Hello, lovely crafter! Welcome to the pattern for my Quarter-Mandala Square, part of the Gloria Blanket. I have written this pattern specifically with Scheepjes Catona in mind just to avoid confusion with so many yarn options.
For the Gloria Blanket CAL, please look for your yarn choice on the Week 9 post. You will find specific yarn colors for each square, gauge, motif measurements, hook size, and lots more info on that post. In that post, scroll to your yarn choice and follow the steps to complete this week’s CAL work. You will refer back to this pattern to create the square.
The pattern is in US Terms (This post) and UK Terms, and I provide step by step photos as well as a video which will release on Monday, Oct 5th on my YouTube channel.
Gloria Blanket CAL Quick Links
- Gloria Blanket CAL Main Info Page
- Gloria Blanket PDF Pattern Ravelry / Etsy / My Shop– As usual, the CAL will be released free every week here on my website, but I will offer the full blanket pattern in PDF form as soon as I write it up (I’ll have a date soon!)
- Instagram Sharing – I’m on Insta as @CypressTextiles. Hashtag your WIP and FO pics with #GloriaBlanket and #CypressTextiles so I can share and save them in my story highlights!
- CypressTextiles Tree Huggers Facebook Group – This is my main FB group (join!). Share your progress pics in this group if you like, and I will share CAL highlights there as well.
- YouTube Channel (Subscribe!) – Here I will be posting Gloria Blanket CAL pattern videos. Yay!
Social Media Hashtags: #GloriaBlanket and #CypressTextiles
Snowflake Square
This square was inspired by a photo of floor tiles that I saw in 2016 on the incredible Instagram account, @ihavethisthingwithfloors. After I saw that photo, I got to work designing the two motifs that are featured in this Gloria Blanket. The Snowflake Square will make a wonderful blanket on its own, but it is used in the Gloria Blanket as a foil to the Quarter-Mandala Square to break it up and add visual interest. Your first few motifs will require concentration, but after that, you should be able to sail through them in front of the telly.
You can use any amount of colors, one or many, to make this square. Here in this pattern, I use a background color plus two contrast colors, which I think you will really enjoy. Any color combination till be glorious – hence the name, Gloria! Hope you love the pattern! – Rachele C.
Details and Materials
Note: These details and materials are written for Catona yarn in general. Refer to the Week 9 CAL Post and find your yarn choice if you are using different yarn. Some notes for other versions will be given within the pattern, but please check the week 9 post first.
- Square measures 8in in Scheepjes Catona with a size 3mm hook, unblocked (I recommend blocking your squares before you join them.)
- To make each square, you need 8g each of 2 contrast colors (CC1 and CC2), plus 20g of main color (MC) (Ordering info below)
- 3mm hook
- 4 Stitch markers – Or use a small length of yarn, bobby pins, etc.
Order Yarn
For a variety of color, order the Scheepjes Catona 10g Colour Pack at the following shops. These are affiliate links, so shopping through them will help support CypressTextiles at no additional cost to you.
Order 50g balls of Scheepjes Catona background color from these shops. These are also affiliate links.
Stitch Guide (US Terms)
- beg dc (sc, ch1) – counts as 1 dc
- beg tr (sc, ch2) – counts as 1 tr
- ch chain
- dc double crochet
- dc2tog (yoh, insert hook in next st, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps on hook) 2 times, yoh, draw yarn through all 3 lps on hook
- dc3tog (yoh, insert hook in next st, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps on hook) 3 times, yoh, draw yarn through all 4 lps on hook
- dc4tog (yoh, insert hook in next st, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps on hook) 4 times, yoh, draw yarn through all 5 lps on hook
- FPtr Front Post treble crochet
- hdc half double crochet
- lp loop
- MR (make ring) ch3, ss in third ch from hook
- rem remaining
- rep repeat
- RS right side
- sc single crochet
- ss slip stitch
- sk skip
- sp space
- st stitch
- tr treble crochet
- tr4tog * yoh 2 times, insert hook in next st, (yoh, pull up lp, yoh, draw yarn through 2 lps on hook) 2 times, rep from * 3 times, yoh, draw yarn through all 4 lps on hook
- WS wrong side
- yoh yarn over hook
Instructions
Tips and Notes:
- To avoid having a lot of work when you are finished with the square, weave your ends after each time you cut the yarn. Please read the stitch guide for any abbreviations.
- Written instruction is followed by step-by-step photos with the respective snippet of instruction added above the photo for clarity.
- To get a neater result, I do not “chain up” for the first sc of the round/row; rather, I just jump straight into the first sc.
- Color Notes for the different CAL versions are added in where necessary. If you aren’t making this square for the Gloria Blanket CAL, just ignore these Color Notes.
Round 1
Rnd 1 (RS) Using MC, MR, (sc, ch1) 8 times, join round and change color by inserting hook in first sc and drawing CC1 (See color note below) through as if completing a slip st. [8 sc, 8 sp]
Gloria Blanket CAL Color Note
- Catona 10g Colour Pack Version – Use CC1.
