Welcome to week 26 of the FrankenScrap crochet along, the ugliest and scrappiest crochet pattern that you ever did see!

Over the next 49 weeks, we are going to be making 53 different crochet stitches, each in a different piece of this patchwork blanket. The FrankenScrap was designed as a scrap project, so dive into your yarn stash and clear out those odds and ends that you’ve just not been sure what to do with.

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The FrankenScrap 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 add 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.

Week 26 Of The FrankenScrap Crochet Along

Our next piece of the FrankenScrap crochet along is made with the Little Waves stitch. For this piece you will need a total of 95 meters of DK / Light Worsted yarn. I used Rico Essentials Cotton DK (91) for this piece, a 100% cotton yarn that keeps appearing in my stash. I like this brand of yarn a lot as it’s lovely and silky, has a great colour range to choose from and is a good price compared to other brands of cotton.

You will see Rico Essentials Cotton DK being used in a number of pieces in this CAL, as I have lots of part balls of this and single balls of a colour from the collection. It was simply time to get these odd balls of this lovely to use yarn used up.

I also used a 4 mm 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. I love my Clover hooks and although I own several different hook brands, I inevitably end up going back and using my trusty Clovers.

The Little Waves stitch is made using shells and post stitches to create it’s highly textured ripple look. I’d call it an intermediate level stitch, but once you get into the rhythm it works up pretty quickly. This stitch would suit a range of projects, but because it’s so textured I personally would use it in combination with a smoother stitch and use the Little Waves as a feature stitch.

Week 26 FrankenScrap Pattern

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You will need a total of 95 meters of yarn for this piece if you are sticking to my gauge of 16sc in 10cm, 19 rows in 10cm

Abbreviations

• Ch = Chain
• Sk = Skip
• St = Stitch
• Dc = Double Crochet
• Fpdc = Front Post Double Crochet

Start by making a foundation chain of 69 with a 4mm hook.

Row 1. In the 4th ch from your hook make a dc (your turning chain count as the first st of the row). Make a dc in the next ch. *Sk the next 2 ch, then make (2dc, ch1, 2dc) all in the same ch (see picture below), 

sk the next 2 ch and then make a dc in each of the next 3 ch* repeat between *and*

Row 2. Turn and ch1. Make a dc turning ch in the first st then make a fpdc around the post of each of the next 2 st

*In the ch 1 sp make (2dc, ch1, 2dc) all in the same sp. Make a fpdc around the post of each of the next 3 dc* Repeat between *and*, when you have 3 st left, make a fpdc around the posts of the next 2dc and then make a dc in the last st of the row.

Rows 3 – 17. Repeat row 2

Joining Your Pieces

Your finished piece should be 67 stitches wide and 17 rows high, which counts as 34 stitches high for joining purposes since you have all dc rows. You can see how the pieces are joined together here. If you are following my gauge, then your piece will measure 41.5cm wide and 18cm high. Remember this is just a size indication and if your gauge is consistent throughout, then your pieces will fit together nicely even if your sizes do not match with mine.

The Little Waves piece should be joined beneath week 25’s Modern Granny piece with the 2 pieces lining up stitch for stitch. You will also be joining the right hand edge to the remaining unattched stitches of the left hand edge of week 23’s Thistle stitch piece.

The layout below shows how your pieces should be attached in relation to each other.

Click here to see how to join your pieces with the single crochet join. They should line up stitch for stitch using the counts stated above.

Once you have joined this weeks Little Wave stitch piece to the previous pieces, that is it for week 26 of the FrankenScrap crochet along, I’ll be back next Friday for week 27 and the next piece of your CAL at 8pm UK time.

In the meantime, why not come and join our Facebook group – Froggity Frog’s Ribbit And Stitch and show us your completed Single Crochet pieces. Our super friendly community where you can ask all of your crochet questions, share your latest make and connect with your fellow FrankenScrappers and make new crochet friends. Come join us now right here and join in the conversation.