Stashaholic's Brain Dead Afghan
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I'm warning you now. This pattern got its name for a reason. It's a one row repeat. That means you'll be doing hundreds of rows of the same stitch. If you have a short attention span (like me) you might want to vary it with different colours.
Stashaholic's Brain Dead Afghan
(c)Sherri Bondy
Size: Approx 36 x 48 in.
Materials: 18 oz worsted weight
crochet hook 5.5mm
Chain 156 (increase or decrease size by adding/subtracting multiple of 12 stitches )
Row 1: 1 dc in 3rd ch from hook, dc in next ch, *skip 3 ch, 1 sc in next ch, ch 3, 1 dc in each of next 3 ch, rep from * to last 4 ch, skip 3 ch, 1 sc in last ch. TURN
Row 2: Ch 3 (counts as 1 dc), 2 dc in first sc, skip 3 dc, *(sc, ch 3, 3 dc in ch 3 space), skip next 3 dc, rep from * to last 3 dc. Skip 2 dc, sc in top of turning chain. TURN
Rep row 2 until afghan measures 48" .
Fasten off
Wow, how many times zones ahead of Houston are you??? Just don't tell me what happens, I like to be surprised...
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It's really pretty though!
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I love the name of your afghan.
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Love this afghan! What a grand site.
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okay so i got the chain thing and then the 1st row but once i got to the second row i got confused. Im a beginner at this crocheting stuff so if anyone can help me i would greatly appreciate it..
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Could you give me more details on what's confusing you? All of the repeats are done in the loop made by the chain three on the previous row. The trick is to make sure you do the sc in the last stitch at the end of the row or your blanket will become a triangle
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thanks that really helped
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You're welcome! Believe me, after row 192 you'll be so brain dead with the pattern that you'll wonder what the fuss was
Give me a shout anytime.
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Found a similar pattern to this for a baby blanket. Smaller, ends up only being a 3x3 square, only one color. Never thought about changing colors. Love the way yours turned out. Working on it for my best friend, with burgandy, hunter green, and the cream.
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How long did this take you? I'm like you - I get bored easily so I tend to make afghans that use a Q hook and multiple strands so they work up in 5-10 hours. But I really like this so I think I'll try it no matter what.
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It's hard to say how long it takes me to finish as I never keep track of that sort of thing. I also work on afghans between other projects, and only have a couple of hours a day to work on any projects. It also depends on how big you make it and what yarn. You could always do it larger and with double strands if you want....
I'm glad you like it Krista, but it's kinda like my favourite saying "how long is a piece of string?" It depends on how long the string is to start with!
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You're right...I'm going to do it anyway! Maybe not til the new year since I need to pump out 4 or more blankets between now and Christmas...but it's on my favourites so I don't forget about it.
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How many rows did you complete of one color before you switched?
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Hi Tiffany,
I'm not exactly sure, but I think it was around 5. I tend to keep my colour changes in odd numbered sequences because I think it looks better (principle of design). You can do whatever looks best to you though. You could even change it every row if you want.
The most important thing is to NOT forget the sc at the end of the row. If you do, eventually your blanket will slope up and you will have a triangle
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I really like this stitch I think it's freaky I'm currently working on it but I see how it can get a bit boring after a while but I love it the way you did it with the different colors
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Thanks Cheryl - now you know why I change it up a bit - just to keep myself awake!
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Hi Sherry, I am attempting to do this afghan and also would like to try the ghan for damon. Do you have instructions for that afghan also. I love your work. I haven't been crocheting that long but love doing it.
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Sherri, sorry for the wrong spelling of your name...let my daughter do the typing for me
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No worries - I get it all the time
Thank you for your compliments - I love both of the ghans. Unfortunately the one I did for Damon comes from a leaflet so I can't share it with you. It does show up on ebay from time to time, but I believe it's out of print. Just search by the name on the pattern in this post.
http://stashaholic.com/2006/02/21/baby-boom.aspx
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I really enjoyed making the "brain-dead afghan" I made it in 3 colours with a row of white inbetween looks great I made it when I needed something simple didn't require too much concentration. Thanks
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O my gosh!! I was just looking for something simple that I would not forget, or lose my place. Thank you so much , I am on my way to my daughter's for turkey day and we have an eight hour drive. I am set. Thanks and have a happy Thanksgiving to all.
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I stumbled across this while looking for something new to crochet. I love doing this pattern and have been using it for the last 25 years at least. I have done it with baby yarn and chunky yarn and everything in between. I like it because it works up fast and I can watch TV or talk to friends and still crochet. Glad to see so many people like it too. Keep up the good work one and all!!!
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I usually do ripple pattern due to so easy but this is beyond easy. Thanks for the brain dead pattern.
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