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Monday, July 7, 2025

MOD KNIT CROSS & STRIPE AFHGAN; Ocean Park-WA

MOD Knit Cross & Stripe Afghan Finished Size is 87-in long x 82-in wide.

My asthma inhaler when I need to use it - & my husband's COPD nebulizer, when he needs to use it; can cause drowsiness, which leads to an occasional nap when we set Independence up along our Road Gypsy journey 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨🌎

Current location is Ocean Park-WA
We are currently enjoying a few months, on the Long Beach-WA Peninsula.
Ocean Park-WA; between Long Beach-WA & Nachotta-WA

I like a tidy bed when I slip under the covers at bedtime … so, afghans which allow for naptime 😴 atop the bed's comforter, seems like a good solution to all needs 🤝

I had smaller afghans before I remarried - and they were perfect for me because I was a smaller woman, at that time: 5'2" and 40 pounds lighter. But my new husband 🥰 is 6'4" and likes to eat hefty meals 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️: so, newer, longer & wider, afghans became necessities.

I made this light crochet chevron st. afghan a couple months ago, when we were in AZ:

MOD Stash Busting Ripple Afghan; Kingman-AZ https://roadgypsiesvalandholland.blogspot.com/2025/03/mod-stash-busting-ripple-afghan-kingman.html

But it's a bit cooler, here along the PNW coastline 🤔 - so, I designed & crafted a more solid, warmer, afghan 👍

The Arabic cross and Moire st patterns, may look complicated … but they are not hard to work out 👌😊

Once you work out the **Amethyst st. st. stripe-White moire st. stripe-Turquoise st. st. stripe-White moire st. stripe** pattern sequence … the pattern will become second nature, & things will get monotonous 😉

You do not have to stick to my color scheme (the colors I chose have personal meaning for me) - use the colors that work for you and your needs.

MOD KNIT CROSS & STRIPE AFHGAN Pattern

FINISHED SIZE: 87' long x 82" wide (before washing & drying)

Materials: Super Saver Worsted yarn in White = 2 skeins, Turquoise = 2 skeins, & Amethyst = 2 skeins; scrap yarn in a color brighter than pattern colors; #10 circular knitting needle; Aluminum Crochet Hook # I/9;  Scissors; Tapestry Needle

Terms used:

CO = cast on stitches

EA = each

Garter St. = Knit every row

st. st. stockinette stitch (1 K row = RS - 1 P row = WS)

RS = front facing side of work

WS = backside of work

k = knit

p = purl

wrn = wrap yarn around needle

psso = pass yarn over st

EO = end off yarn

Sl St = slip stitch

Begin 1st BLANKET BORDER EDGING:

With White, CO 315 sts

Rows 1 & 2: K each row. Turn

MOD Cross & Stripe Afghan - worsted, 315 sts, #10 circular needle.

Rows 3: K across row. Turn

Row 4: P across row. Turn

Rows 5 thru 16: Repeat rows 3 & 4.

Rows 17  & 18: K 7 across row. Turn

Row 19: K 7; purl across row - end k 7. Turn.

Row 20 (right side facing): K 7; P5; repeat following across row - *K 3 through back loop, P 9*: end row with P 5; k last 7 sts. Turn

Row 21: K 12 (7 border sts & pattern sts); repeat following across row - *P 3, K 9*: end row with K 12. Turn

Row 22: K 7; P5; repeat following across row - *K 3 through back loop, P 9*: end row with P 5;  k last 7 sts. Turn

Row 23: K 12 (7 border sts & pattern sts); repeat following across row - *P 3, K 9*: end row with K 12. Turn

Row 24: K 7; P2; repeat following across row - *K 9 through back loop, P 3*: end row with P 2; k last 7 sts. Turn

Row 25: K 9; repeat following across row - *P 9, K 3*: end row with K 9. Turn

Row 26: K 7; P2; repeat following across row - *K 9 through back loop, P 3*: end row with P 2; k last 7 sts. Turn

Row 27: K 9; repeat following across row - *P 9, K 3*: end row with K 9. Turn

Row 28: K 7; P5; repeat following across row - *K 3 through back loop, P 9*: end row with P 5; k last 7 sts. Turn

Fold ridge & Arabic Cross pattern.

Row 29: K 12 (7 border sts & pattern sts); repeat following across row - *P 3, K 9*: end row with K 12. Turn

Row 30: K 7; P5; repeat following across row - *K 3 through back loop, P 9*: end row with P 5; k last 7 sts. Turn

Row 31: K 12 (7 border sts & pattern sts); repeat following across row - *P 3, K 9*: end row with K 12. Turn

Row 32: K across row. Turn

Row 33: K 7; Purl across row - k last 7 sts. Turn

Row 34 (right side facing):  Fold worked cross pattern facing over to match with backing st. st. border piece, & working both back sts & facing sts together: k 7 side edge sts, purl across 301 center sts, k 7 side edge sts (315 sts total). EO White; & Attach Amethyst.

Purl both sts together …

Top border band will be 'fluffy' as fold-over is worked - but it will fit on the circular needle, just fine.

