Welcome to week 15 of the Wall Of Stitches Crochet Along!

Over the next 25 weeks, we are going to be making 48 different crochet stitches, each in a different piece of this brick work like blanket. We will be adding a border to each individual piece before joining the pieces together. We will be making 2 pieces each week, 1 small 1 large.

With this crochet along I feel like I’ve gone more back towards the style of my very first crochet along – The 50 Stitches. With regular predictable sized pieces that all fit together neatly in rows – sort of, I had to give it a bit of twist with the stacked edges.

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The Wall Of Stitches is a completely free crochet along. Each week the next piece of the pattern will be published on my blog, but if you want the concise and ad free pdf delivered to you each week that will remain in your Ravelry library, you can purchase that for just £5 here. This is a one off payment that covers the entirety of this CAL.

If you want to prep ahead, you can find out how much yarn you need for each week here as well as the layout and where each piece will fit.

For this pattern I chose to use LoveCrafts own brand yarn PaintBox 100% Cotton Aran. I love how vibrant the colours are in this range and how many different shades there are to choose from – 63 at last count! The cotton is unmercerised meaning that you can see the individual strands of cotton and it can split when using it. But as far as cottons go it is lovely to use and I didn’t find splitting too much of an issue.

But if you’re looking for a yarn to use that has lots of colours to choose from and doesn’t split, there is PaintBox simply aran, a 100% acrylic yarn that has the same 63 shades as the cotton range. Other yarn ranges that would suit are Caron Simply Soft and Stylecraft Special Aran. But you can use any Aran or Worsted Weight yarn for the Wall Of Stitches.

I also used a 4.5 mm hook for the whole pattern – 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. I love my Clover hooks and although I own several different hook brands, I inevitably end up going back and using my trusty Clovers.

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Week 15 Of The Wall Of Stitches Crochet Along

This week we’re starting the 8th row of our blanket and we’re using the Raised Pineapple and the Bird Footprint stitches.

I’ve used the Raised Pineapple stitch before in my 2nd crochet along The Ray Of Hope, but the Bird Footprint is a new stitch for me. The Pineapple stitch can be a bit of a challenge just because of how many loops you end up with on your hook, but the Bird Footprint is an easy stitch to make.

Piece 29 – Raised Pineapple

The Raised Pineapple is another big statement type of stitch that creates a really big, dense puff like stitch on one side of the fabric. It can be a bit of a challenge to make, but only because if how many loops of yarn you will have on your hook. This stitch is a yarn eater, but it is pretty.

For this piece I used shade Pillar Red (615) of LoveCrafts PaintBox 100% Cotton Aran.

Click here for the left hand video

Abbreviations

• Ch = Chain
• St = Stitch
• YO = Yarn Over
• Sc = Single Crochet
• RP = Raised Pineapple

Start by making a foundation chain of 31

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

Rows 2 – 4. Turn and ch1. Make a sc in each st across – 30st

Row 5. Turn, chain 1. Sc in the first 4 stitches. 

In the next stitch make a raised pineapple stitch (RP) – *YO and insert your hook into the stitch 3 rows below, YO and pull up a loop to the height of your previous stitch – pull all of your loops to this height to keep all your Pineapples looking the same.

YO and pull through 2 loops* 

repeat between *and* 7 times until you have 8 loops on your hook. 

Then yarn over and pull through all 8 loops.

Make a sc in the next stitch – it may be hidden under your RP stitch. *Make a sc in each of the next 5 stitches. Make a RP stitch*  Repeat between *and* until you have 4 st left. Make a sc in each of the last 4 stitches – 4 Pineapple Stitches, 26 sc / 30st

Rows 6 – 10. Repeat row 2

Row 11. Repeat row 5

Rows 12 and 14. Repeat row 2

Now we need to add a border around your piece. 

For the left hand video on how to add the border click here

For the right hand video on how to add the border click here

Round 1. Using your background colour, make a standing single crochet into any stitch. Make a single crochet in each stitch across the top and bottom and into each row down the sides. When you get to the corners add an extra stitch into the corner – you will have 14 sc down each side and 30 across the top, plus 1 extra sc in each corner. 

When you get back to your 1st st, slst into it – 92st

Rounds 2 and 3. Ch1 and make a sc into the first st of the previous round. Make a sc in each st around. When you get to the extra corner stitch, make 3 sc in that st. When you get back to the 1st st of the round, slst into it.

When you finish round 3, cut off and weave in your ends. Round 3 should have 126st in total, with 18 sc down each short side, plus that extra sc in each corner

This is the first piece of your next row.

Piece 30 – Bird FootPrint

The Bird Footprint stitch is a pretty stitch that looks like the foot of a bird. It is an open stitch that is lacy but chunky and works up quickly.

I used the shade Buttercup Yellow (623) from Lovecrafts 100% Cotton Aran range for this piece.

Click here for the left hand video

Abbreviations

• Ch = Chain
• St = Stitch
• Sk = Skip
• Sc = Single crochet
• BPSc = Back Post Single Crochet
• Dc = Double Crochet

Start by making a foundation chain of 66

Row 1. In the second ch from your hook make a sc. *Ch 3, sk the next 3 chains and then make a sc* repeat between *and* – 16 ch 3, 17 sc /  65st

Row 2. Turn and ch1. Make a dc turning ch in the first st and then make another dc also in the first st. *Sk to the next sc and make 3dc* 

Repeat between *and*. Make 2dc in the last sc of the row – 49st

Row 3. Turn and ch1. Make a sc in the first st. *ch 3, make a BPSc around the middle st of the 3dc in the row below* 

Repeat between *and* Make a sc in the last st of the row – 65st

Rows 4 – 9. repeat rows 2 and 3

Row 10. Turn and ch1. Make a sc in the first st and in each st across – 65st

Now we need to add a border around your piece. 

For the left hand video on how to add the border click here

For the right hand video on how to add the border click here

Round 1. Using your background colour, make a standing single crochet into any stitch. Make a single crochet in each stitch across the top and bottom. For the sides make 1 st into the side of every sc row and 2 st into the side of every dc row. When you get to the corners add an extra stitch into the corner – you will have 14 sc down each side and 65 across the top, plus 1 extra sc in each corner.

When you get back to your 1st st, slst into it – 162 sc in total

Rounds 2 and 3. Ch1 and make a sc into the first st of the previous round. Make a sc in each st around. When you get to the extra corner stitch, make 3 sc in that st. When you get back to the 1st st of the round, slst into it.

When you finish round 3, cut off and weave in your ends. Round 3 should have 186 sc in total, with 18 sc down each short side, plus that extra sc in each corner

Now you need to join the left hand edge of the Bird Footprint piece to the right hand edge of the Raised Pineapple piece using the Flat Braid join. You can see how to do that here.

Next week we will be finishing the 8th row of your Wall Of Stitches blanket.

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