How do you count a crochet filet?

How do you count a crochet filet?

Crochet the foundation chain: Multiply the number of spaces in the row by 3. When you read a filet-crochet chart, each space in the chart is actually three stitches. This means that each row of filet crochet has a multiple of 3 stitches plus 1 double crochet at the end to complete the last space or block.

How big should an afghan blanket be?

about 50″ by 65″
Traditionally, full-size, crochet afghan patterns measures about 50″ by 65″. The lap blanket is about 35″ by 40″. And the perennial favorite, the baby blanket, measures about 25″ by 30″. These measurements are just guidelines.

What is a filet blanket?

by Agyness. Here is a lovely blanket using filets (by my reckoning that’s a filet as in a filet joint in a corner, rather than a fish filet, but you decide) of material filling a 90 degree angle between two others with strands rotated 45 degrees in pairs.

How do I increase filet in crochet?

Increase one block at the end of a row:

1. Yarn over (yo) twice.
2. Insert your hook in the top of the last stitch of the previous row, which is where you just worked the last double crochet (dc) of the current row.
3. Yarn over and draw the yarn through the stitch.
4. Yarn over and draw the yarn through 2 loops on the hook.

How many skeins of yarn do you need to crochet an afghan?

For a full-size blanket, you will need quite a bit of yarn, probably around 13-18 balls or skeins of yarn. Usually, afghans are very colorful, so you may have one skein of each and, if it’s it’s really colorful, that can add up. If the blanket only has one or a few colors, it may only be 10 skeins.

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