I have always thought of this as Jolene's afghan. She says she got the pattern from Kathy and I'm not sure to whom Kathy gives the credit. It's a wonderfully easy and adaptable pattern. Use 1 strand of baby yarn with size 6 or smaller needles and it's a great baby blanket. Use 1 or 2 strands of worsted weight with size 10 needles, it's a lap robe (bottom afghan). I used two strands together of Lion Brand Homespun on size 15 needles and made an afghan that nearly covers a twin bed. It took 6-8 skeins of yarn. Sorry about the cheap camera. It doesn't reproduce color well. The top afghan is the one made with 2 strands of Homespun knitted as one. It's actually a denim-blue called Williamsburg. The "red" one underneath is actually fuchia. It's made with 2 strands of knitted worsted on size 10 needles. The fringe is crocheted.
You can tell the top afghan is made with larger needles than the bottom one -- the squares are nearly twice as big.
PATTERN FOR AFGHAN:
Cast on 100 stitches using a circular needle with a long cable.
Row 1 *K10, P10* across.
Row 2: *P10, K10* across.
Rows 1-10: Repeat these two rows five times.
Row 11 *P10, K10* across.
Row 12 *K10, P10* across.
Rows 11-20: Repeat these two rows five times.
Repeat rows 1-20 until afghan is the size you want -- usually 100-150 rows. Another way to think of this pattern is that each square of Knit or Purl is 10 stitches wide and 10 rows high. The full afghan is 10 squares wide and either 10 or 15 squares high.
Fringe :
Row 1: SC in first knit stitch. *Chain 10; SC in 5th knit stitch.* to end.
Row 2: Chain 5. *SC in center of first chain. Chain 10.* continue around. Secure last stitch.
Add fringe in center of each chain section.
