Welcome to week 5 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 5 Of The Wall Of Stitches Crochet Along

This week we’re going to be starting the third row of our blankets. You can put your previous section to one side for now until we complete this third row.

This week we will be using the Floret and the Tunisian Tower stitches.

I’ve used the Uneven Floret stitch before during my first CAL – The 50 Stitches, but this is the first time I’ve used the regular Floret stitch. It’s also the first time I’ve used the Tunisian Tower stitch, which I discovered during my search for stitches for the Wall Of Stitches.

Piece 9 – Floret

The Floret stitch is a simple stitch that creates a really subtle texture on the front of the fabric. The texture is regular with all the bumps lining up with each other.

I used the shade Pansy Purple (648) from Lovecrafts 100% Cotton Aran range for this piece.

Click here for the left hand video

Abbreviations

• Ch = Chain
• St = Stitch
• Slst = Slip stitch
• Dc = 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 your first st of the row). Make a dc in each ch across – 65st

Row 2. Turn and ch1. Make a dc turning ch in the first st. Make a dc in the next st 

and then *make a slst in the next st and then make a dc in the following st* repeat between *and* 

Making a dc in the last st of the row – 65st

Row 3. Turn and ch1. Make a dc turning ch in the first st. Make a dc in each st across – 65st

Row 4-7. Repeat rows 2-3

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. Into each row down the sides 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

This is the first piece of your next strip

Piece 10 – Tunisian Tower

The Tunisian Tower or the Tunisian Slip stitch as it is also known is an unusual stitch that creates columns of stitches stacked next to each other. This stitch uses Tunisian style of crochet to create the towers which gives this stitch it’s unique look.

I used the shade Blood Orange 620 from Lovecrafts 100% Cotton Aran range for this piece.

Click here for the left hand video

Abbreviations

• Ch = Chain
• St = Stitch
• SlSt = Slip Stitch
• YO = Yarn Over
• BLO = Back Loop Only
• Dbtr = Double Treble

Start by making a foundation chain of 31

Row 1. In the 2nd ch from your hook make a slst. Slst in every ch across – 30st

Rows 2 and 3. Turn and ch1. Using the BLO make a slst in each st across – 30st

Row 4. Turn and ch4. *Make a dbtr in the next st. YO and insert your hook into the top loop of the dbtr, pull up a loop. Insert hook into second loop, pull up a loop, insert hook into third loop, pull up a loop (you will have 5 loops on your hook).

Make a slst into the next st of the row, pulling through the first loop only and then YO and pull through each of the loops on your hook (2 loops at a time) Repeat  4 times* 

repeat across the row – you will have 15 towers in total.

Rows 5-7. Repeat row 2

Row 8. Repeat row 4

Rows 9-11. Repeat rows 5-7

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 4 sc into the side of each repeat of row 4. Into the sides of row 1 and the repeat of rows 2 and 4 make 1 sc. Ignore the repeats of Row 3 – you don’t make any border stitches into these row.

When you get to the corners add an extra stitch into the corner – you will have 14 sc down each side and 30 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 Tunisian Tower piece to the right hand edge of the Floret piece using the Flat Braid join. You can see how to do that here.

Next week we will be finishing the third row of your Wall Of Stitches blanket.

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