Welcome to week 4 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 4 Of The Wall Of Stitches Crochet Along

This week we’re going to be finishing our second row of our blanket, after which we can join this row to the first row that we completed in week 2.

This week we’ll be using the Wildflower and the Alpine stitches.

I used the Alpine stitch in my very first crochet along The 50 Stitches and it has made a reappearance as it is such a great stitch with all that amazing texture. This is my first time using the Wildflower stitch though. The Wildflower is a really simple flat stitch that is also double sided. It works up really quickly and look like buds of wildflowers.

Piece 7 – Wildflower

The Wildflower is a quick and easy stitch to make. It is flat with no texture and is a double sided stitch. The Wildflowers are staggered making this a 4 row repeat and a pretty stitch to create.

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
• Sk = Skip
• St = Stitch
• Sc = Single Crochet
• Dc = Double Crochet

Start by making a foundation chain of 31

Row 1. In the 3rd ch from your hook make a sc (your turning ch counts as your first st of the row). Make a sc in each st across – 30st

Row 2. Turn and ch1. Make a dc turning ch in the first st. *Make 2dc in the next st and then sk the next st* repeat between *and* making a dc in the last st of the row.

Row 3. Turn and ch1. Make a sc in the first st and then make a sc in each st across – 30st

Row 4. Turn and ch1. Make a dc turning ch in the first st. *Sk the next st and then make 2dc in the next st* 

repeat between *and* making a dc in the last st.

Row 5. Turn and ch1. Make a sc in the first st and then make a sc in each st across – 30st

Rows 6 – 9. Repeat rows 2-5

Row 10. Turn and ch1. Make a sc in the first st and then make a sc in each st across – 30st

Now we need to add a border around your piece. 

For the left hand border video click here

For the right hand border video 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 you make one sc in the side of each repeat of rows 3 and 5, and into the sides of each repeat of rows 2 and 4 you make 2 sc. Make 1 sc into the side of row 10. 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 – 102st

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 Wildflower piece to the right hand edge of the Trinity piece using the Flat Braid join. You can see how to do that here.

Piece 8 – Alpine

The Alpine stitch has always been popular. It is easy to make, looks amazing has fabulous texture and is so versatile in the projects you can use it for. It is a single sided stitch so all of the texture is on one side only.

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
• Sc = Single Crochet
• Dc = Double Crochet
• Fpdc = Front Post Double Crochet

Start by making a foundation chain of 67

Row 1. In the 4th ch from your hook make a dc (your turning ch counts as the first stitch of the row). Make a dc in each st across – 65st

Row 2. Turn and ch1. Make a sc in the first st, then make a sc in each st across – 65st

Row 3. Turn and ch1. Make a dc turning ch in the first st. *Around the post of the dc 2 rows below make a Fpdc, 

and then make a dc in the next st* repeat between *and* – 65st

Row 4. Turn and ch1. Make a sc in the first st of the row and then make a sc  in each st across – 65st

Row 5. Turn and ch1. Make a dc turning ch in the first st. *Make a dc in the next st and then make a fpdc around the post of the st 2 rows below* repeat between *and* making a dc in the last 2 st of the row.

Rows 6 – 9. 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 you make one sc in the side of each repeat of rows 3 and 5, and into the sides of each repeat of rows 2 and 4 you make 2 sc. 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 Alpine piece to the right hand edge of the Wildflower piece using the Flat Braid join. You can see how to do that here.

This is your 2nd strip complete.

You can now join this strip above your first strip using the Flat Braid join. You can see how to do that here.

Next week we will be beginning the third row of your Wall Of Stitches blanket, but for now you can put this finished section to one side.

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