Pound of Love – Hooded Baby Afghan (Lion Brand)

Size:  Approximately 28″ square
Materials:  1 16 oz ball of worsted, or equivalent.  (Bernat has a pound ball, so does Lions, and I’ve used scrap yarn to make it work, too.)
Size J crochet hook, or 3.75 stitches per inch

Pattern Stitch (multiple of 3):
Row 1:  2 dc in 3rd chain from hook, (skip 2 ch, 1 sc and 2 dc in next chain), repeat parenthesis across, ending with skip 2ch, 1 sc in last chain, ch 2, turn.
Row 2:  2 dc in first sc, (skip 2 dc, 1 sc and 2 dc in next sc), repeat parenthesis across, ending with 1 sc in top of t-ch.  Ch 2, turn.
Repeat Row 2 for pattern.

Blanket:
Ch 108
Begin with Row 1, work in pattern stitch for 28″.  Fasten off.

Hood:
Ch 4
Row 1:  2 dc in 4th chain from hook, ch 3, turn
Row 2:  2 dc in first dc, dc in next dc, 3 dc in top of t’ch.  Ch 3, turn.
Row 3:  dc in first dc, dc in next 5 dc, 2 dc in top of t-ch.  Ch 3. turn.
Row 4:  2 dc in first dc, dc in each dc to t-ch, 3 dc in top of t-ch, ch 3, turn
Row 5:  dc in first dc, dc in each dc to t-ch, ch 3, turn.
Rep Rows 4 & 5 until there are 48 dc + t-ch.  Ch 3, turn.
Edging:  2 dc in first dc, (skip 2 dc, 1 sc and 2 dc in the next dc), repeat parenthesis across, ending with sc in t-ch.  Fasten off.

Finishing:
With RS of Hood up, lay Hood over one corner of blanket, matching edges, and pin in place.
Edging:  Attach yarn to one corner of Blanket, spacing stitches to keep edge flat, and working through both layers at Hood corner, work Row 2 of pattern, making sure to work 1 sc and 2 dc at each corner.

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