Crossed Stitch (Multiple of 4 + 2)

[Ava Reichert]

I have another question on this pattern.

 

http://www.caron.com/projects/op/op-crochet-stripes-blanket.html

 

Under "Stitches Used" it mentions Crossed Stitch (Multiple of 4 + 2).  Could someone please tell me what "Multiple of 4 + 2" means?

 

Thanks so much for any help!

 

[craftyone]

Your first row has 138 sc.  Your first row of crossed dcs  uses 4 dc for each crossed dc( 3 dc and 1 dc crossing back over the first 3 dc).  You need one stitch at the beginning of the row and one stitch at the end of the row that are not used in the crossed dc pattern.  You will have 34 crossed dc groups and one stitch at the beginning and one stitch at the end of the row.  If you wanted to make your afghan wider, you could use any number that when divided by 4 would have a remainder of 2.

[Ava Reichert]

That makes perfect sense!  Thank you!!

[craftyone]

Glad I could help! That's a pretty afghan pattern.