- Cahlista 15g Colour Pack Version – Use CC1.
- Stone Washed / River Washed 10g Colour Pack Version – Use CC1.
- Metropolis 10g Colour Pack Version – Use CC throughout.
- Whirl + Whirlette Version – Use CC throughout.
- All other versions – Use CC throughout.
Step-by-step Photos
Using MC, MR, (sc, ch1) 8 times,
change color by inserting hook in first sc and drawing CC1 (See color note below) through as if completing a slip st.
Round 2
Rnd 2 (Beg dc, dc) in first ch-sp, (ch1, 2dc in next ch-sp) 7 times, ch1, ss in beg dc. [16 dc, 8 sp]
Step-by-step Photos
(Beg dc, dc) in first ch-sp,
(ch1, 2dc in next ch-sp) 7 times, ch1,
ss in beg dc.
Round 3
Rnd 3 Continuing with CC1, (beg dc, dc) in next st, (ch1, 2dc in next 2 dc sts) 7 times, ch1, 2dc in next st, close round and change color by inserting hook in beg dc and drawing MC through as if to complete the slip st.. [32 dc, 8 sp]
Step-by-step Photos
Continuing with CC1, (beg dc, dc) in next st,
(ch1, 2dc in next 2 dc sts) 7 times, ch1,
2dc in next st, close round and change color by inserting hook in beg dc and drawing MC through as if to complete the slip st.
Round 4
Rnd 4 Continuing in MC, sc in next st, (tr in ch-sp from Rnd 1, sc in next 4 sts) 8 times omitting final sc, ss in first sc, changing color to CC1 using same method as before. [8 tr, 32 sc]
Step-by-step Photos
Continuing in MC, sc in next st,
(tr in ch-sp from Rnd 1, sc in next 4 sts) 8 times omitting final sc,
ss in first sc, changing color to CC1 using same method as before.
Round 5
Rnd 5 Continuing with CC1, ss in next st, (beg dc, dc) in next st, (dc in next 2 sts, 2dc in next st, ch1, 2dc in next st) 8 times omitting final 2dc, ss in beg dc changing color to MC as before. [48 dc, 8 sp]
Step-by-step Photos
Continuing with CC1, ss in next st,
(beg dc, dc) in next st,
(dc in next 2 sts, 2dc in next st, ch1, 2dc in next st) 8 times omitting final 2dc, ss in beg dc changing color to MC as before.
Round 6
Rnd 6 Continuing with MC, (sc in next 5 sts, FPtr around tr from Row 4, sc in next st) 8 times, ss in first sc changing to CC1 as before. [8 FPtr, 48 sc]
Step-by-step Photos
Continuing with MC, (sc in next 5 sts, FPtr around tr from Row 4, sc in next st) 8 times,
ss in first sc changing to CC1 as before.
Round 7
Rnd 7 Continuing with CC1, beg dc in next st, (dc in next 2 sts, 2dc in next st, ch1, 2dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts) 8 times omitting final dc, ss in beg dc changing color to MC as before. [64 dc, 8 sp]
Step-by-step Photos
Continuing with CC1, beg dc in next st,
(dc in next 2 sts, 2dc in next st, ch1, 2dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts) 8 times omitting final dc,
ss in beg dc changing color to MC as before.
Round 8
Rnd 8 Continuing in MC, (sc in next 4 sts, FPtr around FPtr from Row 6, sc in next 4 sts) 8 times, ss in first sc changing to CC1 as before. [8 FPtr, 64 sc]
Step-by-step Photos
Continuing in MC, (sc in next 4 sts, FPtr around FPtr from Row 6, sc in next 4 sts) 8 times,
ss in first sc changing to CC1 as before.
Round 9
Note: For rounds 9-11, be sure to work over the dropped color.
Rnd 9 Continuing with CC1, beg dc in next st, (dc2tog changing color to MC on final step of dc2tog, using MC, 5dc in FPtr changing color back to CC1 on final step of fifth dc, using CC1, dc2tog, dc in next 4 sts) 8 times omitting final dc, do not join round. [16 dc2tog, 72 dc]
Step-by-step Photos
Continuing with CC1 and this time working over MC, beg dc in next st,
(dc2tog changing color to MC on final step of dc2tog, working over CC1 make 5dc in FPtr changing color back to CC1 on final step of fifth dc, working over MC dc2tog, dc in next 4 sts) 8 times omitting final dc,
do not join round.
Round 10
Rnd 10 Beg dc straight into beg dc st, dc in next st changing to MC on final step – these 2 sts count as 1 dc2tog, (using MC, 2dc in next 5 dc changing to CC1 in final step of tenth dc, using CC1, dc2tog, dc in next 2 sts, dc2tog changing to MC on final step) 8 times omitting final dc2tog, sk beg dc, ss in dc changing color to MC as before, cut CC1 unless instructed not to in color note below. [16 dc2tog, 96 dc]
Gloria Blanket CAL Color Note
- Catona 10g Colour Pack Version – Cut CC1.
