"Lightning Bolt"

This artifact is a grandmother's notes to herself about a pattern for making a blanket.
The submitter provided the following about the artifact’s history:
When I was first learning how to crochet, my grandmother passed on a box full of crochet supplies to me. The box contained about a dozen skeins of yarn in varying shades of color, a few metal crochet hooks, an old book of patterns, and the beginnings of an afghan blanket that she had started but did not think she would finish. Pinned to the blanket-in-progress was this pattern she had handwritten on two thin sheets of paper for a "Lightning Bolt Crochet Afghan."

Submitter's grandmother

Anonymous submitter

Unpublished

English

note

unlined paper, pen ink

None

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Lightning Bolt
“97 x 70”
3 – 4 [ ]. 4 ply yarn in black (brown or d[ ]be)
11 – 4 [ ]. In bright colors
No. G, H, Oul crochet Hook.
back now is [ ]ooked sepaitely, do not
turn word. Leave 5” of yarn at beginning
and [ ]ud of every row for [ ]ge. All 50
made in front loop of 54 in Second
row a[ ] for on b[ ] w[ ] on
<underlined> Black <underlined> - Chain 245 sto[ ] faster [ ],
leaving 5” at both ends.
<underlined> Row <underlined> 1-3: 50 in each stitch across.
(work in back loops every row.)
<underlined> Row 4: <underlined> Red yarn – 50 in each stitch
across row.
<underlined> Row 5: <underlined> White – 50 across row.
<underlined> Row 6 <underlined> : <underlined> Black <underlined> - 50 in 2 [ ] *, dc, 1050
repeat between* each 3 50.
<underlined> Row 7: <underlined> yellow 50 in 3 [ ]*, dc, 1050*
repeat between* each 2 50.
<underlined> Row 8: <underlined> Lavender 50 in 4 pts* [ ]dc,
1050* repeat between* each 1250.
(over)

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row 9: Kelly green – 50 in 5 st[ ]
*1 de, 10 50* repeat between*
[ ] 11 50.
<underlined> row 10: <underlined> <underlined> Brown <underlined> - 50 in 6 pts* 1de, 1050*
repeat between* each 10 50.
<underlined> row 11: <underlined> Orange – 50 in 7 sts* 1 do, 1050*
repeat between* each 9 50.
row 12: Purple – 50 in 8 sts, *1de 1050*
repeat between* each 8 50.
row 13: Pale pink – 50 in 9 sts* 1de
1050* repeat between* each 7 50.
row 14: avocado green – 50 in 10 sts
*1 do, 1050* repeat between* each 6 80.
[ ] 5. Red – 50 in 11 sts*, 1 do 1050* repeat
between* each 5 80.
Row 16: Lilac – 80 in 12 stst* 1 do, 1050*
repeat between* each 4 80.

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Row Pattern switch to Right hand
Side.
row 17 – Black – 50 in 11 sts* 1d0 (in red dC)
1050* <crossed out> between <crossed out> repeat between* each 5 80.
row 18: Red – 50 in 10 sto* 1 do, 1050* repeat
between* each 6 50.
row 19: White – 50 in 9 sts* 1 do, 1050* repeat
between* each 7 50.
row 20. Black – 50 in 8 pts* 1 do, 1050* repeat
between* each 850.
row 21: yellow – 50 in 7 sts* 1do, 1050* repeat
between* each 950.
row 22: <underlined> Lavender <underlined> - 50 in 6 sts* 1do, 1050*
repeat between* each 1050.
row 23 – Kelly green – 80 in 5 sto* 1do, 1080*
repeat between* each 1150.
Row 24 – Brown – 80 in 4sto* 1do, 1050*
repeat between* each 1250.
row 25. Orange follow row 7
row 26. purple follow row 6.
row 27. pale pink – follow row 16
Row 28. avocado green – follow row 15
Row 29 – Red – follow row 18.
row 30 - <crossed out> Lilac <crossed out> <written above in black > B[ ] – follow row 19.
row 31 – Black – follow row 18
(over)

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Row 32 – red – follow row 19
row 33 – white – follow row 16
now repeat from row 6 to row 33
(70[ ]8 tones) for desire length.

Each "*" is a hand drawn star. The text is all handwritten in blue pen except where specified, and is in cursive.

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02/10/17
02/13/17