Welcome to week 7 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 7 Of The Wall Of Stitches Crochet Along

This week we are starting the 4th row of our blankets using the Treads and Crosses Shells stitches.

These are both new stitches for me that I discovered whilst searching for stitches for the Wall Of Stitches. The Treads stitch is a really thick, dense, hole free stitch that is quite bulky. The Crossed Shells is a really pretty variety of Shell stitch that needs some attention as to where you place your stitches but looks fabulous.

Piece 13 – Treads

The Treads stitch is quite a bulky stitch and it’s going to look like it’s too long compared to your other pieces. But fear not, it will come together once your border is added. This is a really dense stitch and a yarn eater, but it is an interesting one to make.

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
• YO = Yarn Over
• Sc = Single Crochet

Start by making a foundation chain of 31

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

Row 2. Turn and ch1. Make a sc in the first st of the row and then make a Treads st 

To make a Treads st – insert your hook into the next st, YO and pull up a loop. 

Insert your hook into the previous st (the same st as your previous st), YO and pull up a loop. 

YO and pull through all 3 loops on your hook.

Make a Treads st in each st across and then to finish the row make a sc in the last st. – 30st ( 28 Treads st / 2 sc )

Rows 3-14. Repeat row 2.

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 and into each row down the side. 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 – 92st

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

This is the first piece of your next strip.

Piece 14 – Crossed Shells

The Crossed Shells stitch is a really pretty variation of a shell stitch. It uses spike stitches to create the extra detail underneath each shell that gives this stitch that extra feeling. This stitch needs some extra attention paying to your stitch placement, but once you get into it, it works up quickly.

I used the shade Marine Blue (634) from Lovecrafts 100% Cotton Aran range for this piece.

Click here for the left hand video

Abbreviations

• Ch = Chain
• St = Stitch
• Chsp = Chain Space
• Sk = Skip
• SlSt = Slip Stitch
• Sc = Single Crochet
• Dc = Double Crochet

Start by making a foundation chain of 66

Row 1. In the 2nd ch from your hook make a sc. *Ch1 and then sk the next 3 ch. In the next ch make (3dc, ch2, 3dc) all in the same ch – this makes your shell. Make a ch1 and then sk the next 3 ch. Make a  sc in the next ch* repeat across the row – 8 shells, 16 ch1, 9 sc / 89 st

Row 2. Turn and ch1. Make a dc turning ch in the first st (this counts as your first st of the row) then also make a dc in the first st. *Ch3 and make a sc in the chsp, then ch3. Sk the next ch1 sp and then make a dc in the ch1 sp after that.

Ch1 and then go back and make a dc spike st in the previous ch1 sp working around the other stitches.*

Repeat between *and* when you have 1 shell left, ch3 and make a sc in the chsp, then ch3 and finish the row by making 2dc in the last st – 9 dc, 9 dc spike, 16 ch3, 7 ch1,  8 sc / 81st

Row 3. Turn and ch1. Make a dc turning ch in the first st and then ch 1 and still working into the first st of the row make 3dc. 

*Ch1 and make a sc in the sc in the previous row. Ch1, make a shell (3dc, ch2, 3dc) In the ch 1 sp in the middle of the crossed stitches.*

Repeat between *and* after working into the last ch sp, ch1 and make a sc in the sc in the previous row and then ch1. Make (3dc, ch1, dc) all in the last st – 7 whole shells – 90st

Row 4. Turn, and ch1. Make a sc in the first chsp of the row (not the first st). 

*Ch3 and sk the first ch1 sp and make a dc in the next ch1 sp. Then ch1. Go back and make a dc spike st in the previous ch1 sp working around the other stitches 

Then ch3 and make a sc in the ch2sp.*

Repeat between *and* after the last ch3 finish the row with a sc in the last chsp – 9 sc, 8 dc, 8 dc spike, 16 ch3, 8 ch1 / 81st

Row 5. Turn and ch1. Make a sc in the first st. *Ch1 and make a shell (3dc, ch2, 3dc) in the ch 1 sp in the middle of the crossed stitches. Ch1 and make a sc in the sc that you made into the top of the shell in the row below* finish the row with a sc in the last st.

Repeat between *and* after the last ch1 finish the row with  a sc in the last st – 8 shells / 89 st

Rows 6 – 9. Repeat rows 2 – 5

Row 10. Turn and ch1. Make a sc in the first st. *Ch3 and make a slst in the ch2sp, ch3 and then make a sc in the sc*

repeat between *and* make a sc in last st of the row – 9 sc, 16 ch3, 8 slst /  65st

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 will make 1 sc in the rows that have a sc, and 2 sc in the rows with a dc. 

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 Crossed Ripple piece to the right hand edge of the Treads piece using the Flat Braid join. You can see how to do that here.

Next week we will be completing the fourth row of your Wall Of Stitches blanket.

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