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Add a spark of the Southwest to your home

This bold afghan emulates traditional desert design

Wrap yourself in the warmth of the Southwest. The Arizona Afghan embodies the beauty of the Arizona desert, with its energetic oranges, greens, and blues.

The Southwest motif appears before your eyes as you knit this one-panel combination of interesting stitch patterns. You’ll linen stitch, colorwork, and even a bit of intarsia.

Linen stitch makes up the majority of the blanket, and you’ll soon memorize this simple 2-row stitch pattern. One of the bonuses of linen stitch is that it lays flat, so you don’t have any chance of this beautiful blanket curling on the edges.

Linen stitch is a naturally dense stitch, making it the perfect choice for an afghan—it’ll keep you warm without being too heavy.

Designer Heidi Gustad has a knack for creating projects that feature bold colorwork, and the Arizona Afghan is a great example of that style.

The pattern includes a video where Heidi goes over the Diamond Motif, demonstrating the stranded colorwork involved in that section. She also provides tips for successful colorwork and talks a little about her design process for the Arizona Afghan.

The center diamond motif is worked in intarsia, which is sometimes called picture knitting. This is a nice technique that enables knitters to add features in their projects without having to carry additional colors on the wrong side of the knitting. So much fun!

The Arizona Afghan pattern includes:

  • A list of tools and yarn
  • Pattern notes regarding the yarn colors
  • Row-by-row instructions
  • Downloadable motif charts
  • A video tutorial
  • Detailed photos of the finished blanket

After the knitting is complete, you can call the afghan finished, but to add a little more Southwest style, add the optional fringe. This gorgeous blanket will add that certain something to your family room all year long!

Arizona Afghan Detail

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