Welcome to week 2 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 2 Of The Wall Of Stitches Crochet Along

This week we’re going to finishing up our first row of the Wall Of Stitches blanket by completing the next 2 pieces. We’ll be making the Raspberry stitch and the Uneven Berry stitch.

I haven’t used the Raspberry stitch in any of my patterns before, but the Uneven Berry featured as one of the squares in my 50 Stitches crochet along. Both of these stitches are single crochet based and can work up quite tightly, so if you found you needed to go up a hook size for your Flying Birds piece last week, you may want to use that size hook for both of these pieces.

Piece 3 – Raspberry

The Raspberry stitch is a simple stitch to make and creates a highly textured look. It is made entirely with single crochet stitches so can be slow to work up, but it does look fabulous.

I used the shade Kingfisher Blue (635) from Lovecrafts 100% Cotton Aran range for this piece 

Click here for the left hand video

You will need a total of 52 meters (56 yards) of yarn for this piece if you are sticking to my gauge of 15dc in 10cm and 9 rows of dc in 10cm using a 4.5mm hook.

Abbreviations

• Ch = Chain
• Sc = Single Crochet
• Fpsc = Front Post Single Crochet

Start by making a foundation chain of 66

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 st across – 65 st

Row 2. Turn and ch1. Make a sc in the first st and then make a *fpsc in the next st, sc in the next st* repeat between *and* – 65st

Row 3. Turn and ch1. Make a sc in both the first and second st of the row. *Make a fpsc in the next st and then make a sc*. Repeat between *and* making a sc in the last st of the row – 65st

Rows 4 – 14. Repeat rows 2 and 3

Now we need to add a border around your piece. 

For the left hand border video click here

For the right hand border video 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 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 Raspberry piece to the right hand edge of the Bead piece using the flat braid method. You can see how to do this in this post here.

Piece 4 – Uneven Berry

The Uneven Berry stitch is a bobble like stitch that creates quite small, but firm bumps on one side of your fabric. It is made using single crochet and slip stitches which makes it quite a dense and slow stitch to make.

For this piece I used shade Pansy Purple (648) of LoveCrafts PaintBox 100% Cotton Aran.

Click here for the left hand video

You will need a total of 52 meters (56 yards) of yarn for this piece if you are sticking to my gauge of 15dc in 10cm and 9 rows of dc in 10cm using a 4.5mm hook.

Abbreviations

• Ch = Chain
• Sc = Single Crochet
• YO = Yarn Over
• SlSt = Slip Stitch

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 ch 1. Make a slip stitch into the first stitch *make a berry stitch in the next stitch

To make a Berry – YO and insert your hook into the next st. YO and pull up a loop then YO and pull your hook through the first loop on your hook – you should now have 3 loops on your hook. 

YO and in the same stitch insert your hook and YO and pull up a loop. YO and pull through the first loop on your hook – you should now have 5 loops on your hook. 

Yarn over and pull through all 5 loops on your hook. 

Then slip stitch into the next st* repeat between *and* across the row ending with a slip stitch in each of the last 2 stitches – 30 stitches / 14 Berries

Tip – keep your slip stitches loose as you’ll be crocheting into them later

Row 3. Turn and ch 1. Make a sc in both of the first and second stitches. 

*Slst into the top of the berry stitch and then make a sc into the slip stitch* repeat between *and* ending the row with a sc – 30 stitches

Row 4. Turn and Ch 1. Make a slst into each of the first 2 stitches. *Make a berry in the next stitch and then make a slip stitch* repeat between *and* ending the row with a slip stitch.

Row 5. Turn and Ch 1. Make a sc in the first stitch. *Slst into the top of the berry stitch and then make a sc into the slip stitch* repeat between *and* making a sc in the last stitch of the row – 30 stitches

Rows 6-14. Repeat rows 2-5 ending on a berry row.

Now we need to add a border around your piece. 

For the left hand border video click here

For the right hand border video 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 65 across the top, plus 1 extra sc in each corner.

When you get back to your 1st st, slst into it – 102st

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

Now you need to join the left hand edge of the Uneven Berry piece to the right hand edge of the Raspberry piece with the Flat Braid join. You can see how to join your pieces here

Your first strip is now complete.

Next week we will be beginning the second row of your Wall Of Stitches blanket, but for now you can put this finished row to one side.

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