Author: Rachele Carmona

Gloria Blanket CAL – Week 2 Instructions

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Hello, and welcome to the second week of my Gloria Blanket Crochet-Along! This week we will make a mix of Quarter Mandala Squares and Snowflake Squares. I am so pumped to get started and I’m very thankful that you’re joining me for this CAL. Have fun and share pics! Please read everything carefully. 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 …

Gloria Blanket: Quarter-Mandala Square (UK Terms)

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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 and UK Terms (This post), and I provide step by step photos as well as a video which will release on Saturday, Sept 26th 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 …

Gloria Blanket: Quarter-Mandala Square (US Terms)

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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 Saturday, Sept 26th 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 …

Gloria Blanket CAL – Week 1 Instructions

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Hello, and welcome to the first week of my Gloria Blanket Crochet-Along! This week we will make some of the Quarter-Mandala Squares. I am so pumped to get started and I’m very thankful that you’re joining me for this CAL. Have fun and share pics! Please read everything carefully. 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: Main Info Page

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December 4 and 11: Weeks 11 and 12 = Join and Border! The PDF is now out! Gloria Blanket PDF Pattern Ravelry / Etsy / My Shop Announcement – Please read As some of the recommended yarns are difficult to find, I have updated the yarn info below. Please take a look at your chosen yarn and see if I have added any recommended substitutes. I have also added a few more yarn choices and posted the yarn amounts for you! Check it out below. Introduction Hello, lovely! Today I am shouting out the announcement for my Gloria Blanket CAL! One of my favorite things to do in my designer life is to host a Crochet-A-Long. I just love the community involvement, and I especially love seeing the different variations being made all over Instagram and my Facebook Group. Gloria has been several years in the making and I am so pleased to finally release the pattern as a CAL. Originally, I wasn’t going to as my typical CALs have many different motifs to entertain …

Technicolour Dream Blanket: Scheepjes YARN Bookazine, The Colour Issue

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Hello, lovely crafter! Today I have a special treat for you. I want to show you the latest Scheepjes YARN Bookazine: The Colour Issue, a celebration of 10 issues of YARN and the perfect salute to color. If you’ve followed my work for any length of time, you know that I am color obsessed, so when Scheepjes told me that the next issue of YARN would be The Colour Issue of course I jumped for joy! I mean just look at the cover. The bookazine is on its way to me, and I am absolutely giddy to receive it and flip through the pages. You may have a copy – or maybe a collection – of YARN Bookazine, so you know that it’s more than just the awesome patterns within… It’s the photography, the mood, the theme, and much more. When you flip through it, it truly is like flipping through a magazine, and you’ll find yourself reaching for it again and again, just to look through the beautiful pages. And as for this issue, …

Beach Hut Blanket: Free Crochet Pattern

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Hello, you! Today I have the fourth installment of my free Linen Stitch Blanket Series, the Beach Hut Blanket. This pattern was originally published in 2015, but since then it has been updated a couple of times and was also featured in a magazine! I decided it needed to live as a free pattern on my blog, in my Linen Stitch Blanket Series, but of course the pattern will always be available in PDF version for easy printing. Quick Links: Linen Stitch Blanket Series Have a look at the other blankets in this series! They are all free patterns, releasing on the last day of each month from May through September. French Braid Blanket Zendoodle Blanket (Part 1) // Rectangle Version LissMiss Blanket Beach Hut Blanket (This post) Chevronnie Blanket Beach Hut: PDF Version Find the PDF version here for easy print or just to help support CypressTextiles: Etsy, Ravelry, CypressTextiles Pattern Shop. 2 versions are available in the download – the heavy-image version, and the condensed version. Social Media Sharing Please use these hashtags …

Scheepjes YARN Bookazine, Issue 9: NOW Age

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Hello, lovely! Today I wanted to pop in and tell you all about Scheepjes YARN Bookazine, Issue 9: NOW Age. Twice a year, Scheepjes comes out with a new issue of YARN, and it just blows me away each time. I have had a design in every issue since the third one, and it seems like I make my humble offering, and send it off to The Netherlands, where the creative geniuses at Scheepjes make absolute magic with it. I love how each issue has a theme, and a general color vibe and mood to it. This issue’s theme is NOW Age, and here is the gorgeous cover. Related Links Shop this issue through Wool Warehouse (affiliate link) or find a Scheepjes retailer near you! Ravelry page for this issue Browse previous issues of YARN Bookazine (affiliate link) Thoughtful Designs This issue features stunning designs – something for everyone, ranging from elegant to playful – mixed in with delightful articles all centered on the new age theme. Changing Tides Bag One of the makes that …

Garden Walk Blanket: Free Crochet Pattern

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Hello, lovely! I have a surprise pattern drop for you today! This is my much anticipated Garden Walk Crochet Blanket Pattern. It features a traditional and solid granny as well as a fun and preppy half-striped square. This pattern was offered as a free promo by Interweave Press during the promotion of my book, The Art of Crochet Blankets. Now my book has switched hands to Penguin Random House, and the free promo is no longer offered, so I begged and pleaded to have the copyright returned to me so that I could share it with you all! Finally, my wish came true, and I just couldn’t wait to share it. I have received many messages requesting this pattern, and I am so happy to be able to share it now. This is the free crochet pattern for Garden Walk Blanket in US and UK Terms. PDF Version Find this pattern in a condensed ad-free PDF for a small fee in my Etsy Shop and on Ravelry. Coloring pages for layouts are also included. Pattern PDFs for …

