Size: 

51 x 45 inches / 130 x 115 cm (excluding fringes)

Gauge: A 4 x 4 inches (10 x 10 cm) square in dc., using Natural Cotton 4/6 and a 3.5 mm hook = 18 sts. x 7 rows.

Stitch Glossary & Abbreviations: st. (Stitch), sts. (Stitches), r. (Row), sl st. (Slip Stitch), ch. (Chain), e.dc. (Elongated Double Crochet Stitch), sc. (Single Crochet), BLsc. (Single Crochet taking the back loop of the base stitch).

Instructions:

With Natural yarn, start with 170 ch. + 1 ch. to turn the work.

R1: Work into the 2nd ch. from the hook with 1 sc. in each foundation chain. Fasten off, leaving an 3 inches (8 cm) yarn tail for the fringe.

R2: Attach the Acqua yarn to the starting ch. of the previous row, leaving an 3 inches (8 cm) yarn tail for the fringe. Start with 1 ch., 1 sc., then work 1 BLsc. in each stitch until the second-to-last stitch. Finish the row with 1 sc. in the last stitch. Fasten off, leaving an 3 inches (8 cm) yarn tail for the fringe.

R3: Attach the Natural yarn to the starting ch. of the previous row, leaving an 3 inches (8 cm) yarn tail for the fringe. Start with 1 ch., 1 sc., then work 1 e.dc. in each stitch until the second-to-last stitch, inserting the hook into the front loops of row 1 (leaving the previous row on the wrong side of the piece). Finish with 1 sc. in the last stitch of the previous row. Fasten off, leaving an 3 inches (8 cm) yarn tail for the fringe.

R4: Attach the Acqua yarn to the starting ch. of the previous row, leaving an 3 inches (8 cm) yarn tail for the fringe. Start with 1 ch., 1 sc., then work 1 BLsc. in each stitch until the second-to-last stitch. Finish the row with 1 sc. in the last stitch. Fasten off, leaving an 3 inches (8 cm) yarn tail for the fringe.

Continue following the chart, always leaving an 3 inches (8 cm) yarn tail at the beginning and end of each row to form the fringes.

Designer: Heloisa Mazoni