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Lily’s Garden Striped Granny Afghan

Lily’s Garden Striped Granny Afghan

Once you learn this pattern, oh let us tell you, it'll open up a world of endless possibilities! Not only are the colors chic, they're a great conversation starter too. So you can place your new afghan on your couch, your bedroom, or even your car and it'll surely catch some eyes. Try the free pattern below or get the ad-free printable PDF pattern here.


At this moment, Lily's Garden Striped Granny afghan is running as a CAL (crochet-a-long.) I thought it would be amazing to see and use striped granny pattern, how you finish, and share your project with the cyber world! Do you see the SUBMIT link in the menu? Use that to send in your pics. You may use an alias if you wish or link to your shops for full credit.

Now you can even have the matching phone cover!

Lily's Garden Granny Phone Cover by SimplyCollectibleCrochet.com

Now, let's have some fun and see what you can do! Are you concerned about all those ends? Don't be! How about fringe?

You may be wondering how to go about selecting colors. I knew I wanted to use about 9 different colors to represent squashes, lettuces, leaves, grass, grapes, and berries. With that in mind and images of autumn, I was off to select some of my favorites. I ended up with 13. I felt if I used them all, there wouldn't be much of a contrast between them all so I decided to start with 5 as a base color (main color) and 4 to highlight. My ratio for creating the pattern would be 2 rows of base color to 1 row of highlight. The entire blanket is created this way!

You may, for example, prefer pastels for your base colors and whites or creams for your highlights. I think browns or greys with corals and pinks would be very interesting. Be sure to tell us your ideas.
UPDATE: Marie from Underground Crafter has created a fantastic recording of my pattern if you need assistance. Scroll down to hear the recorded pattern. (She had my full permission to record my pattern this way. She did not break copyright.)

Lily's Garden Striped Granny Afghan sample by SimplyCollectibleCrochet.com

Skill Level: Easy 

Materials: 

Hook: US Size I/9 (5.5 mm) crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge 

Yarn: 

  • 3300 [5100] yds worsted weight yarn in assorted colors (see Color Sequence). 

Notions: 

  • Scissors 
  • Yarn needle 

Size: 
Small [Large] 
45 x 52 [77.5] inches 

Gauge: 
In pattern, 13 dc (4.5 shells) x 7 rows = 4 inches. 

This pattern uses US crochet terms 

ABBREVIATIONSDESCRIPTION
chChain
dcDouble crochet
rndRound
scSingle crochet
skSkip
sl stSlip stitch
st(s)Stitch(es)
yoYarn over
Lily's gauge
Yikes. I took the pictures of the wrong side. No stone-throwing, please. 🙂

Color Sequence: 

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Change colors as desired. You will need approximately 30-35 yds of yarn per row. The color sequence pictured uses 9 colors in the following order: 

Row 1: Light Purple 

Row 2: Orange 

Row 3: Teal 

Row 4: Red 

Row 5: Yellow 

Row 6: Turquoise 

Row 7: Red 

Row 8: Blue 

Row 9: Purple 

Row 10: Light Purple 

Row 11: Green 

Row 12: Red 

Row 13: Turquoise 

Row 14: Orange 

Row 15: Purple

Row 16: Teal 

Row 17: Blue 

Row 18: Red 

Row 19: Light Purple 

Row 20: Yellow 

Row 21: Turquoise 

Row 22: Teal 

Row 23: Orange 

Row 24: Light Purple 

Row 25: Purple 

Row 26: Yellow 

Row 27: Turquoise 

Row 28: Red 

Row 29: Blue 

Row 30: Teal 

Row 31: Purple 

Row 32: Green 

Row 33: Light Purple

Row 34: Red 

Row 35: Orange

Row 36: Turquoise

Row 37: Teal 

Row 38: Blue 

Row 39: Purple 

Row 40: Red 

Row 41: Yellow 

Row 42: Light Purple

Row 43: Turquoise

Row 44: Green 

Row 45: Purple 

This color sequence is repeated 2 times for the small blanket and 3 times for the large blanket. 

