Knitted Ripples Afghan Pattern

This knit ripples afghan pattern is made from simple knitting stitches, creating stripes then attached following a charted layout. This afghan can be made in any color combination.

Approximate Size 50 inches by 72 inches

Materials:

Worsted weight yarn - Main color - 40 oz.

Secondary color - 14 oz

This Afghan can be made in any other desired color.

Knitting Needles, 1 pair Size 6.

Gauge: 9 sts = 2 inches, 15 ridges = 4 inches

Main Color Stripe (Make 7) -

With main color, cast on 18 sts and k 4 rows (2 ridges) in garter st.

Pattern -

Row 1 - K 3, * wrap yarn around needle twice, k 1; rpt from * to within the last 3 sts, yarn over once, k last 3 sts (43 sts).

Row 2 (right side) - K 3, drop next wrap st, * p 2, drop next wrap st; rpt from * to within the last 3 sts, k 3 (30 sts).

Row 3 - K 3, k 2 tog., k 20, k 2 tog., k 3 (28 sts).

Row 4 - K 3, k 2 tog., k 18, k 2 tog., k 3 (25 sts).

Row 5 - K 3, p 2 tog. twice, p 12, p 2 tog. twice, k 3 (22 sts).

Row 6 - K 3, k 2 tog. twice, k 8, k 2 tog. twice, k 3 (18 sts).

Repeat these 6 rows for pattern until 96 patterns are completed then k 2 rows (work should measure 64 ins.).

Bind off.

Secondary Color Stripe (Make 8) - With secondary color, cast on 8 sts, knit each row (garter st) until there are as many ridges as on the side of Main Color Strip.

Bind off.

Finishing - Arrange Strips in place as shown on chart below (alternating 1 Secondary Color Strip and 1 Main Color Strip) with pattern curving upward in one Main Color Strip and downward in the next Main Color Strip.

From the wrong side, sew Strips together matching ridges at sides of Strips.

Solid stripes are Secondary Strips and waves are Main Color Strips

Fringe:

Wind yarn around a 5-inch cardboard, cut at one end. Matching colors, tie a 2 strand Fringe in every other st along top and bottom of Afghan.

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