Have fun with color and texture in the Gray Skies Breaking Wrap. A goes-with-everything gray base is lit up with flashes of pink and vibrant blue, creating small bursts of brightness that echo the first colors of spring. This relaxing project works up quickly in double crochet, and the cotton yarn makes it an ideal layer for those in-between days.

Time: Weekend Project

Skill Level: Beginner

Size: Length 70” x Width 17.5”

Gauge: 16 sts and 8 rows = 4” [10 cm] in dc st after wet blocking

Materials

Yarn: Paintbox Cotton DK (100% cotton; 137 yards [125 meters] / 1.7 ounces [50 grams]): 405 Stormy Grey (MC, 8 balls), 434 Marine Blue (2 balls), 452 Lipstick Pink (1 ball)

Hook: US size G/6 4.0 mm

Notions: Tapestry needle

Pattern Notes

This pattern is worked flat, from end to end. Starting ch-3 and ch-4 counts as a st throughout. Change color on last loop of final st in previous row for a smooth transition.

Cluster is formed by working dc3tog in one st or sp.

Pattern

With CC1, ch 71.

Row 1: Starting in 3^rd ch from hook, *cluster in next st, sk 1 st, ch 1; rep from * to second last st, cluster in next st, dc in last st, turn. (37 sts at the end of this row)

Row 2: Ch 4 (counts as a st here and throughout), sk 1 st, *cluster in next ch-sp, sk 1 st, ch 1; rep from * to last st, dc in last st, turn. (35 sts at the end of this row)

Row 3: Ch 3 (counts as a st here and throughout), *cluster in next ch-sp, sk 1 st, ch 1; rep from * to second last st, cluster in next ch-sp, dc in last st, turn. (37 sts at the end of this row)

Row 4: Rep Row 2.

Rows 5-10: With MC, rep Rows 3-4 three more times.

Rows 11-12: With CC2, rep Rows 3-4 one more time.

Rows 13-18: With MC, rep Rows 3-4 three more times.

Rows 19-24: Rep Rows 3-4 three more times.

Rows 25-124: With MC, ch 3, tr across, turn. (69 sts at the end of each row)

Row 125: With CC1, ch 4, sk 1 st, *cluster in next ch-sp, sk 1 st, ch 1; rep from * to last st, dc in last st, turn. (35 sts at the end of this row)

Row 126: Ch 3, *cluster in next st, sk 1 st, ch 1; rep from * to second last st, cluster in next ch-sp, dc in last st, turn. (37 sts at the end of this row)

Rows 127-130: Rep Rows 125-126 two more times.

Rows 131-136: With MC, rep Rows 125-126 three more times.

Rows 137-138: With CC2, rep Rows 125-126 one more time. * to second last st, dc3tog in next ch-sp, dc in last st, turn. (37 sts at the end of this row)

Rows 139-144: Rep Rows 125-126 three more times.

Rows 145-148: With CC1, rep Rows 125-126 two more times.

Fasten off and weave in ends.