Afghan: Finally Finished! (Filet Hearts pattern)

Granted, I'm not here year-round to work on projects, it still seems too long to take a year to finish an afghan. Really, I've only worked on it a little over 3 weeks.

12 stripes: black, white, red, repeated. 12 rows in each stripe, for 144 rows, plus a 3 row border, white, red, black. (White would really show dirt, so I put it inside.)
Chain 237 stitches.
Row 1 :  Dc in 4th stitch from hook and in next 26 stitches, *work ch 1, skip next stitch, dc in next st over next 26 stitches, work dc in next 27 stitches. Repeat from star across. I have a closed block at each end, so I had to repeat the dc over 27 stitches once more. The open squares have closed hearts, the closed squares have open hearts.
Row 2: closed squares, dc across,
Open squares, 13 open squares.
Row 3: closed square, dc across 13 stitches, ch 1, skip next stitch, dc across next 13 stitches.
Open square, ch 1, skip ch, dc in next dc for 6 spaces, dc in next sp, dc in next dc, ch 1, dc in next dc for 6 spaces. Alternate closed squares and open squares across row.
Row 4: closed square, dc across 11 dc, ch 1, skip next stitch, dc in next dc. Ch 1, dc in next dc. Ch 1, skip next stitch, dc across next 11 stitches.
Open square, ch 1, dc in next dc for 5 squares, dc in each of next 7 stitches (dc and ch). Work open squares across next 5 squares.
Row 5: closed square, 9 dc, 5 open squares, 9 dc.
Open squares, 4 open squares, 11 dc, 4 open squares.
Row 6: closed square, 7 dc, 7 open squares, 7 dc.
Open squares, 3 open squares, 13 dc, 3 open squares.
Row 7: closed square, 5 dc, 9 open squares, 5 dc.
Open squares, 2 open squares, 15 dc, 2 open squares.
Row 8: repeat row 7
Row 9: closed squares, 5 dc, 4 open squares, 3 dc, 4 open squares, 5 dc.
Open squares, 2 open squares, 9 dc, 1 open square, 9 dc, 2 open squares.
Row 10: closed squares, 7 dc, 2 open squares, 7 dc, 2 open squares, 7 dc.
Open squares, 3 open squares, 5 dc, 3 open squares, 5 dc, 3 open squares.
Row 11, closed squares, dc across.
Open squares, 13 open squares.
Row 12: repeat row 11.
For next stripe, work open squares over closed squares and closed squares over open squares.
I used 3 colors so that the pattern wouldn't repeat in the same color every time. I like this enough to use it for my February afghan. Now, I just have to decide on the colors.......