Beautiful pattern but need help please

[Hazeleyedbeauty]

Beautiful afghan pattern but I'm stumped. I made it to row 43 and that's where the confusion begins. The rest if the pattern is a bit sketchy too. I'm not sure how to work the black and color together like the pattern assumes.. This pattern even stumped my mother who is a long time experienced crocheter. She agrees there is no way this is an easy pattern! I need help please

 

http://www.redheart.com/files/patterns/pdf/CTDec07-68.pdf

[kittyloverdeb]

By the looks of the chart the black on row 43 is just the first and last stitch.  You just follow the chart for the color placement.

[Hazeleyedbeauty]

I'm not sure how to do that. I'm a visual/hands on learner usually and usually don't have problems with patterns... Is there a video you know of to help?

[kittyloverdeb]

You would change colors on the first and last stitch.  I don't know of any links off the top of my head to post here to help you but maybe someone else here can?  Can you Mother maybe visually show you how to change the color since she is expierenced in crochet? 

[magiccrochetfan]

crochet cabana has a good tutorial on changing colors/joining new yarn http://www.crochetcabana.com/html/getting_started3.html

Maybe that answers the question?

[Granny Square]

There is a trick to following a color or filet chart like this.  Take a flexible ruler or piece of paper and cover up row 44 and above, so all you can see is the row you need to work on and the work you have already finished.  It is a lot less disorienting this way--the chart looks like your work.  This is also fairly uncomplicated as charts go, because it is symmetrical, so you can always read it in the same direction (right to left, if you are right handed, so follows the direction you are working).  Unsymmetrical charts are trickier.

 

If you have a way to blow up the chart a little, so much the better.

[Hazeleyedbeauty]

Following the chart is not the problem the problem is how to do so with out the other color showing through when I carry the yarn across to the other side and up a row ect

[magiccrochetfan]

I don't think you are supposed to carry the color across the row. It says to use separate bobbins of yarn for each section.

[acraftylady]

Yes Kathy is right.  Read in the upper right where it says notes and you will see how to color change and it says to use a separate ball of yarn or bobbins.  Mary

[Granny Square]

Yes to the bobbins.  I was wondering why they didn't design this in the round, then realized you'd need a jillion bobbins. 

 

You could do it tapestry style, but that would be a waste of black yarn.