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The Nantucket Afghan
Calls for 16 4-ounce skeins knitting worsted weight:
8 - white
3 - light pink
3 - medium pink
3 - dark pink
Afghan is made of 60 squares. Squares are joined together with crochet, and a crochet border is applied.
Size 45 x 71
(Information above was listed for Afghans Traditional and Modern)
Crochet and Knitting for Every Woman (1947) lists: Size: 44 x 70 inches
Gauge: 5 sts make 1 inch, 5 ridges make 1 inch. Afghan consists of 60 squares (each square should be approximately 6 1/2 inches wide).
(Squares are sewn together, and a crochet ruffle border worked around the edge.)
Materials: Yarns,
Total 23 4-oz. skeins.
Ciel Blue, 12 4-oz. skeins
Roseblush, 2 4-oz. skeins
Old Rose, 5 4-oz. skeins
Dubonnet, 4-4 oz. skeins
1 pair knitting needles No. 6
1 bone crochet hook no. 6.
Another version of this pattern lists:
Size 44 x 70 inches
Materials: Spinnerin Nylaine Germantown Knitting Worsted
Total: 16 4-oz. skeins
Baby Blue 1002: 8 skeins
Roseblush 1059: 3 skeins
Old Rose 1060: 3 skeins
Dubonnet 1063: 2 skeins
1 pair knitting needles No. 6
1 bone crochet hook No. 6 or F
According to discontinued yarn charts, Spinnerin Nylaine Germantown was a 50% wool, 50% nylon, 4-oz., 250 yd per skein, Group “C” classification yarn.
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- First published: January 1947
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