Crafting Friends Designs: Peaked Shell Afghan Crochet Pattern

Crafting Friends Designs: Peaked Shell Afghan Crochet Pattern: It's been a busy January!  I have so many fun new designs in the works, but it will be a while before I can share them with you.  To hel...

Peaked Shell Afghan Crochet Pattern

It's been a busy January!  I have so many fun new designs in the works, but it will be a while before I can share them with you.  To help fill in the gap of releases, I've worked up this pretty Peaked Shell Afghan crochet pattern for you.  It's simple, quick and has a fun little texture!

An ad free printable PDF of this pattern is available for $1 in my Ravelry shop here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/peaked-shell-afghan

Materials: I chose to use Caron Simply Soft because I had a bunch on hand and my girls loved the colors.  You could use any yarn for this project and just work it to your desired size.

The qty of yarn will depend on the size of the afghan that you make.  This will take around 2,500 yards for a 4'x4' size.

Hook:  I used a Boye size H.  Again, you may use your preferred hook size that works best with the yarn you choose.

Gauge: 3 DC & 2 Rows = 1"

Finished Size: Customizable

Skill Level: Easy

Stitches: St - Stitch

               Ch - Chain

               Sk - Skip

               Sp - Space

               Sl St - Slip Stitch

               SC - Single Crochet

               DC - Double Crochet

               PS - Peaked Shell

Special Stitches:

       Peaked Shell: 3 DC, Picot, 3 DC in same stitch

       Picot: Ch 3, sl st in 3rd Ch from hook

       HDC Foundation Chain: 

                      http://craftingfriendsdesigns.blogspot.com/2014/12/hdc-chainless-foundation.html

Notes: Ch 3 at the beginning of each row counts as a DC

            Change colors every 2 rows for a fun ripple color pattern

Begin with a HDC Foundation Chain in multiples of 4 + 1

       61: 2'     89: 3'     121: 4'     153: 5'            

       (2 Shell rows = 2" wide & 1" tall)

R1: Ch 1, turn, SC in next st, *sk next st, PS in next st, sk next st, SC in next st,* Repeat from *to* across

R2: Ch 3, turn, DC in same sp as Ch, working behind picot, SC around the strand just below the picot of next PS (see photo),  *PS in next SC, working behind picot, SC around the strand just below the picot of next PS,*  Repeat from *to* across, 2 DC in end SC

R3: Ch 1, turn, SC in next st, PS in next SC, *working in front of the picot, SC around the strand just below the picot of next PS, PS in next SC,* Repeat from *to* across, sk next st, SC in end st

Repeat R2 & R3 to desired height

SC evenly around the edges to finish off.  (I prefer to leave the shell section on top of this one instead of squaring it off)

Below is the result of changing colors every 2 rows