Welcome to week 43 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 43 Of The FrankenScrap Crochet Along

Our next piece of the FrankenScrap crochet along is made with the Side Saddle stitch. For this piece you will need a total of 45 meters of DK / Light Worsted yarn. I used DMC Petra for this piece, a 100% mercerised cotton yarn. It is a lovely silky yarn that is a bit on the thin side for a DK yarn but it does look good and just glides over your hook as you use 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 Side Saddle stitch looks very much like the Drunken Granny stitch, except for the way the groups of dc are finished. It is a very open stitch so would suit projects that needed to be light and airy such as spring shawls or summer tops.

Week 43 FrankenScrap Pattern

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You will need a total of 45 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
• YO = Yarn Over
• Sc = Single Crochet
• Dc = Double Crochet
• Dc4tog = Double Crochet 4 Together

Start by making a foundation chain of 62 with a 4mm hook

Row 1. Make a sc in the 2nd ch from your hook. *Ch 3, make dc4tog over the next 4 st.

ch 1 and make a sc in the next st* Repeat between *and*

Row 2. Turn and ch 1. Make a dc turning ch in the first st and then ch 3. Make a sc in the top of the dc4tog. *Ch 3 and then make a dc4tog in the ch 3 sp. 

Ch 1 and then make a sc in the top of the dc4tog* Repeat between *and* but after your last dc4tog in the final chsp of the row, don’t make a sc, instead making a dc in the last st of the row.

Row 3. Turn and ch1. Sk the first st and make a sc in the top of the dc4tog. 

*ch3 and then make a dc4tog in the ch3 sp. Ch 1 and make a sc in the top of the dc4tog* Repeat between *and* making a sc in the last st of the row.

Rows 4- 9. Repeat rows 2 and 3

Row 10. Turn and ch1. Make a dc turning ch in the first st *ch 3 and make a sc in the chsp* Repeat between *and* making a dc in the last st of the row.

Joining Your Pieces

Your finished piece should be 60 stitches wide and 10 rows high, which counts as 12 stitches high for joining purposes since you have dc and sc rows. You can see how the pieces are joined together here. If you are following my gauge, then your piece will measure 37.5cm wide and 6.5cm 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 Side Saddle piece should be joined beneath week 41’s C2C stitch piece and the remaining stitches of week 40’s Paired hdc stitch piece. You will also be joining the right hand side to week 42’s Falling Leaves 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 Side Saddle stitch piece to the previous pieces, that is it for week 43 of the FrankenScrap crochet along, I’ll be back next Friday for week 44 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.