Season's greetings no matter when, fellow crochet enthusiasts! If you're as
excited about the holiday season as I am, you're in for a real treat. Our
crochet sampler blanket is taking shape, and it's about to light up your
crafting world! In this installment of our 9-part series, we're diving into the
captivating world of Christmas lights. Get ready to weave a thread of holiday
magic through your stitches!
🎄 Choose your favorite color palette and experiment with different variegated or solid-colored yarns. Craft a strand of lights that's uniquely yours.
"Ugly Christmas Sweater" Sampler Blanket
Colors: White- 4-1/2 skeins
Metallic Red- 1-1/2 skeins
Red- 1 skein
Green- 2 skeins
Blue- 1-1/2 skeins
Yellow- ¾ skein
Orange- ¾ skein
Brown- 3 oz
Scrap amounts of dark brown for reindeer faces.
ch21, sc in 2nd ch and each one across (20)
R2-20- ch1, turn, sc in each.
16sc x 18 rows= 4” x 4”
with a #7-4.5mm hook
General Abbreviations and Special Stitches/Notes:
Ch- chain
sc- single crochet
hdc- half double crochet
dc- double crochet
trc- treble crochet
Fptr- front post treble crochet
MR- Magic Ring
ar – around
rnds- rounds
PC- Popcorn- 5dc in the stitch indicated, drop the loop from your hook, reinsert hook into the first dc and in the dropped loop, pull a loop through all.
Picot: ch3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook
Ch2 counts as hdc unless otherwise noted.
Ch3 counts as dc unless otherwise noted.
Ch4 counts as trc unless otherwise noted.
Ch6 counts as dc and ch3 unless otherwise noted.
Pattern for Part 2- Video Tutorial Available Here:
Christmas Lights-
start with white
Rd13- join in corner w/ch3, (dc, ch2, 2dc) in corner, [*dc in each*, (2dc, ch2, 2dc) in corner] 3x, repeat * to * once. Join with ch3. (40dc/side)
cut color.
Rd14- with blue, join in corner w/ch6 (cts as dc & ch3), dc in same corner, [*ch2, sk2dc, (PC in next, ch5, sk4) 7x, PC in next, ch2, sk2*, (dc, ch3, dc) in corner] 3x, repeat * to * once. Join in 3ch of ch6. (8PC/side)
Cut color.
Rd15- with white, join in corner w/ch1, [(2sc, ch3, 2sc) in corner, sc in dc, working around ch’s from R14- dc in 2 open dc from Rd13, (sc in PC, working around ch’s- dc in 4) 7x, sc in PC, dc in last 2, sc in dc] 4x. Join with sc. (46/side)
Do not cut color.
Rd16- sl st to corner, ch1, [(sc, ch3, sc) in corner, sc in each st across] 4x. Join with first sc. (48/side)
cut color.
Rd17- with yellow, join in corner w/ch6, dc in same sp, [*ch3, sk3, PC in next, ch5, sk5, PC in next, (ch5, sk4, PC in next) 7x, ch3, sk3*, (dc, ch3, dc) in corner] 3x, repeat * to * once. Join with 3rd ch of ch6. (9PC/side)
cut color.
Rd18- with white, join in corner with ch1, [(2sc, ch3, 2sc) in corner, sc in dc, working around ch’s from previous rd- dc in 3sc, sc in PC, dc in 5sc, sc in PC, (dc in 4sc, sc in PC) 7x, dc in 3, sc in dc] 4x. Join with first sc. (54/side)
Do not cut
color.
Rd19- repeat Rd 16. (56/side)
Cut color.
Rd20- with orange, join in corner with ch6, dc in same sp, [*(ch5, sk5, PC) 2x, (ch5, sk4, PC) 8x, ch5, sk last 4*, (dc, ch3, dc) in corner] 3x, repeat * to * once. Join with 3rd ch of ch6. (10PC/side)
cut color.
Rd21- with white, join in corner with ch1, [(2sc, ch3, 2sc) in corner, sc in dc, working around ch from prev rd- (dc in 5, sc in PC) 2x, (dc in 4, sc in PC) 8x, dc in 4, sc in dc] 4x. Join with first sc. (62/side)
do not cut color.
Rd22- sl st to corner, ch1, [(sc, ch3, sc) in corner, sc in
each st] 4x. Join with first sc. (64/side) cut color.
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