                    PUFF PATTERN AFGHAN                     
SIZE: about 40" X 60", plus fringe                          
MATERIALS: 19-4 oz. skeins 4-ply yarn, Q hook               
GAUGE: 5 sts=4", 4 rows of sc=3", (4 strands of yarn)       
                                                            
AFGHAN: Beg at one long edge, using 4 strands of yarn held
     together, ch 76.                                            
ROW 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across--75 sc. Ch 1,
     turn.                                                 
ROW 2: Sc in each sc across.  Check gauge; piece should measure 60"
     across. Ch 1, turn, each row.                   
ROW 3: (right side); sc in each of first 3 sc, *pull up a lp in
     next st, (yo hook, pull up a lp in same st) twice, (yo hook
     and thru 2 lps on hook) twice, yo hook and thru remaining 4
     lps, (puff st made); bringing puff st toward you, sc in each
     of next 3 sc, repeat from * across, end sc in each of last 3
     sc.  
ROWS 4-6: Sc in each st across.
ROW 7: Pull up a long lp in first sc, yo hook, pull up a long lp in
     next sc, yo and thru first lp on hook, yo and thru 4 lps on
     hook, *pull up a long lp in last sc worked, yo hook, pull up
     a long lp in next sc, yo and thru first lp on hook, yo and
     through 4 lps, rep from * across--74 sts, Ch 2, turn.        
ROW 8: Sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each st across--75 sc. 
ROW 9: Repeat Row 7                                         
ROW 10: Repeat Row 8                                        
ROW 11 and 12: Work even in sc                              
ROW 13: Repeat Row 3                                        
ROWS 14-17: Work even in sc                                 
ROWS 18-23: Repeat Rows 7 and 8 alternately                 
ROW 24-33: Work even in sc.                                 
ROW 34-39: Repeat Rows 7 and 8 alternately                  
ROW 40-42: Work even in sc.                                 
ROW 43: Repeat row 3                                        
ROW 44-46: Work even in sc.                                 
ROW 47-50: Repeat rows 7 and 8 alternately                  
ROW 51-52: Work even in sc.                                 
ROW 53: Repeat Row 3                                        
ROW 54-55: Work even in sc.                                 
ROW 56: Sl st loosely in each st across. Finish Off.        
                                                            
FINISHING: Work 1 row of sl st loosely across each end of afghan. 
FRINGE: Wind yarn around 12" cardboard.  Cut at one edge for 24"
     strands. Holding 6 strands together, fold in half;  with
     crochet hook, pull loop thru st on edge, pull 12 ends thru
     loop; tighten knot. Knot a fringe in every other st on all
     four sides. Separate each fringe into two groups of 6 ends. 
     Knot tog 6 ends of one fringe to 6 ends of adjacent fringe
     about 3/4" below first row of knots. Knot ends tog once more
     in same manner, 3/4" below 2nd row of knots. Trim ends evenly.