MATERIALS
BERNAT Fleurette—7 skeins
BERNAT Beada Tinsel—10 tubes Gold
1 pair straight knitting needles No. 2 (standard)
1 steel crochet hook No. 3
GAUGE: 7 sts = 1 inch; 10 rows = 1 inch
NOTE: Black is worked in stockinette st throughout; Gold is worked in garter st throughout.
Using Black, cast on 98 sts. Work in striping pattern as follows: 3 inches Black; 2 rows Gold; 2½ inches Black; 2 rows Gold; * 2 inches Black; 2 rows Gold; repeat from * 4 times more. Work in Black until piece measures 40 inches. Then work in striping pattern as follows: * 2 rows Gold; 2 inches Black; repeat from * 4 times more. Then work 2 rows Gold; 2½ inches Black; 2 rows Gold; 3 inches Black. Bind off all sts.
FRINGE: Cut a long piece of cardboard in each of the following sizes: 3 inch, 2½ inch and 2 inch. Using Gold, make a chain 14 inches in length. Work 3 rows s c back and forth on this chain. On the next row * hold cardboard in back of work, insert hook in next s c, wind Gold around cardboard from back to front, yarn over hook and draw loop through st, yarn over hook and draw through first loop, yarn over and draw through 2 loops on hook; repeat from * to end of row. Fasten off. Make 2 rows of fringe on each of the 3 and 2½ inch cardboards and 10 rows on the 2 inch cardboard.
FINISHING: Using Black, work 1 row s c on all edges. Block stole. Sew rows of fringe in place along rows of Gold garter st graduating in same manner as Black stripes.
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