Directions:

With Red Brown Ch. 72.

Row 1: 1 double croc. st. in 3rd. ch. st. from hook—1 double croc. st. in each st. across ch.—Ch. 3 turn.

Rows 2—5: 1 double croc. st. in each st. across. Ch. 3 to turn each row.

Row 6: Using Cream (work over the Red Brown yarn). Just lie flat along your work and go along as usual. Put 1 double croc. st. in each st. across—ch. 3 turn. Tie off Cream yarn.

Row 7: Using Red Brown yarn—1 double croc. in each st. across. Ch. 3 to turn each row.

Make 43 rows in this manner.

Repeat row 6—using Cream for the stripe.

Using Red Brown put 5 more rows. (1 double croc. st. in each st. across row, ch. 3 to turn each row.) Tie off yarn.

Repeat this piece starting with light color and putting the stripe in dark.