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title: Victorian Granny Square Afghan
Ch 8, join with sl st to form a ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 1, work 16 sc in ring, join with sl st to first sc .
Rnd 2: Ch 6 (counts as 1 dc, ch 3), skip first 2 sc, * 1 dc in next sc, ch 3,
skip next sc; repeat from * around - 8 ch-3 loops, join with sl st in third ch
of starting ch-3.
Rnd 3: Ch 8 (counts as 1 dc, ch 5), * work 1 dc in next dc, ch 5; repeat from *
around, join with sl st to third ch of starting ch-8.
Rnd 4: Ch 5 to form first corner loop, * work 7 sc in each of next 2 ch-5
loops, ch 5; repeat from * 3 times more omitting ch-5 at end of last repeat.
Rnd 5: * Work 7 sc in corner loop, ch 4, work 1 sc between last sc of next 7-sc
group and first sc of following 7-sc group, ch 4; repeat from * around, join
with 1 sl st to first sc.
Rnd 6: * Work 1 sc in each of 7 corner sc, ch 4, 1 sc in next sc of previous
row, ch 4; repeat from * around, join with sl st in first sc.
Rnd 7: Ch 3, (ch 3, 1 sc in third ch from hook - picot made), * (1 dc in next
sc, picot) twice, (1 dc, picot, 1 dc) in next sc, (picot, 1 dc in next sc) 3
times, ch 3, (sc, ch 3, sc) in next sc, ch 3, 1 dc in next sc, picot; repeat
from * around, end with 1 sl st in third ch of starting ch-3 after last ch-3
loop has been worked. Fasten off.
Make as many squares as needed for your yarn.
Finishing: Squares can be joined by sewing together at picot points. Or, when
working last round of square, join to adjacent square at picot points by
working ch 1, drop loop, insert hook from front to back in corresponding picot
on adjacent square, pick up dropped loop and pull through, ch 1, work 1 sc in
first ch to complete joining picot. Join in a seven square by eight square
arrangement.