Bonfire Blanket

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Bonfire Blanket From the June 2019 issue by Cheryl Chow

This versatile blanket is pretty

enough for your living room but
rugged enough to use outside for
that extra layer of warmth
whenever you need it. Worked back
and forth from end to end, this
blanket features shells, front/back
posts, crossed stitches, and
bobbles to create a texture that’s
both durable and beautiful.

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Skill Level: Intermediate

Size: 46″ wide x 57″ long

Gauge: 12 sts and 6 rows = 4” [10 cm] in dc after wet blocking.

Materials
Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver Economy Flecks (96% Acrylic, 4% Other; 260 yards
[238 meters]/ 141 grams): 4321 Spa Blue Fleck (8 balls).

Hook: US size I/9 (5.5 mm)

Notions: Removable markers, tapestry needle

Abbreviations

Beg-ch: Beginning chain

Special Stitches
1/1 FPdc cross: Sk 1 FPdc, FPdc in next dc, FPdc in skipped FPdc working in front of the first
FPdc.

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CL: Yo, insert hook in st, yo, pull through st, yo, pull through 2 lps on hook, (yo, insert hook in
same st, yo, pull through st, yo, pull through 2 lps on hook) 4 times, yo, pull through all 6 lps on
hook, ch 1.

Crossed dc: Sk 2 sc, dc in next sc, ch 1, dc in first skipped sc (working in front of the first dc).

Shell: (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in indicated st.

Pattern Notes
Turning chain counts as a dc.

Turn at the end of every row unless indicated otherwise.

The main body of the blanket is worked back and forth in rows, the edging is worked in the
round.

Work approximately 2 sc for every row along long side of blanket for Border.

Yarn Substitute option – Red Heart Super Saver (100% Acrylic; 364 yards [333 meters]/ 198
grams): 0382 Country Blue (6 balls

Pattern
Ch 161.
Row 1: Dc in 4th ch from hook, dc in next 13 ch, [dc in next 2 ch, sk 1 ch, CL in next ch, sk 1 ch,
(dc in next 2 ch, sk 2 ch, shell in next ch, sk 2 ch) 3 times, dc in next 2 ch, sk 1 ch, CL in next ch, sk
1 ch, dc in next 17 ch] 3 times.

Row 2: Ch 3, sk first dc, dc in next 14 dc, [BPdc in next 2 dc, ch 1, BPdc in next 2 dc, (shell in ch-1
sp of shell, sk 2 dc of shell, BPdc in next 2 dc) 3 times, ch 1, BPdc in next 2 dc, dc in next 15 dc] 3
times.

Row 3: Ch 3, sk first dc, dc in next 14 dc, [1/1 FPdc cross, CL in ch-1 sp, (1/1 FPdc cross, shell in
ch-1 sp of shell) 3 times, 1/1 FPdc cross, CL in ch-1 sp, 1/1 FPdc cross, dc in next 15 dc] 3 times.

Row 4: Ch 3, sk first dc, dc in next 14 dc, [BPdc in next 2 BPdc, ch 1, BPdc in next 2 BPdc, (shell in
ch-1 sp of shell, BPdc in next 2 BPdc) 3 times, ch 1, BPdc in next 2 BPdc, dc in next 15 dc] 3 times.

Rep Rows 3-4, 46 more times.

Do not fasten off.

Border

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Rnd 1: Ch 1, 3 sc in first dc, place marker in the 2nd of these 3 sc for corner, sc in next 14 dc, [sc
in next 2 BPdc, 3 sc in ch-1 sp, (sc in next 2 BPdc, sc in next 2 dc, sc in ch-1 sp, sc in next 2 dc) 3
times, sc in next 2 BPdc, 3 sc in ch-1 sp, sc in next 2 BPdc, sc in next 15 dc] twice, sc in next 2
BPdc, 3 sc in ch-1 sp, (sc in next 2 BPdc, sc in next 2 dc, sc in ch-1 sp, sc in next 2 dc) 3 times, sc
in next 2 BPdc, 3 sc in ch-1 sp, sc in next 2 BPdc, sc in next 14 dc, 3 sc in tch, place marker in the
2nd of these 3 sc for corner, 192 sc along long edge of blanket to beg-ch, 3 sc in first ch, place
marker in the 2nd of these 3 sc for corner, 156 sc to last ch, 3 sc in last ch, place marker in the
2nd of these 3 sc for corner, 192 sc along long edge of blanket to first sc, sl st to first sc. Do not
turn. (708 sc)

Rnd 2: Sl st in marked st, (ch 3, dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in marked st, [sk next sc, work crossed dc to 1 sc
before marker, sk 1 sc, shell in marked st] 3 times, work crossed dc to 1 sc before marker, sl st to
top of ch-3. Do not turn.

Rnd 3: Sl st in next dc, sl st in ch-1 sp, (ch 3, 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in same ch-1 sp, sc in sp between
shell and crossed dc, sc in next dc, ch 3, sc in next dc, (sc in sp between 2 crossed dc, sc in next
dc, ch 3, sc in next dc) to shell, [sc in sp between crossed dc and shell, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in ch-1 sp
of shell, sc in sp between shell and crossed dc, sc in next dc, ch 3, sc in next dc, (sc in space
between 2 crossed dc, sc in next dc, ch 3, sc in next dc) to shell] 3 times, sc in sp between
crossed dc and shell, sl st to top of ch-3.

Fasten off.

Break yarn.

Finishing
Remove markers.

Weave in ends.

Block blanket.

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