Welcome to week 23 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 23 Of The Wall Of Stitches Crochet Along

This week we’re starting the 12th and final row of our blankets using the Annoying and Crossbill stitches. The Annoying stitch gets it’s name from how slow and awkward the stitch is to work up. The Crossbill however is a much quicker and easier stitch to make.

Piece 45 – Annoying

The Annoying stitch is a dense, chunky and a bit of an awkward stitch to make. It’s also going to look to wide and thin compared to your other pieces. But adding the border and attaching it to the other pieces will make it even out.

I used the shade Marine Blue (634) from Lovecrafts 100% Cotton Aran range for this piece.

Click here for the left hand video

Abbreviations

• Ch = Chain
• St = Stitch
• YO = Yarn Over
• SlSt = Slip Stitch
• Dc = Double Crochet

Start by making a foundation chain of 31

Row 1. In the 3rd ch from your hook make a dc (your turning chain does NOT count as a stitch). In the next st make an Annoying st

To make an Annoying stitch – YO, insert your hook into the next ch YO and pull up a loop. YO and pull through 2 loops. 

YO insert hook back into the same ch and then YO and pull up a loop. 

Make a slst through all loops on your hook.

Make an annoying st in each ch across and finish the row by making a dc in the last ch – 28 Annoying st, 2dc / 30 st

Row 2. Turn and ch1. Make a dc turning ch in the first st of the row. Make an annoying st in the next st and then in each st across. Make a dc in the last st of the row – 28 Annoying st, 2dc / 30 st

Rows 3 – 7. 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 make 2 st 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 46 – Crossbill

The Crossbill stitch is wonderfully textured and is based around double crochet. It works up quickly and easily and includes crossed stitches too. This stitch is double sided with the repeat in each rows staggered so that the texture ripples across the fabric.

I used the shade Grass Green (630) from Lovecrafts 100% Cotton Aran range for this piece.

Click here for the left hand video

Abbreviations

• Ch = Chain
• St = Stitch
• Sk = Skip
• Dc = Double Crochet

Start by making a foundation chain of 67

Row 1. Make a dc in the third ch from your hook (your turning chain does NOT count). *Sk the next 2 ch then make a dc in the next st. Ch1 then go back and make a dc in the first sk ch, working in front of the last dc. 

Make a dc into the next ch*. Repeat between *and* – 16 ch,  49 dc / 65st

Row 2. Turn and ch1. Make a dc turning ch in the first st. Make a dc in the same first st. Sk the next st  *Make a dc in the ch1 sp. 

Sk the next 2 st and then make a dc in the next st. Ch1 and then go back and make a dc in the first sk ch working in front of the last dc.*  Repeat between *and*

When you have 2 st left, sk a st and then make 2dc in the last st – 15 ch, 50 dc / 65st

Row 3. Turn and ch1. Make a dc turning ch in the first st. *Sk the next 2 dc then make a dc in the next st. Ch1 then go back and make a dc in the first sk dc, working in front of the last dc. Make a dc into the next ch1 sp.*

Repeat between *and*  – 16 ch,  49 dc / 65st

Rows 4 – 7. Repeat rows 2 and 3

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 make 2 st 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 Crossbill piece to the right hand edge of the Annoying piece using the Flat Braid join. You can see how to do that here.

Next week we will be finishing the 12th row of your Wall Of Stitches blanket.

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