Hello, and a huge welcome to Week 1 of the 2020 Vibrant Vintage Crochet-A-Long (VVCAL)! Today we are kicking off the CAL, and I wanted to tell you a little about what to expect.
What to Expect Today
- 3 blog posts, each with a square – New York Square, London Square (this post), Plain Granny Square
- Patterns include written instructions in US and UK Terms, chart, step-by-step photos, and YouTube video (US Terms).
Social Media Hashtags: #VVCAL and #CypressTextiles
2020 VVCAL Quick Links
- 2020 VVCAL Main Information Page
- 2020 VVCAL Tips and Tricks Page
- 2020 VVCAL Ravelry ebook Motifs link back to their blog posts. Favorite the square, add it to your Ravelry queue, see others’ projects, and more!
- Vibrant Vintage CAL (Official) Facebook Group Post VVCAL WIP/FO pics, ask questions, post your FO pic of the old 2016 or 2018 VVCAL blanket.
- CypressTextiles Tree Huggers Facebook Group – This is my main FB group (join!). Share your VVCAL progress pics in this group if you like, and I will share CAL highlights here, but the weekly action will be in the other group linked above.
- YouTube Channel (Subscribe!) – Here I will be posting CAL pattern videos weekly for the duration of the CAL.
- 2016 VVCAL Info page and 2018 VVCAL Info page – Just in case you want to substitute some of those patterns in your blanket.
London Square
Find the Ravelry Page for this square here and add your project!
5 London Fun Facts
From Patrick Smith via BuzzFeed
- Only one house where Charles Dickens lived still stands, at 48 Doughty Street, which is now a museum. He lived there from 1837 and 1839, and it’s where he wrote Oliver Twist and The Pickwick Papers.
- Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club on Frith Street was the site of Jimi Hendrix’s last public performance in 1970
- There is a Cereal Café in London which serves more than a 100 varieties of cereals from different parts of the world.
- Big Ben is not the tower, it is the bell inside it. Its chime is in the key of E.
- It is illegal to die in the Palace of Westminster.
London Square Pattern
“Catona 10g Colour Pack” Version: Make 2 – Use colors 528 and 255
Catona “Shy Violet” Version: Make 2 – Use colors 520 and 255
Catona Color No. 520 Catona Color No. 255
Catona “Fresh Earth” Version: Make 2 – Use colors 388 and 524
Catona Color No. 388 Catona Color No. 524
Colour Crafter Version: Make 1 – I used color 1822 Note: I’m just using my stash.
Colour Crafter Color No. 1822
Stone Washed / River Washed 10g Colour Pack Version: Make 2 – Use colors 834 and 943
Stone Washed Color No. 834 River Washed Color No. 943
Measurements and Materials
- Measurements: Blanket will measure about 64x72in for all colorways/yarns
- Gauge: Squares measure 4.25in for Catona, 6in for Colour Crafter, XXX for Stone Washed/River Washed
- Notions: US Size 3mm hook for Catona, 4.25mm hook for Colour Crafter, 3.5mm for Stone Washed’/River Washed
- Yarn: Scheepjes Catona or Scheepjes Colour Crafter or Stone Washed/River Washed (See Main Info Page for quantity and colors)
Chart
Video
Note: Video is spoken in US Terms. Watch on mute to avoid confusion for UK Terms.
Subscribe on YouTube for more videos like this one!
Stitch Guide (US Terms)
Note: Scroll down for UK Terms.
- 3dccl 3dc cluster: (yoh, insert hook in st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 3 times, yoh, draw yarn through 4 lps
- beg beginning
- beg 3dccl beg 3dc cluster: beg dc, (yoh, insert hook in st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 2 times, yoh, draw yarn through 3 lps
- beg dc (sc, ch1) – counts as 1 dc
- beg dc5tog beginning dc 5 together: beg dc, (yoh, insert hook in next st, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, pull yarn through 2 lps) 4 times, yoh, pull yarn through 5 lps
- chN chain N number of times
- dc double crochet
- dc5tog (yoh, insert hook in next st, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, pull yarn through 2 lps) 5 times, yoh, pull yarn through 6 lps
- lp loop
- MR make ring: slip knot, ch3, ss in third ch from hook
- puff st (yoh, insert hook in st, yoh, pull up lp) 3 times, yoh, draw yarn through all lps
- sc single crochet
- sp space (chain space)
- ss slip stitch
- st stitch
- yoh yarn over hook
Written Instructions & Step-by-step Photos (US Terms)
Rnd 1 MR, beg dc, 15dc, ss in beg dc. [16 dc]
Rnd 2 Elongate lp to the height of a puff st, (make puff st in next st, ch1) 16 times, ss in first ch of rnd. [16 puff st, 16 sp]
Rnd 3 Beg 3dccl in first sp, (ch2, 3dccl in next sp) 15 times, ch2, ss in beg 3dccl. [16 3dccl, 16 sp]
Note: Motif may cup after this round, but it will resolve on the next couple of rounds.