- Cahlista 15g Colour Pack Version – Cut CC1.
- Stone Washed / River Washed 10g Colour Pack Version – Cut CC1.
- Metropolis 10g Colour Pack Version – Do not cut CC.
- Whirl + Whirlette Version – Do not cut CC.
- All other versions – Do not cut CC.
Step-by-step Photos
Working over MC make beg dc straight into beg dc st, dc in next st changing to MC on final step – these 2 sts count as 1 dc2tog,
(working over CC1 2dc in next 5 dc changing to CC1 in final step of tenth dc, working over MC dc2tog, dc in next 2 sts, dc2tog changing to MC on final step) 8 times omitting final dc2tog,
sk beg dc, ss in dc changing color to MC as before.
Round 11
Rnd 11 Continuing with MC, beg tr in next st, tr in same st, (2dc in next st, hdc, sc in 4 sts, hdc, 2dc in next st, 2tr in next st changing to CC2 (see color note below) on final step of second tr, using tr4tog changing to MC on final step of tr4tog, using MC, 2tr in next st) 8 times omitting final 2 tr, using MC, ss in beg tr, cut CC/CC2. [8 tr4tog, 32 tr, 32 dc, 16 hdc, 32 sc]
Gloria Blanket CAL Color Note
- Catona 10g Colour Pack Version – Change to CC2.
- Cahlista 15g Colour Pack Version – Change to CC2.
- Stone Washed / River Washed 10g Colour Pack Version – Change to CC2.
- Metropolis 10g Colour Pack Version – Carry up CC – Use same CC throughout.
- Whirl + Whirlette Version – Carry up CC – Use same CC throughout.
- All other versions – Carry up CC – Use same CC throughout.
Step-by-step Photos
Continuing with MC, beg tr in next st, tr in same st,
(2dc in next st, hdc, sc in 4 sts, hdc, 2dc in next st, 2tr in next st changing to CC2 (see color note below) on final step of second tr, using tr4tog changing to MC on final step of tr4tog, using MC, 2tr in next st) 8 times omitting final 2 tr,
using MC, ss in beg tr.
Round 12
Rnd 12 (Sc in next 12 sts, 2sc in next st, sc in tr4tog, 2sc in next st) 8 times, ss in first sc, cut MC. [136 sc]
Step-by-step Photos
(Sc in next 12 sts, 2sc in next st, sc in tr4tog, 2sc in next st) 8 times,
ss in first sc.
Make Corner Triangle Fill
Row 1 Count 4 sc back on sc sts from Rnd 12, insert hook and bring CC/CC2 through, ss to secure lp, beg dc in same st, dc2tog – beg dc and dc2tog count as 1 dc3tog, dc in next 14 sts, dc3tog, turn. [2 dc3tog, 14 dc]
Step by step photos
Count 4 sc back on sc sts from Rnd 12, insert hook and bring CC/CC2 through,
ss to secure lp,
beg dc in same st,
dc2tog – beg dc and dc2tog count as 1 dc3tog,
dc in next 14 sts, dc3tog.
Row 2 Beg dc in dc3tog, dc2tog – counts as 1 dc3tog as before, (ch1, sk1, dc) 4 times, ch1, dc4tog, turn. [1 dc4tog, 1 dc3tog, 4 dc, 5 sp]
Step by step photos
Beg dc in dc3tog,
dc2tog – counts as 1 dc3tog as before,
(ch1, sk1, dc) 4 times, ch1, dc4tog.
Row 3 Beg dc in dc4tog, dc2tog – counts as 1 dc3tog as before, dc in next 5 sts/sps, dc3tog, turn. [2 dc3tog, 5 dc]
Step by step photos
Beg dc in dc4tog,
dc2tog – counts as 1 dc3tog as before,
dc in next 5 sts/sps, dc3tog.
Row 4 Beg dc in dc3tog, dc2tog – counts as 1 dc3tog as before, ch1, dc3tog, turn. [2 dc3tog, 1 sp]
Step by step photos
Beg dc in dc3tog, dc2tog – counts as 1 dc3tog as before,
ch1, dc3tog.
Row 5 Insert hook in dc3tog, yoh, pull up lp, rep in ch-sp and next dc3tog, yoh and draw yarn through all 4 lps on hook, cut yarn and weave ends.
Step by step photos
Insert hook in dc3tog, yoh, pull up lp, rep in ch-sp and next dc3tog,
yoh and draw yarn through all 4 lps on hook.
cut yarn and weave ends.
Using CC/CC2, repeat Corner Triangle Fill at other 3 corners of motif.
Square Border
Join MC in any corner, (3sc in corner, sc 34 evenly across) 4 times, ss in first sc, cut yarn and weave ends. [148 sc]
Finishing
Block square to same dimensions as your Quarter-Mandala Square.
The end! Give yourself a fist bump!
Hope you enjoy this square, and I can’t wait to see your WIP pics with all the awesome colors the community has picked. See you in the FB group and on IG!
Happy Crafting as always,
Rachele C.
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