Diagonals Crochet Afghan- Parts & Joining

After my failed attempt at creating the Diagonals Afghan, the first thought and ‘feeling’ was to put it away for good and forget that I ever attempted it.

Nevertheless, I think this a pattern anyone might find useful for other purposes. So I wrote it our for you all who’d like to use it sometime. I think the joining techinique is especially useful.

Remember, this was a failed project and you can read up the things I did wrong in this pattern.

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You’ll need:

– 6 skein worsted weight, medium 4 yarn; 55% cotton, 45% acrylic, 100g/3.53oz, 200mt/361yds

2 dark green, 2 dark blue, 2 white

1 blue/green skein will yield 6 large shapes

1 white skein can yield 10-11 small shapes

– 5mm hook

– Needle to weave in ends

Abbreviation/Stitches

SC- single crochet

DC- double crochet

DC2TOG- double crochet 2 together

DC3TOG- double crochet 3 together

ST- stitch

RS- right side

WS- wrong side

Notes:

– Pattern is written in U.S terms

– Ch 1 at the beginning of row do not count as a stitch

 

Pattern

Row 1: Ch 2, DC in 1^st ch. Chain 1, turn

Row 2: 3DC in stitch. Ch 1, turn

Row 3: 2DC in 1^st st, DC in next, 2DC in last st. Ch 1, turn

Row 4: 2DC in 1^st st, DC in next 3, 2DC in last st. Ch 1, turn

Row 5: 2DC in 1^st st, DC in next 5, 2DC in last st. Ch 1, turn

Row 6: 2DC in 1^st st, DC in next 7, 2DC in last st. Ch 1, turn

Row 7: 2DC in 1^st st, DC in next 9, 2DC in last st. Ch 1, turn

Rows 8-15: DC across. Ch 1, turn

Row 16: DC2tog in 1^st st, DC in 9, DC2tog. Ch 1, turn

Row 17: DC2tog in 1^st st, DC in 7, DC2tog. Ch 1, turn

Row 18: DC2tog in 1^st st, DC in 5, DC2tog. Ch 1, turn

Row 19: DC2tog in 1^st st, DC in 3, DC2tog. Ch 1, turn

Row 20: DC2tog in 1^st st, DC in 1, DC2tog. Ch 1, turn

Row 21: DC3tog . Ch 1, turn

Row 22: DC

Edging:

Ch 1, work 43 SC evenly across Start with 1 SC in the first DC, then 2 SC in each of the remaining stitches across

At the top Ch 2, SC 43 evenly across, Ch 1, Sl st in Ch 1.

Small parts

Row 1: Ch 2, DC in 1^st ch. Chain 1, turn

Row 2: 3DC in stitch. Ch 1, turn

Row 3: 2DC in 1^st st, DC in next, 2DC in last st. Ch 1, turn

Row 4: 2DC in 1^st st, DC in next 3, 2DC in last st. Ch 1, turn

Row 5: 2DC in 1^st st, DC in next 5, 2DC in last st. Ch 1, turn

Row 6: 2DC in 1^st st, DC in next 7, 2DC in last st. Ch 1, turn

Row 7: 2DC in 1^st st, DC in next 9, 2DC in last st. Ch 1, turn

Row 8: DC2tog in 1^st st, DC in 9, DC2tog. Ch 1, turn

Row 9: DC2tog in 1^st st, DC in 7, DC2tog. Ch 1, turn

Row 10: DC2tog in 1^st st, DC in 5, DC2tog. Ch 1, turn

Row 11: DC2tog in 1^st st, DC in 3, DC2tog. Ch 1, turn

Row 12: DC2tog in 1^st st, DC in 1, DC2tog. Ch 1, turn

Row 13: DC3tog . Ch 1, turn

Row 14: DC

Edging:

Ch 1, work 13 SC evenly across Start with 1 SC in the first DC, then 2 SC in each of the remaining stitches across

At the top Ch 2, SC 13 evenly across, Ch 1, Sl st in Ch 1.

Joining the Parts

Note:

• at every ‘intersection’ (where all the parts meet), Chain 1 then flip
• joining is done with SC with RS facing up and SL ST with wrong side facing up
• you can identify the RS and WS by looking at the Single Crochet at edging
• when joining with SC, join only in the Back and Front loops and vice versa for joining with Sl St

Directions:

1. With RS facing up, place the diagonals side by side and align them stitch to stitch. We want to start joining from rows 8-15 (the rows that are all single stitches). SC 16 (in back & front loops) across to the ‘intersection’.
2. Chain 1, turn the work upside down so that wrong side is facing up, twist the hook to be on top the work.
3. With WS facing up, place the white piece in between the ‘intersection’ and start Sl Stitching to the next intersection.
4. With WS facing up, join another diagonal piece with Sl Stitch
5. Continue Sl Stitching along both pieces till the next intersection

6. Chain 1, Flip the work upside down again, and join another diagonal piece with RS facing up

7. Repeat step 2 above to join another diagonal, break yarn. To continue joining horizonatally, repeat from step 1

  

Closing up the WS

Now, start Sl Stitching the wrong side, break yarn and repeat on the rest. Weave in all the tails.

 

Edging

Note:

• If you did not weave in the tails from joining on the RS, just carry them along as you make the edging. That’s what I did
• the ‘bottom of valley’ is the point where you have the last SC from joining as seen in Photo 3.

1. from any ‘bottom of valley’ point, start by making a Sl St in the front loop (as shown in photo 3)
2. SC all up the ‘valley’, chain 1,
3. SC down the valley, Sl St in back loop, Sl st in front loop.

Continue to SC ‘up the valley’, Sl st in back and front loops, SC ‘down the valley’

4. at the ‘intersections’ make SC2tog, continue to SC around

End with Sl St in back loop at ‘bottom of valley’, weave in tails. Wet block.

If you give this joining technique a try, I’d love for you to share with me on Facebook or Instagram with #loopinglym.