Welcome to Week 7 of the Sectional Blanket mystery crochet along! This week, we will crochet our seventh section. If you’re making the adult-sized throw, you’ll also join your first row of sections together.
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- Learn more about the CAL (and enter to win the end-of-CAL giveaways by 11:59 p.m. Eastern on December 31, 2022) in this blog post.
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Sectional Blanket Week 7
Crochet Pattern by Underground Crafter
The Sectional Blanket is a mystery crochet along in 7″ x 9″ (18 cm x 23 cm) sections, the size preferred by our charity partner, Warm Up America. New clues will be released on Fridays through December 16, 2022. If you decide to donate sections locally or to Warm Up America directly, USE THIS FORM to track your donations and to enter a special Sectional Blanket giveaway through December 31, 2022!
Finished Size
- Throw Blanket, approximately 49″ x 63″ (124.5 cm x 160 cm) without borders.
Materials
- WeCrochet Brava Worsted yarn (100% acrylic, 3 oz/100 g, 218 yd/200 m): 18 skeins in your choice of colors, or approximately 3,750 yards/3,429 meters in any medium weight yarn.
- I am using the following colors for my version:
- Color A/28437 Marina,
- Color B/29246 Tidal Speckle,
- Color C/28454 Tranquil,
- Color D/29247 Snow Day Speckle,
- Color E/28422 Cornflower,
- Color F/28419 Clarity, and
- Color G/28451 Sky.
- I am using the following colors for my version:
- WeCrochet Majestic US Size I-9/5.5 mm crochet hook, or size that matches gauge or you prefer using with medium weight yarn.
- WeCrochet locking stitch marker set (optional, but helpful for marking the front and holding pieces together for seaming).
- WeCrochet bent-tip yarn needle.
Gauge
- 20 dc = 6″ (15 cm) across. Exact gauge is not critical for this project. If you plan to donate your finished sections to Warm Up America, please note that finished sections must measure 7″ x 9″ (18 cm x 23 cm).
Sectional Blanket Pattern Notes
- Whenever possible, I recommend crocheting over your yarn tails as you work. Sometimes, a stitch pattern will be too lacy to effectively crochet over your yarn tails. In that case, I recommend weaving in ends.
- Fiber Flux has a helpful video tutorial for crocheting over your yarn tails as you work here.
- Stitches n Scraps has helpful video and photo tutorials for 3 ways of weaving in ends here. I use the yarn (tapestry) needle method.
- Color changes are only suggestions. You are welcome to change colors more or less often.
Abbreviations Used in This Pattern
- CG – Color G
- ch – chain
- sp – space
Notes for Section 7
- Color changes are only suggestions. You are welcome to change colors more or less often. For this section, my Color G is WeCrochet Brava Worsted yarn in 28451 Sky.
Pattern Instructions
Section 7: Your Choice
- With CG, crochet one additional section, choosing your favorite pattern from the six previous sections for this row:
- Section 1: Staggered Posts
- Section 2: Alpine Stitch
- Section 3: Double Pebble Stitch
- Section 4: Grit Stitch Variation
- Section 5: Xs and Os
- Section 6: Little Waves
Assemble Sections 1-7
- See below for an assembly diagram. After completing this week’s section (following the diagram), your blanket should look as follows.
- Using long yarn tails from end of final Round of each section, join sections from Weeks 1-7 with a slip stitch seam (see video below) as follows:
- Position Section 1 and Section 2 with Right Sides together. On Wrong Sides, start at corner ch-2 sp. Working through both layers along long side, join 1 side with a slip stitch seam through outer loops of stitches across square, finishing in next ch-2 sp.
- If you can’t see the video above for joining with a slip stitch seam, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
- Position Section 3 on Section 2 with Right Sides together. Join along long side as for previous sections.
- Position Section 4 on Section 3 with Right Sides together. Join along long side as for previous sections.
- Position Section 5 on Section 4 with Right Sides together. Join along long side as for previous sections.
- Position Section 6 on Section 5 with Right Sides together. Join along long side as for previous sections.
- Position Section 7 on Section 6 with Right Sides together. Join along long side as for previous sections.
- With yarn needle, weave in ends on all sections and joins on Wrong Side of blanket row.