Orange Popcorn Stripes.

I'm sort of in the middle of this project, it's an afghan I am making for my 3 year old nephew.  I let him pick the colours, in hindsight I should have encouraged a contrasting colour instead of orange, so I'd like to make this pattern again one day using different colours.  There are 2 lines on either side of the popcorn stitch that you can hardly see, which is a shame because I really think it would look great if the colours weren't competing. 

 I am a bit disappointed about that, but my nephew loves this afghan so much already so I will continue with it and just make another in 2 contrasting solid colours.

It's coming together nicely, although it took me 8 times of undoing stitches and restarting to get it all to line up, because of this I suggest counting your stitches as you go until you get the hand of the pattern.

 

If you look closely, you can see the thin orange slip stitches. 

This is an interesting pattern, because for the popcorn rows I am stitching over the other string of yarn and that's not something I've done before.

I used a 4double crochet popcorn stitch.

4dc pc

work 4dc intoone st. Take hook out of working loop and insert into topof the first dc made from front to back.  Pick up working loop and draw through to make popcorn stitch.

4 double crochet popcorn stich

I hope to be finished this project before Christmas, I have three nephews and I've never made anything for them.  I've decided this year that I will make them all their own afghan and I am working on all three at the same time.

so many ends to weave in!

I will post the pattern when I have finished the afghan, as I haven't completed it yet.  I will definitely post the finish project with the pattern though, I promise!