Lizard Ridge

***Spend $25 or more in my Ravelry shop in one transaction and you will automatically receive 25% off your entire purchase!*** I had been searching for an afghan pattern that takes advantage of Kureyon’s long color runs. This block pattern is based on Barbara G. Walker’s Short-Row Stripes square in her Learn to Knit Afghan book. The original idea was to knit a square occasionally as I came across new colors of Kureyon, finishing the afghan in time to send it to college with my daughter, who is also a knitter and who loves Kureyon. Unable to stop once I began, she instead received it for her 15th birthday. **Skills required:** • Short rows • Mattress stitch • Basic crochet for shell edging **Yarn:** *Version 1 (multicolored squares):* • Noro Kureyon, various colors (see below), 1 skein/square (for 24 squares, I used 21 skeins, making up 3 squares with leftovers) • Yarn for seaming (I used navy Cascade 220); Kureyon tends to come apart when used for seaming *Version 2 (knit in one piece):* • Noro Kureyon, color #157, 20 skeins *Both versions:* • Less than one skein of Cascade 220 for crocheted shell edging *Kureyon colors used in original Lizard Ridge:* From top to bottom and right to left in the picture on the bricks (top of afghan is at top left of that photo): Row 1 - 165 139 87 126 Row 2 - 153 147 53 170 Row 3 - 163 52 90 74 Row 4 - 40 166 159 134 Row 5 - 156 92 115 *** Row 6 - 154 *** *** 102 (The *** blocks are made up of leftovers from the other blocks.) French translation available [here][1]. Please direct any questions about the French version to [Christine73][2] [1]: http://christine73free.canalblog.com/archives/2007/08/13/5878199.html [2]: http://www.ravelry.com/people/Christine73