Rnd 4 Ss in first ch, sc in same sp, (ch1, 5dc in next 3 sps, ch1, sc in next sp) 4 times omitting final sc, ss in first sc. [60 dc, 4 sc, 8 sp]
Rnd 5 Ss in first ch, beg dc5tog across first 5 dc, * ch4, dc5tog, ch4, ss in top of previous dc5tog working ss around ch-4 sp – picot made, ch4, dc5tog, ch3, sc in next sp, ch2, sc in next sp, ch3, dc5tog, rep from * 3 times omitting final dc5tog, ss in beg dc5tog. [4 picot, 12 dc5tog, 8 sc, 20 sp]
Rnd 6 (4sc in sp, 5sc in picot, 4sc in next sp, 3sc in next 3 sps) 4 times, ss in first sc, cut yarn and weave ends. [88 sc]
Stitch Guide (UK Terms)
Note: Scroll up for US Terms.
- 3trcl 3tr cluster: (yoh, insert hook in st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 3 times, yoh, draw yarn through 4 lps
- beg beginning
- beg 3trcl beg 3tr cluster: beg tr, (yoh, insert hook in st/sp, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps) 2 times, yoh, draw yarn through 3 lps
- beg tr (dc, ch1) – counts as 1 tr
- beg tr5tog beginning tr5 together: beg tr, (yoh, insert hook in next st, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, pull yarn through 2 lps) 4 times, yoh, pull yarn through 5 lps
- chN chain N number of times
- dc double crochet
- tr5tog (yoh, insert hook in next st, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, pull yarn through 2 lps) 5 times, yoh, pull yarn through 6 lps
- lp loop
- MR make ring: slip knot, ch3, ss in third ch from hook
- puff st (yoh, insert hook in st, yoh, pull up lp) 3 times, yoh, draw yarn through all lps
- sp space (chain space)
- ss slip stitch
- st stitch
- tr treble crochet
- yoh yarn over hook
Written Instructions & Step-by-step Photos (UK Terms)
Rnd 1 MR, beg tr, 15tr, ss in beg tr. [16 tr]
Rnd 2 Elongate lp to the height of a puff st, (make puff st in next st, ch1) 16 times, ss in first ch of rnd. [16 puff st, 16 sp]
Rnd 3 Beg 3trcl in first sp, (ch2, 3trcl in next sp) 15 times, ch2, ss in beg 3trcl. [16 3trcl, 16 sp]
Note: Motif may cup after this round, but it will resolve on the next couple of rounds.
Rnd 4 Ss in first ch, dc in same sp, (ch1, 5tr in next 3 sps, ch1, dc in next sp) 4 times omitting final dc, ss in first dc. [60 tr, 4 dc, 8 sp]
Rnd 5 Ss in first ch, beg tr5tog across first 5 tr, * ch4, tr5tog, ch4, ss in top of previous tr5tog working ss around ch-4 sp – picot made, ch4, tr5tog, ch3, dc in next sp, ch2, dc in next sp, ch3, tr5tog, rep from * 3 times omitting final tr5tog, ss in beg tr5tog. [4 picot, 12 tr5tog, 8 dc, 20 sp]
Rnd 6 (4dc in sp, 5dc in picot, 4dc in next sp, 3dc in next 3 sps) 4 times, ss in first dc, cut yarn and weave ends. [88 dc]
Links to Completed Squares
- Plain Granny Square
- New York
- London (this post)
- Paris
- Munich
Pin the London Square!
Thank you so much for stopping in for Week 1 of the 2020 VVCAL!
Happy Crafting,
Rachele C. – The Art of Crochet Blankets
2020 VVCAL Quick Links
- 2020 VVCAL Main Information Page
- 2020 VVCAL Tips and Tricks Page
- 2020 VVCAL Ravelry ebook – motifs link back to their blog posts. Favorite the square, add it to your Ravelry queue, see others’ projects, and more!
- Vibrant Vintage CAL (Official) Facebook Group Post VVCAL WIP/FO pics, ask questions, post your FO pic of the old 2016 or 2018 VVCAL blanket.
- CypressTextiles Tree Huggers Facebook Group – This is my main FB group (join!). Share your VVCAL progress pics in this group if you like, and I will share CAL highlights here, but the weekly action will be in the other group linked above.
- YouTube Channel (Subscribe!) – Here I will be posting CAL pattern videos weekly for the duration of the CAL.
- 2016 VVCAL Info page and 2018 VVCAL Info page – Just in case you want to substitute some of those patterns in your blanket.
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