STRIPED ROWS DESIGN:

Row 35: With Amethyst, K across row. Turn

Row 36: K 7; p across 301 sts; k 7. Turn

Amethyst stripe & cross pattern border; front & back.

Rows 37 thru 55: Repeat rows 35 & 36 for st. st. stripe. EO Amethyst; & attach White.

Rows 56: With White, K across row. Turn 

Row 57: K 7: p across 301 sts; k 7. Turn

Rows 58: K 7: *Sl st purlwise, k 1, wrn to make 1, psso the k st & the make 1* - k last 7 sts. Turn

Pass the k st over …

Rows 59: K 7: p across 301 sts; k 7. Turn

Rows 60: K 7: *Sl st purlwise, k 1, wrn to make 1, psso the k st & the make 1* - k last 7 sts. EO White; & attach Turquoise.

Moire st. stripe.

Row 61: With Turquoise, K across row. Turn

Begin turquoise st. st. stripe.

Row 62: K 7: p across 301 sts; k 7. Turn

Rows 63 thru 81: Repeat rows 35 & 36 for st. st. stripe. EO Turquoise; & attach White.

Rows 82: With White, K across row. Turn 

Row 83: K 7; p across 301 sts; k 7. Turn

Rows 84: K 7: *Sl st purlwise, k 1, wrn to make 1, psso the k st & the make 1* - k last 7 sts. Turn

Rows 85: K 7; p across 301 sts; k 7. Turn

Rows 86: K 7; *Sl st purlwise, k 1, wrn to make 1, psso the k st & the make 1* - k last 7 sts. EO White; & attach Amethyst.

Repeat rows 35 thru 86 for striped pattern - you should have 9 Amethyst stripes - 14 White stripes - & 8 Turquoise stripesending length with the 9th Amethyst stripe - EO;  & attach White

Alternating color st. st. & moire texture sts bands …
The length eventually was too long for table-top work; so, I contained it with a Lawn Bag, and kept the white border clean.

Begin 2nd BLANKET BORDER EDGING:

Rows 1 thru 4: With White, K each row (315 sts). Turn

Rows 5: K across row. Turn

Row 6: P across row. Turn

Row 7 (right side facing): K 7; P5; repeat following across row - *K 3 through back loop, P 9*: end row with P 5; k last 7 sts. Turn

Row 8: K 12 (7 border sts & pattern sts); repeat following across row - *P 3, K 9*: end row with K 12. Turn

Start of the Finishing Border.

Row 9: K 7; P5; repeat following across row - *K 3 through back loop, P 9*: end row with P 5;  k last 7 sts. Turn

Row 10: K 12 (7 border sts & pattern sts); repeat following across row - *P 3, K 9*: end row with K 12. Turn

Row 11: K 7; P2; repeat following across row - *K 9 through back loop, P 3*: end row with P 2; k last 7 sts. Turn

Row 12: K 9; repeat following across row - *P 9, K 3*: end row with K 9. Turn

Row 13: K 7; P2; repeat following across row - *K 9 through back loop, P 3*: end row with P 2; k last 7 sts. Turn

Row 14: K 9; repeat following across row - *P 9, K 3*: end row with K 9. Turn

Row 15: K 7; P5; repeat following across row - *K 3 through back loop, P 9*: end row with P 5; k last 7 sts. Turn

Row 16: K 12 (7 border sts & pattern sts); repeat following across row - *P 3, K 9*: end row with K 12. Turn

Row 17: K 7; P5; repeat following across row - *K 3 through back loop, P 9*: end row with P 5; k last 7 sts. Turn

Row 18: K 12 (7 border sts & pattern sts); repeat following across row - *P 3, K 9*: end row with K 12. Turn

Border Cross Design done …

Row 19: K across row. Turn

Row 20: K 7; P across row - k last 7 sts. Turn

Row 21 (Fold-over Row): K 7; P across row; k last 7 sts. Turn

Row 22 (backside of work): P across row. Turn

Row 23: K across row. Turn

Rows 24 thru 38: Repeat rows 22 & 23. Turn

Row 39: Knit across row. Turn.

Row 40 (right side facing): Fold worked pattern over to match with Cross Pattern, facing, & purl into each back st. of foundational white border stEO White.

Sew open border ends closed.


Fold-over & secure to back st. of Amethyst stripe; purl through both sts.
Finishing result.
Front & Back of finishing Border.
Sew open ends closed.

With White & crochet hook: start at right upper border band corner, and sl st across fold-over line. EO

With crochet hook, sl st along the border fold-over sts to keep border edge straight and laying flat, to ease back the "fluffiness".

Repeat crochet sl st with opposite fold-over border band.

Weave in loose yarn ends along striped blanket sides.

That's it - all done 👏: enjoy your comfy knit afghan 😘

Enough hang over that my big bear of a man's feet, will be comfy covered ❤️

2 comments:

  1. It's beautiful, that must have taken hours. I've never knitted anything as big as this, crochet is my go to for blankets or afghans as it's so quick but it does eat the yarn up!

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    1. Thank you 😊

      Yes, it did take about a month from start to finish - I've never knitted anything this big either … but it wasn't that difficult; and my husband appreciates the length & width 😉

      Have a funtastic week, ahead!

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