Dragonfly Afghan Crochet-Along - Part 4 (Row 19 with extra photos and instruction)
This design is an original by Sandi Marshall. Written directions to
correspond with the chart are written by Sandi Marshall, copyright
2005 by Sandi Marshall,
licensed to About.com, Inc.
Part 1 (Chart, Intro and Rows 1 - 4) ...
Part 2 (Written Directions For Rows 5 - 11) ...
Part 3 (Written Directions For Rows 12 - 18)
You can switch to working directly from the main chart at any time. Following the chart, explained "in a nutshell": After the beginning chain 3 that starts a row, for each filled in square on the chart, you will dc in ea of the next 2 stitches and for each blank square on the chart you will chain 1, then skip the next stitch and dc in the following stitch. That's it. It's that simple. If you're still working from the written directions, you may want to consider trying to crochet the next row from the main chart ... you may surprise yourself and find that you can do it! Working directly from the chart is so much easier (and faster) than following written directions.
When you've finished the filet crochet from the chart: Directions For Outside Rounds
Written directions are helpful when you're learning, but once you know the basics of filet crochet, written instructions are not needed for each new chart. You may even find that, once you know the filet crochet basics, you prefer following a chart over following written directions.
Close-up photos and instructions showing how to do the different kinds of mesh:
Solid Mesh Above a Solid Mesh, Open Mesh Above a Solid Mesh, Open Mesh Above Another Open Mesh, Solid Mesh Above an Open Mesh
Following is a portion of the chart, showing Rows 18 and 19 so you can
see what stitches are being worked into in the row below when crocheting Row 19.
Row 19 On Chart Written Directions (read chart from right to left for row 19):
| What it looks like on the chart | What it looks like crocheted | Row 19 Written directions to compare |
 |
 |
ch 3 (counts as first dc), dc in ea of next 2 dc, ch 1, skip next ch-1 sp, dc in ea of next 3 dc, ch 1, skip next ch-1 sp, |
| What it looks like on the chart | What it looks like crocheted | Written directions to compare |
 |
 |
dc in ea of next 3 dc, (ch 1, skip next ch-1 sp, dc in next dc) 10 times, |
| What it looks like on the chart | What it looks like crocheted | Written directions to compare |
 |
 |
ch 1, skip next dc, dc in next dc, dc in next ch-1 sp, dc in next dc, (ch 1, skip next ch-1 sp, dc in next dc) 7 times, |
| What it looks like on the chart | What it looks like crocheted | Written directions to compare |
 |
 |
dc in next ch-1 sp, dc in ea of next 3 dc, ch 1, skip next dc, dc in next dc, dc in next ch-1 sp, dc in next dc, dc in next ch-1 sp, dc in ea of next 3 dc, ch 1, skip next dc, dc in next dc, |
Row 19 Written Directions (continued): (ch 1, skip next ch-1 sp, dc in next dc) 3 times, (dc in next ch-1 sp, dc in next dc) twice, ch 1, skip next dc, dc in next dc, ch 1, skip next ch-1 sp, dc in next dc, dc in next ch-1 sp, dc in next dc, ch 1, skip next dc, dc in next dc, dc in next ch-1 sp, dc in next dc, ch 1, skip next dc, dc in next dc, (ch 1, skip next ch-1 sp, dc in next dc) 3 times, dc in next ch-1 sp, dc in next dc, ch 1, skip next ch-1 sp, dc in ea of next 3 dc, ch 1, skip next ch-1 sp, dc in ea of last 3 dc.
If you've been crocheting this design by following the written directions, at any time that you feel comfortable working directly from the chart instead, you may wish to jump ahead and finish crocheting the dragonfly filet crochet center of this afghan by following the chart. Chart is on this page: http://crochet.about.com/library/ndflyafghan.htm
The written directions are intended to be compared with the chart, row by row, until a crocheter is able to follow a filet crochet chart without needing written directions. Most filet crochet patterns are crocheted directly from charts, so being able to do filet crochet without written directions opens up a whole new world of possibilities for a crocheter.
Printing Page For Outside Rounds: (to be worked around finished filet crochet center) - http://crochet.about.com/library/ndflyafghanedge.htm
Basics in How to Do Filet Crochet, here: http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa050298.htm
Crochet Homepage: http://crochet.about.com
Links to this pattern are welcome. Main Page For This Pattern-
http://crochet.about.com/od/learnmorestitches/ss/dflyafghan.htm,
URL of this printing page is http://crochet.about.com/library/ndflyafghan4.htm
Copyright, Terms Of Use:
This is my original design. The design, my written instructions and the pattern example images
are copyright 2005, 2006 by Sandi Marshall,
licensed to About.com, Inc.
Free
for your own personal use only (this means that you can make items from the
chart as many times as you wish for yourself or for gifts ... but you
cannot sell or give away the design, alterations of the design, reproduced copies of the chart or reproduced copies of the pattern
instructions).
You are welcome to link to this page but, per copyright law,
do not place the actual content of the page on another website; do not redistribute the actual content of the page
in any form (even for free)! Thank you! Any reproduction or redistributing of the design, pattern instructions or pattern images
on this page involves the written permission of both myself and About.com and involves the drawing up of legal paperwork
detailing the specific permission to be granted, any fees for the requested use in reproducing or redistributing the pattern
and signing of said legal paperwork by the parties involved. In light of the fact that having the exact same content on
multiple websites can damage the original web site's standing with search engines, permission to reproduce on individual
websites will not be granted. Permission for companies or publishers for print publication will be considered.
Copyright Myths Explained - www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html, U.S. Government Copyright Office - http://www.loc.gov/copyright, United States Copyright Law FAQ: http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html