Welcome to week 28 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 28 Of The FrankenScrap Crochet Along

Our next piece of the FrankenScrap crochet along is made with the Bar stitch. For this piece you will need a total of 90 meters of DK / Light Worsted yarn. I used Rico Cotton Essentials DK in shade 89. This is one of my go too yarns, and I have several balls of it in my stash. It’s 100% cotton and is lovely and silky and soft to the touch. It is a really nice cotton to work with and doesn’t split overly much.

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 Bar stitch is a single crochet based stitch, but it makes lovely even rows of raised stitches that add a nice texture to what would otherwise be plain fabrics. As it is made using single crochet, it is a hole free stitch and quite dense unless you use a hook size bigger than the yarn recommends.

The Bar stitch would be great for making clothing, scarves, blankets and so much more making it a really versatile crochet stitch.

Week 28 FrankenScrap Pattern

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You will need a total of 90 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
• Sc = Single Crochet
• Fpdc = Front Post Double Crochet

Start by making a foundation chain of 63 with a 4mm hook, or whichever hook you used for week 2’s single crochet piece.

Row 1. In the 3rd ch from your hook (your turning ch counts as the first st of your row) make a sc. Make a sc in each stitch across – 62 st

Row 2. Turn and ch 1. Make a sc in each st across – 62 st

Row 3. Turn and ch1. Make a *sc in each of the next 2st. Make a fpdc around the post of the st 2 rows below* Repeat between *and* To finish the row, make a sc in each of the last 2 st – 62 st

Row 4. Turn and ch1. Make a sc in each st across – 62st

Row 5. Turn and ch1. *Make a sc in each of the next 2 st. Make a fpdc around the fpdc 2 rows below* Repeat between *and* Finish the row by making a sc in each of the last 2 st – 62st

Rows 6 – 29. Repeat rows 4 and 5

Joining Your Pieces

Your finished piece should be 62 stitches wide and 29 rows high, which counts as 29 stitches high for joining purposes since you have all sc rows. You can see how the pieces are joined together here. If you are following my gauge, then your piece will measure 38.5cm wide and 15cm 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 Bar piece should be joined directly below week 27’s Cluster Linen piece, and they should line up stitch for stitch. The right hand edge will be attached to the remaining unattached stitches of week 22’s Wedge stitch piece and Week 22’s Suzette stitch piece. The Bar piece will form part of the bottom edge of your blanket.

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 Bar stitch piece to the previous pieces, that is it for week 28 of the FrankenScrap crochet along, I’ll be back next Friday for week 29 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.