Lily's Garden Granny Striped afghan | SimplyCollectibleCrochet.com

Special Stitches: 
Foundation Single Crochet (fsc): This technique makes the foundation chain and the first row of single crochet stitches at the same time. 

First fsc – Ch 2, pull up a loop in 2nd ch from hook, yo and pull through one loop on hook (foundation ch made), yo and pull through both loops on hook (sc made). 

Remaining fsc – Insert hook in foundation ch of previous fsc, pull up a loop, yo and pull through one loop on hook (foundation ch made), yo and pull through both loops on hook (sc made).

Standing double crochet (standing dc): (Used when joining a new yarn, counts as a dc). Leaving a tail, wrap yarn around hook twice to create two yarn overs, insert hook into indicated st and pull up a loop, [yo and pull through 2 loops on hook] twice. 

Shell: 3 dc in indicated st.

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Pattern: 

Do not turn your work. Start each row from the same side, changing colors as desired.

Row 1: 148 fsc, fasten off. (148 sts) 

Row 2: (Standing dc, dc) in first st, sk next 2 sts, [shell in next st, sk next 2 sts] across to last st, 2 dc in last st, fasten off. (4 dc, 48 shells) 

When working in the sp before a shell or stitch, this is not a chain space. Place your stitches in the empty area between the posts of the stitches on the previous row. 

Row 3: Standing dc in first st, sk next st, [shell in sp before next shell, sk next shell] across to last 2 sts, shell in sp before last 2 sts, sk next st, dc in last st, fasten off. (2 dc, 49 shells) 

Row 4: (Standing dc, dc) in first st, sk next shell, [shell in sp before next shell, sk next shell] across to last st, 2 dc in last st, fasten off. (4 dc, 48 shells) 

Rows 5-90 [134]: Repeat rows 3-4 43 [65] times 

Large size only – Row 135: Repeat row 3 once more. 

Edging rnd: Join any color with sl st in first st, ch 1, 3 sc in first st, sc in each st across to last st, 3 sc in last st, working in sides of rows, 169 [252] sc evenly spaced across to bottom, working in bottom of row 1, 3 sc in first st, sc in each st across to last st, 3 sc in last st, working in sides of rows, 169 [252] sc evenly spaced across to top, join with sl st in first st. 

Border: 

Join rnds where indicated with a sl st in the first st of the rnd. 

Rnd 1: With A, ch 1, turn, 3 sc in first st, place marker in the 2nd of the 3 sc just made, sc in each st across to last st, 3 sc in last st, place marker in the 2nd of the 3 sc just made, working in sides of rows, sc in each row across, working in bottom of foundation ch, 3 sc in first ch, place marker in the 2nd of the 3 sc just made, sc in each ch across to last ch, 3 sc in last ch, place marker in the 2nd of the 3 sc just made, working in sides of rows, sc in each row across, join. (476 sc, 4 corner markers placed) 

Rnd 2: Ch 1, [sc in each st across to next marker, 3 sc in marked st] 4 times, sc in each remaining st across, join. (324 sc) 

Fasten off. 

Weave in all ends.

You could leave this as is or choose from different borders to complete your look. Check out my roundup of 10 Amazing Free Crochet Edging patterns, Click HERE. If you can share any links for edgings, just comment below. Be sure to send your pictures in of how things are going. I'll try to keep up and add them all to a feature page.

10 Amazing Free Crochet Edging patterns you will love | compiled by SimplyCollectibleCrochet.com

Here is Marie (Underground Crafter‘s) recording promised. Thank you, Marie!

Lily's Garden Striped Granny Afghan by Celina Lane, SimplyCollectibleCrochet.com

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Carmelo

Thursday 16th of November 2017

Wonderful, what a weblog itt is! This website gives helpful facts to us, keep it up.

gill

Sunday 7th of February 2016

looks very interesting - one i will do thankyou

Celina

Monday 8th of February 2016

Fun, Gill~ Thanks for coming by!

Crochet Hooks

Saturday 6th of February 2016

beautiful! love all the colors and how lovely when all complete! Saving this for a new project!

Celina

Saturday 6th of February 2016

Hi! Thank you so much! Glad to see you here.