Welcome to week 28 of The 50 Stitches crochet along.

Over 50 weeks we will be creating 50 separate pieces, each made with a different crochet stitch or technique. There are a variety of difficulties in the stitches we will be using, but each week there will be a photos to help you with the instructions as well as a video (there are left and right handed versions of each) to show how each piece is made.

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You can find all the links for each piece here, and the playlist where you can find all the videos here on YouTube

Week 28 of The 50 Stitches crochet along features the Bobblet stitch. This stitch creates cute little bobbles on one side to give a lovely texture, perfect for cushions, blankets, dishcloths and detail on clothing. The Bobblets are much smaller than regular bobbles so although they make a distinctive texture on the surface of the fabric, they have a very different look and feel to usual.

If you’d like to know how to make the Bobblet stitch for any size project you can see how here with this free stitch guide.

You can find the links for all the squares in the crochet along here. The free pattern is below, but if you’d like the ad free printable version you can purchase it for just £5 from Ravelry

This pattern is written in US terms, but the UK translation is below.

UK Translation

• Single crochet (sc) = Double crochet

For this square I used Rico Cotton Creative Aran which is a 100% cotton non mercerised yarn. I chose this yarn as I love the feel of cotton, and it has a good selection of colours to choose from. This yarn does tend to split a little bit especially if you frog it a couple of times, so if this type of yarn is something you struggle to crochet with, I would choose a different brand.

I used the shade Rose (00) of Rico Cotton Aran yarn, which is 1 of the 4 different colours I used to create my own 50 stitches blanket. I also used a 3.5mm hook – I recommend using Clover Amour hooks. A cost effective hook that is comfortable in your hands thanks to their ergonomic design, so doesn’t make your hands tired when crocheting for long periods of time.

The Pattern

Click here for the left hand video

For this square you will need a 3.5 mm hook

Start by making a foundation chain of 31

Row 1. In the 3rd chain from your hook make a sc (the turning chain counts as your first stitch of the row). Make a sc in each chain across – 30 stitches

Row 2. Turn and chain 1. Make a sc in the 1st stitch, in the next stitch make an extra extended single crochet (eesc) (insert hook and pull up a loop. Chain 3 with the first loop on your hook only. Yarn over and pull through the last 2 loops) 

*sc in the next stitch, eesc in the next stitch*

Repeat between *and* make a sc in each of the last 2 stitches – 30 stitches

Row 3. Turn and chain 1. Make a sc in the first stitch. Make a sc in every stitch across – 30 stitches.

Row 4. Turn and chain 1. Make a sc in the 1st stitch and in the next stitch too. In the next stitch make an eesc. *make a sc in the next stitch, eesc in the next stitch*

Repeat between *and* sc in the last stitch – 30 stitches

Row 5. Turn and chain 1. Make a sc in the first stitch. Make a sc in every stitch across – 30 stitches.

Rows 6 – 25. Repeat rows 2 to 5 ending in a repeat of row 3

The Border

Now you need to add the single crochet border to your week 28 square before we join this one to last weeks square with the Interlocking border. We’re going to be making a round of single crochet around our square. I’ve chosen to do this in a contrasting colour for each of my squares, but you can use a complimenting or same colour as your square if you want. I chose to use Cardinal (11) in Rico Cotton Creative Aran yarn for my border colour, the same colour that I also used for the Interlocking border.

Use a 4mm hook for the border stitches.

Across the top and bottom make a sc in each stitch. For the sides make 2sc in the side of rows 1, 6, 12, 18 and 25. Make 1sc in the side of all other rows

You should have 30 sc down each side, plus an extra stitch in each corner for the turn. This will make your stitch count as 32 stitches across each side and 124 stitches total (remember the extra stitch corner stitch is counted in the stitch count for both sides)

You have now finished your Week 28 square of the 50 Stitches Crochet Along and can now cut off and weave in your ends before joining this piece to your previous pieces.

You can now add the interlocking border to join this weeks square to last weeks. You can see how to do this here both as a written guide and with a video to help you too.

If you have any questions about the pattern or the CAL, then come on over to the Facebook group – Froggity Frog’s Ribbit And Stitch where you can show us your completed squares too and join the chat and meet your fellow hookers.