Welcome to week 24 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 24 Of The Wall Of Stitches Crochet Along

This week we’re making our final 2 pieces of our blankets with the Dales and the Pike stitches. These stitches are complete opposites with the Dales being hole free, thick and dense, while the Pike is light and open.

Piece 47 – Dales

The Dales stitch is a beautifully textured stitch that is thick and dense and will make a wonderfully warm fabric. It is a variation of the Caramel stitch which looks stunning especially when made up in several colours.

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
• HDc = Half Double Crochet

Start by making a foundation chain of 31

Row 1. In the third 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 – 30st

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

Row 3. Turn and ch1. Make a HDc in the first st. *In the next st, YO and insert your hook, YO and pull up a loop, YO and insert hook into the st directly below

YO and pull up a loop. YO and pull through all 5 loops on your hook.

* Repeat between *and* Make a hdc in the last st of the row – 30st

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

Row 5. Turn and ch1. Make a sc in each st across – 30st

Rows 6 – 11. Repeat rows 2 – 5

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 2 sc into the side of every repeat of row 3, and 1 sc into the side of every other row. 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

Now you need to join the left hand edge of the Dales piece to the right hand edge of the Crossbill piece using the Flat Braid join. You can see how to do that here.

Piece 48 – Pike

The Pike stitch is a very simple stitch, but looks so pretty and is light and airy. It is a flat, double side stitch that works up quickly and doesn’t take much yarn to make.

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
• YO = Yarn Over
• Sc = Single Crochet

Start by making a foundation chain of 67

Row1. In the fifth ch from your hook make an extended sc (your turning chain counts as your first st plus a ch1). 

To make an extended sc – Insert your hook into the st. YO and pull up a loop. YO and pull through 1 loop, YO and pull through both loops.

*ch1, sk the next ch and make an extended sc* repeat between *and* – 32 ch1, 33 extended sc / 65 st

Row 2. Turn and ch1. Make an extended sc in the first st *ch1 and sk the ch1. Make an extended sc in the next st* repeat between *and* – 32 ch1, 33 extended sc / 65st

Rows 3 – 9. 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. Down the sides make 2 st into each odd numbered row and 1sc into the side of every even numbered 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 Dales piece to the right hand edge of the Pike piece using the Flat Braid join. You can see how to do that here.

This is your 12th and last row complete. You can now join this row to your previous row using the Flat Braid join. You can see how to do that here.

Next week is our final week where we’ll be adding the border onto our Wall Of Stitches Blanket.

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