King sized afghan pattern needed

[Crocheting_MammaII]

I need a pattern and the yardage so I can buy the right quantity of yarn. I'm thinking homespun or Burnat Super Value in lime twist.

Any help will be greatly appreciated as I am having trouble locating a king size pattern or an afghan close to the following measurements 88"X 90"

Thank you

[double2]

Hi
How about trying a mile a minute afghan?
You can add to the length of each strip and add more strips
as needed for the width. You can then crochet a sc or dc border
around the whole afghan. Hope this helps
Double2

[mbcabbie]

Ditto. A MAM pattern can be added to infinitely.

Basically, you could add stitches to any pattern you like to make it bigger. Use the guage swatch of the original pattern to figure out how many stitches are repeated in the pattern and add as many repeats as you need width-wise and then just keep going until you get the length you need.

Nothing in the corchet books says you have to use a pattern verbatum.

[faithpa76]

I haven't seen any patterns specific to that size bed, either. What I'm doing is collecting single skeins of homespun in varying shades of blues and greens, and I'll make a multicolored striped ripple for our bed - I'll just figure out the width and add to the length until it's long enough. It won't require me to match dyelots, and I'll be able to run out and just pick a color/skein to add if need be, so it works for me. I'm guessing I'll need a minimum of 15 skeins - I made a twin/full sized ripple for my grandmother and it used 8 and a half skeins, if I remember right. It's been awhile.

Sorry I can't be more help!

[goldi316]

Here are two possible patterns for your consideration. Though neither is considered a king-size afghan, one of them is dang close, and both are extremely simple patterns that would not be hard to adjust in order to arrive at the dimensions you are seeking. They are both from the same website:

http://pumamouse.com/crochetbigbulkybikkie.html
This is billed as a "man's" afghan, with a finished size of 60 x 100. It is essentially a straight single crochet throughout and uses two strands of yarn held together, though you don't have to do it that way if you don't want to (but it will be quite heavy if you do, just so you know). You don't even have to do it single crochet - I would use a hdc to make this one, would help it go a bit faster. Starting ch called for is 127 (for 126 sc stitches across) for a 60" wide ghan (dimension includes border stitches not included in this starting chain, however). I would increase my chain by 60 (total to chain w/b 187, or 188 if doing it in hdc) to adjust width to near your required 88 (border rounds will bring the total size up all around) and then follow the pattern as a guideline from there. Using the recommended yarn, you could start with what she lists and get more as needed later on, since it's no dye-lot. This would eliminate the need for a more precise calculation of amount needed.

http://pumamouse.com/crochetmyfavorite.html
This one, while not as simple as the above, is still pretty simple - and adaptable. Making adjustments to get it to the size you need, and estimating yarn requirements shouldn't be too hard with this one either. The pattern, unaltered, works up to a 48 x 72 inch ghan, you would need to add another 40" to the width and add about 18" to the length to reach your dimensions. I would increase her materials requirements by about 40% to estimate what you might need for your version.

I believe someone else has already mentioned this but you can pretty much do this with most afghan patterns, unless it has a complicated stitch pattern to it. These are just some starting off ideas for you. Good luck with your project!

[Crocheting_MammaII]

Thank you all so much! With all your advice I found a guideline for my afghan! I can't wait to get the yarn and get started!!!

[CrochetJC]

I did two king size afghans. The first one I did the granny square stitches over and back for the entire length. The second one I did a granny square and continued the square until I had the size I wanted. Then I finished them with a ruffle around the entire afghan. They are quite large and heavy when finished.