12 hours away from us and there was so much red tape to get through. His friends were very much family to him and Cassey is one of the best! She was there for him, through thick and thin and we felt so much gratitude toward her.

I decided to make her an afghan to thank her for all she has done. She was there when he passed away and was instrumental in helping make final arrangements. We can never thank her enough for all she did for Mike.

Purple Cassey

I made the afghan purple, because purple was Mike’s favorite color. I made it more lacey looking, for Cassey.

 

 

Materials:

crochet hook K

(I didn’t keep track, very well, of how much yarn I used. Guessing I would say 8-10 skeins of the lighter purple and 2 of the contrasting darker color.)

The main color of this afghan is orchid

The contrasting color is a deep purple (this is the purple Mike loved)  

Stitches:

sl= slip stitch

ch= chain

sc= single crochet

dc= double crochet

sk= skip

tr= treble

When slip stitching in front loops, that means to only go through the front loop, yarn over and pull through both loops.

dc back loops- only put your hook through the back loops and double crochet like you are used to doing.

Directions:

Ch 145

Row 1: sc in second ch from hook, sc across

Row 2: ch 3, turn, counts as 1^st dc, dc across (144)

Row 3: ch 1, turn, slip st front loops

Row 4: ch 3, dc back loops

Row 5: ch 4 turn (1^st dc &h 1), sk 1 dc, dc, ch sk 1 dc, dc in last ch 3 space

Row 6: ch 3, dc, *ch 1, skip 1, dc in dc, repeat this 7 times, after the 7^th dc, dc in ch space, dc in next dc, repeat the whole sequence from the * across. There should be 6 dc posts between each cluster of 3. 8 sets of 3 dc together. (Ends with 7 dc posts)

Row 7: ch 4 turn, dc in next dc,  *ch 1, skip 1, dc next dc, repeat this sequence 5 times, dc in next ch space, dc in next dc, ch 5, skip 1 dc, dc next dc (last dc in set of 3 on previous row)  repeat from * across. (1^st set has 6 dc posts. 4 dc post between the rest of the sets) dc in last 3 dc and dc in top of ch 3

 

Row 8: ch 3, dc, ch 1,  dc, dc in ch, dc in dc, *ch 1, skip ch, dc in dc, ch 1, skip ch, dc in dc,  ch 1, dc, dc in ch 1 space, dc in dc, ch 4, skip 2 dc, skip 2 ch, sc in 3^rd ch space, ch 4, skip 2 ch, skip 2 dc, dc next dc, dc in ch, dc in next dc space, repeat across * ( 2 posts between sets of 3, 17 sets of 3) row ends with a ch 1 dc in top of ch 3

Row 9: ch 3, dc in ch, dc in next dc,* ch 1, skip ch, dc in next dc, dc in ch, dc in dc, ch 4, skip 2 dc, skip 3 ch, sc next ch, sc in sc, sc in next ch, ch 4, skip 3  ch, skip 2 dc, dc in last set of 3 dc, dc in ch, dc in next dc, repeat across * row ends with 4 dc in last 2 chs and 2 dcs (this row begins with 3 sets of 3 and ends with 3 sets of 3, 2 sets of 3 between the chs and 3 sc in the middle of the chs)

 

Row 10: ch 3 dc, ch 1 skiip dc, dc next dc, dc in ch, dc next dc, ch 1 skip dc, dc next dc, dc in ch, dc in dc, *ch 4, skip 2 dc, skip 3 ch, sc in ch, sc next 3 sc, sc ch, ch 4, skip 3 ch, skip 2 dc, dc in next dc, dc in ch, dc in dc, repeat across from * (row ends with 2 sets of 3 dc, ch1 and a dc on the very end in the top of the ch 3)

 

 

Row 11: ch 3 turn, dc in ch, dc next dc, ch 1 skip dc, dc next dc, ch 1, dc in ch, dc, ch 1 skip dc, * dc next dc, dc in next 2 ch, ch 4, skip 2 ch, skip     1 sc, sc in next 3 sc, ch 4, skip sc, skip 2 ch, dc next 2 ch, dc in next dc, ch 1, skip dc, repeat across * end of row ch 1, skip dc, dc next dc,  dc in ch, dc next dc, ch 1 skip dc, dc next dc, dc in  ch, dc last 2 dc

Row 12:  ch 3 turn, dc 2^nd dc, ch 1, skip, dc next dc, ch 1 skip, dc next dc, ch 1 skip, dc next dc, * ch 1 skip, dc next dc and in next 2 chs, ch 4, skip 2 ch skip 1 sc, sc in next, ch 4, skip 1 sc, skip 2 chs, dc in next 2 chs and next dc, ch 1, skip dc, dc next dc, ch 1 skip ch, dc next dc,  repeat across * (2 sets of dc posts between sets of 3 dc) row ends with 2 posts between 2 sets of 3 dc, ch 1 dc in top of ch 3 of last row.

Row 13: ch 3, dc in ch, dc next dc, ch 1, skip dc, dc next dc,ch 1 skip, dc next dc, ch 1, skip, dc, ch 1, skip, dc, ch 1 skip dc, ** dc next dc, dc next 2 chs, ch 1 skip 2 chs, skipsc, skip 2 chs, dc next 2 chs an in next dc, ch 1 skip dc, dc next dc, *ch 1 skip ch, dc next dc, 3 times, ch 1 skip dc, repeat across from **  (4 dc posts between sets of 3) end of row 4 dc

Row 14: ch 3, dc next dc,* ch 1, skip dc, dc next dc, repeat 7 times, dc next ch, dc next dc, repeat from * across, (6 dc posts between sets of 3) dc in top of ch 3

 

Row 15: ch 3, turn,dc in dc, * ch1 skip 1, dc next, across, dc in ch

Row 16: ch 3, dc in each ch and dc across

Row 17: ch 1 turn, slip stitch front loops across

Row 18: ch 3, turn, dc in back loops across (144)

 

Row 19-84: repeat rows 5-18 (You will have 7 sections of flowers)

Lattice Border

Row 1: With right side facing you join contrast with a slip stitch, sc across, sc in same sc you did slip stitch.

2 sc each corner

228 sc on each side

Row 2: slip stitch to join in 1^st sc, ch 1, sl front loops, join with sl in 1 st ch

Row 3: Don’t turn, sc in back loops behind sl stitches, 2 sc in each 2 corner scs

Join w/ sl 1^st sc

I found this great lattice looking border and it is perfect for finishing off this lacey piece! You can check out the original pattern here http://www.woolcrafting.com/crochet-lattice-edging.html

Row 4: *ch 5, skip 3 sc, sl stitch next, repeat* sl stitch in last sc

Row 5: *Ch 5, sl stitch in 3^rd ch of previous row * repeat from * chain 3, 1 treble in last stitch.Turn.

Row 6: *Chain 5, slip stitch in 3rd of next 5 chains,repeat from * ending with slip stitch in last stitch. Turn.

Row 7: *ch 1,sc in 1^st 2 ch, in 3^rd ch sc 2 times, ch 3, sl in 1^st ch just made, make a 3^rd sc in 3^rd ch, sc in next 2 ch and in slip stitch, repeat*