Welcome to week 38 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 38 Of The FrankenScrap Crochet Along

Our next part of the FrankenScrap crochet along has 2 separate pieces, The Wattle piece and the Bean piece.

For the Wattle piece you will need a total of 40 metres of DK / Light Worsted yarn in 2 different colours. I used Rico Cotton Essentials DK. 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.

For the Bean piece you will need a total of 58 metres of DK / Light Worsted yarn in 2 different colours. I used Lana Grossa Cotone for this piece, a 100% mercerised cotton yarn that is multicoloured. It comes in a large range of colourways, although the Cotone range isn’t easy to get hold of as only limited outlets seem to carry it.

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 Wattle stitch is a single crochet based stitch with a strong texture, but it is a flat stitch. It works up slowly but it has a pretty look that would suit a huge range of crochet projects, especially as it is a hole free stitch.

The Bean stitch is one of those stitches that always looks amazing. It is made up of slanting rows of puff stitches that interlock together to create this pretty stitch that works with both solid and multiple colour yarn.

Week 38 FrankenScrap Pattern

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The Wattle Stitch

You will need a total of 40 meters of yarn for this piece if you are sticking to my gauge of 16sc in 10cm, 19 rows in 10cm

Abbreviations

• Ch = Chain
• St = Stitch
• Sk = Skip
• Sp = Space
• Sc = Single crochet
• Dc = Double crochet

Start by making a foundation chain of 45

Row 1. In the 3rd ch from your hook (your turning ch counts as the first st of the row) *make (sc, ch1, dc) all in the same stitch. 

sk 2 st, then in the next st* repeat between *and* Finish the row by making a sc in the last st – 44st

Row 2. Turn and ch1. Skip the first 2 st and then *in the ch 1 sp make (sc, ch1, dc) all in the same space* 

repeat between *and* Finish the row by making a sc in the turning ch – 44 st

Rows 3 – 15. Repeat row 2 

The Bean Stitch

You will need a total of 58 meters of yarn for this piece if you are sticking to my gauge of 16sc in 10cm, 19 rows in 10cm

Abbreviations

• Ch = Chain
• St = Stitch
• Sk = Skip
• Sp = Space

Start by making a foundation chain of 15

Row 1. In the 3rd ch from your hook, *make a Bean stitch – insert your hook into the ch and YO and pull up a loop x 3 – 6 loops on your hook.

YO and pull through all loops on your hook. Ch1 and sk the next ch* 

repeat between *and* make a bean in the last st – 7 Beans

Row 2. Turn and ch1. *make a bean into the side of the bean stitch below.

ch1* Repeat between *and*

Rows 3 – 18. Repeat row 2.

Joining Your Pieces

Your finished Wattle piece should be 44 stitches wide and 15 rows high, which counts as 15 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 27.5cm wide and 8cm high.

Your Bean stitch piece should be 14 stitches wide and 18 rows high which counts as 27 rows high as your Beans count as hdc sized stiches. If you are following my gauge, then your piece will measure 8.5cm wide and 14.5cm 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 Bean stitch piece should be joined beneath week 35’s Slanted Shell piece, and the right hand edge of week 36’s Feather piece. The Bean piece will line up with the edges of both the pieces it is joined onto stitch for stitch. The Wattle piece should be joined to the bottom of the Bean piece and to the remaining stitches of week 36’s Feather piece. The right hand edge should be joined to week 37’s Caramel 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 Wattle and Bean stitch piece to the previous pieces, that is it for week 38 of the FrankenScrap crochet along, I’ll be back next Friday for week 39 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.