My husband is the one that chose the fringe. I love the staggered look of the stripes, which gives this afghan more visual interest than a standard striped blanket.

It felt a little awkward at first, but once you get the hang of it, it’s smooth sailing! I’ve included some photos to help illustrate the written instructions. The only part that takes a little getting used to is crocheting over top of the chains from the previous row and working your double crochets into the stitches that are two rows below the row you’re working on.

The stitches that you need to know for the Fall Foliage Afghan are single crochets, half double crochets (only for the final row) and double crochets. Let’s get into the details of the pattern. I finally got new furniture for out there this year and it happens to be one of my most favorite places to crochet! Even my sweet crochet buddy, Teagan, loves it! For now, I’m pleased with the ones I took on my front porch. I’ll update this blog post once those pictures are ready. And even though I don’t have the colorful leafy photographs right now, I have a fully finished blanket, ready and waiting for the perfect Fall day to go out and get those photos! It was one of my goals for this year - to get patterns out before the actual season so you’d have time to make them.

I wanted to get this pattern out early as well so that you would have plenty of time to make it before Autumn set in. So I made the decision to hold onto the blanket and release the pattern the following year. We were in the less attractive gap between fall and winter. Ĭheck out the matching throw pillow pattern called the Fall Foliage Pillow!Īs it turns out, I was working on this in between other projects and by the time I was half way finished, the leaves were all brown and had fallen from the trees. For more information, please see my disclosure policy. If you make a purchase through one of my links, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. This post may contain affiliate links for products I use and recommend. I started it last year with the intention of taking beautiful pictures of it with the Autumn leaves, which were my color inspiration. I’m so excited to share my latest pattern with you all - Fall Foliage Afghan! This blanket has been almost a year in the making.

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