The Island Stroll CAL 2022
SistersInStitch + Yarn and Colors
“Come away with me and take a stroll by the sea and listen to the song of the ocean on the
docks. Lets saunter in the sunlight and feel the summer slowly arrive, and take a walk in the deep woods of the island. Let’s exhale and take some time to simply be, to relax and create. Let’s travel in the mind to the Swedish archipelago and all the beauty it has to show.”
Part 7: A Little Something Square
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Week seven has arrived and we are about to make our very last square for this CAL. The A Little Something Square is such a sweetie inspired by the blossoming spring flowers called Wood- and Blue Anemone, or Vit- and Blåsippa as they are called in Swedish.
They always bring so much happiness and are an absolute favorite in our home so I gave them four heart shaped sets of popcorns framed by the gentle moss beds they grow on. With their delicate white or blue petals they are the first florals of the year to pop up in the forest and sing of the spring that is to come.
A little note before we begin:
For this week we will be using the same pattern for both the blanket and pillow, the only difference is the size of the yarn you are using: Super Must-Have or Must-Have.
Below you will find the downloadable pattern files: one in color and one as a printer friendly version. As we only know how to speak English (and Swedish) here at SistersInStitch: the pattern are written in US-terms and the comprehensive stitch by stitch tutorials will be shown in that too.
In the Island Stroll CAL: Stitch Guide you will find techniques, abbreviation and terminology lists to help you out a long the way, and they are including UK and Swedish shortenings!
If you wish to view the pattern on your device: this is the file for you.
If you wish to print or just read the pattern without colors, this is the file for you.
All the tips, tricks and stitch descriptions that you’ll need throughout the CAL.
Downloadable recourses
And as always, when the CAL is finished; the pattern and tutorials will all stay available here on SistersInStitch so that you can crochet whenever the time is right for you.
Now grab your yarn, scroll on down and let’s begin the crochet fun..
The Video Tutorial
The Written Pattern
Part 7: A Little Something Square
Make 1 piece
Colorways: (Sunlight/Sea/Woods)
Special stitches used:
dc5pop (five double crochet popcorn)
broom st (broom stitch)
spike stitch
sc2tog (single crochet two stitches together)
rnd 1 (Mustard/Cream/Ecru)
Work 10 sc into a mc, tighten the mc lightly and close with a sl st in the initial sc. Do not tighten it completely!
– 10 sc
rnd 2 (Mustard/Cream/Ecru) Begin with a standing st:
Work 16 spike sc evenly over rnd 1 and back into the center of the mc. Tighten the mc and close with an invisible join to the second st
– 16 spike sc
rnd 3 (Pearl/Ice Blue/Rosé) Begin around any given:
*1 sc + ch 2 in the next st, 1 sc in the next st; rep from * til end, close with a sl st to the first st
– 16 sc , 8 ch2-sps
rnd 4 (Pearl/Ice Blue/Rosé) Work a sl st into the next ch2-sp and begin with a standing st:
*3 dc + ch 1 + 3 dc around the next ch2-sp, skip the next sc, 1 sl st around the gap between the 2 scs (i.e. around the second sc), skip the next sc; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– 48 dc, 8 ch1-sps, 8 sl st (8 petals)
rnd 5 (Cream/Limestone/Eucalyptus) Note! Work only around the ch1-sps, begin around any given:
*1 sc around the next ch1-sp + ch 5; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join sl st to the second st
– 8 sc, 8 ch5-sps
rnd 6 (Cream/Limestone/Eucalyptus) Work a sl st into the next ch5-sp, begin with a standing st:
*5 sc around the next ch5-sp, 1 sc2tog over the next st; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– 40 sc, 8 sc2tog
Note! If you know yourself to crochet tightly: either loosen your tension while working the treble crochet stitches for rnd 7; or change the first and last one of each combination to a double treble crochet stitch instead.
rnd 7 (Limestone/Denim/Clay) Begin in any sc2tog:
*1 sc + ch 1 + 1 sc in the next st, skip the next 5 sts, 10 tr in the next st, skip 5 sts; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the first ch
– Per side: 2 sc, 1 ch1-sp, 10 tr
rnd 8 (Pearl/Ice Blue/Pearl) Begin around any given:
*1 dc5pop + ch 1 + 1 dc5 pop around the next ch1-sp, ch 2, skip the next st (i.e. the sc), 1 BPsc around the next 10 sts, ch 2, skip the next st; rep from * til end, close with an sl st into the first dc5pop and fasten off
– Per side: 2 dc5pop, 1 ch1-sps, 2 ch2-sps, 10 BPhdc
rnd 9 (Old Pink/Ecru/Pea Green) Begin around any ch2-sp placed before a dc5pop:
*1 hdc + 5 dc around the next ch2-sp, 1 sc in the next dc5pop, ch 1, skip the next ch1-sp, 1 sc in the next dc5pop, 5 dc + 1 hdc around the next ch2-sp, 1 sl st in the next st, 1 broom st in the next 8 sts, 1 sl st in the next st; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– Per side: 2 hdc, 10 dc, 2 sc, 1 ch1-sp, 2 sl st, 8 broom st
rnd 10 (Cream/Cream/Ecru) Begin around any given:
*2 spike dc + ch 2 + 2 spike dc around the next ch1-sps from both rnd 9 and 8, skip the next st, 1 BPsc around the next 6 sts, skip the next st (i.e. the sl st), 1 sc around the next 8 loops of the broom sts, skip the next sl st, 1 BPsc around the next 6 sts; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– Per side: 4 spike dc, 1 ch2-sp, 12 BPsc, 8 sc
rnd 11 (Cream/Cream/Ecru) Begin around any given:
*1 hdc + ch 2 + 1 hdc around the next ch2-sp, 1 FPhdc around the next 2 sts, 1 sc in the next 20 sts, 1 FPhdc around the next 2 sts; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the first ch
– Per side: 2 hdc, 1 ch2-sp, 4 FPhdc, 20 sc
rnd 12 (Ecru/Ecru/Clay) Begin around any given:
*3 sc around the next ch2-sp, 1 sc in the next st, 1 hdc in the next 24 sts, 1 sc in the next st; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– Per side: 5 sc, 24 hdc
rnd 13 (Mustard/Denim/Pea Green) Begin in any first sc from a corner set of three:
*1 sc + ch 2 in the next st, skip the next st, 1 sc in the next st, 1 sc in each st across; rep from * til end, fasten off with an invisible join to the second st
– Per side: 28 sc, 1 ch2-sp
Well done!
Your square is finished and you have completed part 7 of the Island Stroll CAL, we hope you had lot’s of fun making it. If you share on social media: please use our official hashtag #IslandStrollCAL cause we would love to see it!
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