Zendoodle Blanket Rectangle Version – Part 2

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Hi, sweet crafter! As the 4-part Zendoodle Blanket series has just come to a close, I have had messages regarding the rectangle POC inclusive rainbow version that I have been working up in Scheepjes Softfun and showing on my Instagram. So I decided to create a free pattern version for this rectangle Zendoodle as well! It is just as wide as the original Zendoodle, but extended upward to make a big rectangle. Here are links to the 4 parts of this free rectangle version: Part 1: Strip 1 Part 2: Strips 2 and 3 (This post) Part 3: Strips 4 and 5 Part 4: Strips 6-8 and Border Note: If you have previously purchased my Zendoodle Blanket on Etsy or Ravelry, I will send the updated PDF as soon as I am finished with it. Thank you! Good news: The update will include both PDFs for the Zendoodle Blanket and the Rectangle Version! Use this hashtag to keep all of the Zendoodle Blankets progress photos together, whether you make the Original or the Rectangle. #ZendoodleBlanket and #cypresstextiles Find this pattern …

LissMiss Blanket Free Crochet Pattern – Linen Stitch Mitered Square

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Hello, crafter! Welcome to the third free pattern of my five-blanket Linen Stitch series. LissMiss is a pattern I have picked up and set down many times since 2013. Check out the WIP post for tons of background info, including the knitted inspiration, and lots of photos. Here are the first two blankets in my Linen Stitch Blanket Series French Braid Blanket Zendoodle Blanket // Rectangle Version PDF Version Find this pattern in a condensed ad-free PDF for a small fee in my Etsy Shop and on Ravelry. Coloring pages for layouts are also included. Social Media Sharing Use this hashtag to keep all of the LissMiss Blankets progress photos together. #LissMissBlanket LissMiss Blanket Crochet Pattern Blanket Details The LissMiss Blanket name comes from “Linen Stitch Mitered Square (LSMS).” The way that the bright crisp white Cahlista interacts with the artsy and mottled River Washed XL is really a sight to behold. The River Washed XL has a slight halo, and the smooth white cotton really contrasts that in a lovely way. The resulting blanket is opulent …

Runway Square Free Crochet Pattern – FATW5 CAL, Week 19

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Hello, beautiful crafter! Remember when I released the Equinox Square as part of the Friends Around the World CAL? Well I have another square in the CAL, and it releases today! Meet the Runway Square. My design, Runway Square, is being featured on Week 19 of the fifth annual Friends Around the World CAL, hosted in the CAL – Crochet A Long Facebook group. And PS the CAL calendar and CALs A to Z pages on their website are so helpful and amazing. Check out the CAL – Crochet A Long website for more great makes! Here’s the CAL Crochet A Long website blog post! Social Media Sharing Hashtag #runwaysquare / #FATW5 / #cypresstextiles Here is the Ravelry Link for Runway Runway Square The Runway Square is perfect for when you need a lacy motif that is not too delicate. There is a lot of integrity in the square, and yet it retains that open look. To create something engaging and still simple, I have kept the more complex portions at the center of the …

LissMiss Crochet Blanket: Reviving a Work In Progress

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Hey, lovely! Today I want to reveal a WIP that I have had in the works since late 2013. Mind you, my design career started in 2012, so this puppy has been waiting since the beginning of my designer days. I was just a baby! But I had a seed of an idea… And that seed grew into the LissMiss Blanket, the third blanket in my Linen Stitch Blanket Series. You can now purchase this pattern on Etsy or Ravelry, or see the free version here! Here are the first two blankets: French Braid Blanket Zendoodle Blanket First let’s talk about how I planted that LissMiss seed. My Knitting Days Before I learned to crochet, I was a knitter! You may not have known that, but I taught myself to knit in college – from books, as YouTube was in its infancy – and one of the first things I made was something that I really connected with. I loved the bright, randomized colors and the geometric, striped look. This pattern was the No-Sew Mitered Square …

2020 VVCAL Border – Fits Any Blanket!

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Hello, and a huge welcome to Week 19 of the 2020 Vibrant Vintage Crochet-A-Long (VVCAL)! This week we are working half of the border – the first 3 rounds. But I will share the entire border in this post. Many have already started on the border or even finished their blanket! There are a lot of gorgeous makes out there to look to for inspiration. Side note: I have an awesome feature on the CAL – Crochet A Long website for anyone who would like to see my free crochet square pattern Equinox (Week 18 of the #FATW5 CAL) Announcement I have made a huge bundle of all of my VVCAL related patterns on Etsy and Ravelry: 101 VVCAL squares, all with the same final stitch count – mix and match! 9 Joining methods – Celtic Lace Join, Original, Junior, Mini, and Mini II / Whip st join / SC JAYG and Continuous JAYG with PLT Join / Granny Stitch JAYG and Continuous JAYG 3 Lace Borders The full 2020 VVCAL PDF pattern is up …

Equinox Square Free Crochet Pattern – FATW5 CAL, Week 18

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Hello, beautiful crafter! Today I have another special surprise just in time for Granny Square Day 2020. I mentioned in my last post, the free Kurinji Square, that I would have another surprise. Well, my design, Equinox Square, is being featured on Week 18 of the fifth annual Friends Around the World CAL, hosted in the CAL – Crochet A Long Facebook group. And PS the CAL calendar and CALs A to Z pages on their website are so helpful and amazing. Check out the CAL – Crochet A Long website for more great makes! Here’s the CAL Crochet A Long website blog post! Social Media Sharing Hashtag #equinoxsquare / #FATW5 / #grannysquareday2020 / #cypresstextiles Here is the Ravelry Link for Equinox Equinox Square Equinox is a bold floral square that is perfect for any season. You’re sure to enjoy the fun petals at the center and the leafy final border rounds are so simple and satisfying. I enjoyed designing this one, and I hope you love making it! Details and Materials Notions & Sizing …