Fruit Salad Afghan

Curl up with dreams of sunshine with this deliciously cute and fun Fruit Salad Afghan. This simple crocheted afghan pattern uses the cross-over stitch, giving this blanket a unique look and texture. A great blanket for year-round decorating and comfort, this crocheted blanket would make a fun project for a lazy weekend. So pop in your favorite movie, put your feet up, and gather up your yarn stash...this afghan is sure to be your next favorite project!

Primary TechniqueCrochet

Easy

SeasonSummer

Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)

Crochet HookI/9 or 5.5 mm hook

Materials:

2 skeins Red Heart Super Saver yarn in Light Raspberry
2 skeins Red Heart Super Saver yarn in Lemon
2 skeins Red Heart Super Saver yarn in Honeydew
5.0mm (US H-8) or size need for gauge

Gauge: 6 row pattern – 3”; 8 dcs – 2 ½”

Special Stitch:

Cross-over Stitch (COS) – Work a dc into skipped stitch and around 2 previous dcs.

Fruit Salad Afghan

Instructions:
Afghan is crocheted in multiples of 5 plus 3.
Afghan Measures: 46” x 58”

Row 1: With raspberry ch 133, sc in 2nd ch from hook and each ch across, turn. (132 scs)
Row 2 (RS): Ch 3, dc in each dc across, turn. (132 dcs)
Row 3: Ch 1, sc in each dc across, turn.
Row 4: Ch 3, dc in next sc, skip 1 dc, *dc in each of next 2 scs, COS, dc in each of next 2 scs, repeat from * across, turn.
Row 5: Ch 1, sc in each dc across, turn.
Row 6: Repeat Row 4 and fasten off.
Row 7: Join lemon in first stitch, sc in each dc across, turn.

Color Scheme: Continue 6 row pattern as follows for a total of 108 rows: (lemon, honeydew, raspberry) 5 times, (lemon, honey) 1 time

Edging

With wrong side facing work along top edge with raspberry work 1 sc in each stitch across and fasten off. (132 scs)
Round 1: With right side facing work along top edge with lemon (2 hdcs, ch 1, 2 hdcs) in first sc, *ch 1, skip 1 sc, 1 hdc in each of next 2 scs, repeat from * across ending ch 1, (2 hdcs, ch 1, 2 hdcs) in last sc.
Work along side edge [ch 1, 2 hdcs in dc space] across, ending ch 1, (2 hdcs, ch 1, 2 hdcs) in first sc of bottom edge,
Work along bottom edge *ch 1, skip 1 ch, 1 hdc in each of next 2 chs, repeat from * across ending ch 1, (2 hdcs, ch 1, 2 hdcs) in last sc.
Work along side edge [ch 1, 2 hdcs in dc space] across, ending ch 1, join to beginning hdc and fasten off and turn.
Round 2: With wrong side facing work along top edge join honeydew in right corner sc space, sc in same space, [ch 2, skip 1 stitch, sc in next stitch] across ending ch 2, sc in corner ch 1 space, continue this pattern around entire afghan ending ch 1, join to beginning sc and fasten off.