Welcome to Week 22 of the Mélange Blanket mystery crochet along with Underground Crafter! This week’s pattern is Catherine’s Square by Fosbas Designs.
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Mélange Blanket Square 22: Catherine’s Square
Our twenty-second square pattern is Catherine’s Square by Fosbas Designs. You can find Susanna online at Etsy | Facebook | Instagram | Ravelry
You can see Susanna’s version in two colors below.
I used King Cole Big Value Aran (available through your local yarn shop or online at LoveCrafts or Wool Warehouse UK) for my square, along with my Denise US Size J-10/6 mm crochet hook.
Initially, I tried using a smaller hook for Susanna’s square, because I couldn’t get her gauge. But, eventually, I decided to keep the same hook, but reduce the foundation chain by 10 stitches (staring with 17 chains). I used Nougat for Color A and Ocean for Color B, and followed the pattern through Row 8. Then I fastened off the colors and used Berry to start the Edging. For Round 1, I evenly worked 17 single crochet on each side, plus the 4 chain-2 spaces. I worked Round 2 as written. At the end of Round 2, my square was only about 5.5″ (14 cm), so I worked another Edging Round where I worked a single crochet into each single crochet, and chained 2 and skipped the chain-2 spaces at the corners. I then wet blocked the square. (If you’re new to blocking, check out Blocking Basics for Crocheters and Knitters.)
Head over to Fosbas Designs and get the free crochet pattern for Catherine’s Square here. Don’t forget to share your version online using #undergroundcrafter and #melangeblanketcal as hashtags.Tag me as Underground Crafter on Facebook, or as @ucrafter on Instagram when you’re sharing project pictures, or share your pictures in the Underground Crafters Facebook group or in the Mélange Blanket CAL thread the Underground Crafter Ravelry group.