This pattern is adapted from an afghan my mom made for my dad several years ago before she passed. Pattern repeat (one point valley to valley) is 22 stitches, and measures approximately 3.75 inches, depending on your tension. You may make this in any length and width desired, from baby/crib size to 6-8 feet long (as my mother did for my dad, who is 6’4” tall!). For his afghan, she purchased a total of 16 skeins of yarn - 6 of MC, 5 of CC1, 3 of CC2, 2 of CC3.

Crochet hook size will also be a factor - I wouldn’t use anything smaller than a size J - the bigger the hook, the larger and softer the finished product. My mom used a size H hook, and the blanket is tightly woven and heavier than I like for myself.

The pattern in the picture shows 16 rows (8 ridges) of MC, 12 rows of CC1, 8 rows of CC2, and 4 rows of CC3. She made 3 pattern repeats, then reversed the color pattern, using the 4 rows of CC3 as the middle point. (MC, CC1, CC2, CC3 x 4, CC3, CC2, CC1, MC x 4)

*NOTE:** an easy way to figure out the yardage needed for your afghan - using an H hook and worsted weight yarn, it took me about 1.25 yards of yarn to do ONE point valley to valley. So figure out how many points you want to do and multiply times 1.25. Then multiply that times how many rows you will do in each color. This should give you an approximation of the total yardage needed for EACH COLOR.

Example: my mom’s afghan had 16 points across, so it used approximately 20 yards of yarn PER ROW. There are 6 color pattern repeats (only 5 for the middle row) meaning a total of 20 rows in CC3 (400 yards), 48 rows for CC2 (960 yards), 72 rows for CC1 (1440 yards) and 96 rows for MC (1920 yards). This gave her a grand total of 4720 yards for her entire afghan (I TOLD you it was huge!).