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 8: The Framing: Part 1
whoop whoop!
The eight week is finally here and it’s time to begin framing our five floral squares and beginning to transform them into stunningly textured octagons. I have been longing for this part so so much.
The framing is definitely my favourite part of this entire CAL: so much is happening round by round. This week brings five sweet rounds that quickly creates eight new corner points to our squares: The Ponding Lily-, Oh I Adore-, Island Lily-, The L.A. Sunflower- and the A Little Something Square.
Either make one round at a time for each five squares: or eagerly do all five rounds for your favourite square before doing the others. It’s all up to you how you wish to finish this week.
It’s gonna be absolutely amazing, I can’t wait for us to begin!
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!
Downloadable recourses
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.
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 8: The Framing: Part 1
Make for all squares except the thumbelinas: five square framings in total
Colorways: (Sunlight/Sea/Woods)
Special stitches used:
dc3bobble (three double crochet bobble)
tr3bobble (three treble crochet bobble)
dc4pop (four double crochet popcorn)
rnd 1 (Old Pink/Ecru/Limestone) Begin around any given:
*4 sc around the next ch-sp, skip the next st (the hidden), 1 sc in the next 5 sts, 1 sl st in the next st + ch 1, skip the next 2 sts, (1 dc3bobble in the next st + ch 2, skip the next st) x 2 times, (1 tr3bobble in the next st + ch 2, skip the next st) x 2 times, 1 dc3bobble in the next st + ch 2, skip the next st, 1 dc3bobble in the next st + ch 1, skip the next 2 sts, 1 sl st in the next st, 1 sc in the next 5 sts; rep from * til end, fasten off with an invisible join to the second st
– Per side: 14 sc, 2 sl st, 2 ch1-sps, 4 dc3bobbles, 5 ch2-sps, 2 tr3bobbles
rnd 2 (Pearl/Cream/Pearl) Begin in any second sc of a corner set of four:
*2 sc in the next 2 sts, 1 sc in the next 2 sts, ch 2, skip the next 5 sts, 1 dc3bobble around the next ch1-sp + ch 1, (1 dc3bobble + ch 2 + 1 dc3bobble + ch 1 around the next ch2-sp) x 5 times, 1 dc3bobble around the next ch1-sp + ch 2, skip the next 5 sts, 1 sc in the next 2 sts; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– Per side: 8 sc, 7 ch2-sps, 12 dc3bobbles, 6 ch1-sps
rnd 3 (Mustard/Denim/Rosé) Begin in any third corner sc (i.e. in the first st you made in the previous rnd):
*1 dc4pop + ch 1 in the next 3 sts, 1 dc4pop + ch 2 in the next st, skip the next 2 sts, 1 sl st around the next ch2-sp, 1 FPsc around the next dc3bobble, (1 sc around the next ch1-sp, 1 FPsc around the next dc3bobble, 2 sc around the next ch2-sp, 1 FPsc around the next dc3bobble) x 2 times, 1 sc around the next ch1-sp, 1 FPsc around the next dc3bobble, 4 sc around the next ch2-sp, (1 FPsc around the next dc3bobble, 1 sc around the next ch1-sp, 1 FPsc around the next dc3bobble, 2 sc around the next ch2-sp) x 2 times, 1 FPsc around the next dc3bobble, 1 sc around the next ch1-sp, 1 FPsc around the next dc3bobble, 1 sl st around the next ch1-sp, ch 2, skip the next 2 sts; rep from * til end, close with a sl st into the first dc4pop and fasten off
– Per side: 4 dc4pop, 4 ch1-sps, 1 ch2-sp, 18 sc, 12 FPsc, 2 sl st
rnd 4 (Cream/Ice Blue/Clay) Begin around a ch2-sp placed before any first dc4pop:
*1 dc4pop + ch 1 around the next ch2-sp, skip the next st, 1 dc4pop + ch 1 around the next ch1-sp, skip the next st, 1 dc4pop + ch 1 + 1 dc4pop + ch 1 around the next ch1-sp, skip the next st, 1 dc4pop + ch 1 around the next ch1-sp, skip the next st, 1 dc4pop + ch 2 around the next ch2-sp, skip the next 6 sts, 1 sc in the next 5 sts, ch 1, skip the next 3 sts, 1 dc3bobble + ch 2 in next 3 sts, 1 dc3bobble + ch 1 in the next st, skip the next 3 sts, 1 sc in the next 5 sts, ch 3, skip the next 6 sts; rep from * til end, close with a sl st into the first dc4pop of the rnd
– Per side: 6 dc4pop, 7 ch1-sps, 3 ch2-sps, 2 ch3-sps, 10 sc, 4 dc3bobbles
rnd 5 (Ecru/Limestone/Pea Green) Begin around a ch1-sp placed before any first dc3bobble:
*1 sc around the next ch1-sp, 1 FPsc around the next dc3bobble, 2 sc around the next ch2-sp, 1 FPsc around the next dc3bobble, 4 sc around the next ch2-sp, 1 FPsc around the next dc3bobble, 2 sc around the next ch2-sp, 1 FPsc around the next dc3bobble, 1 sc around the next ch1-sp, 1 sc in the next 5 sts, 4 sc around the next ch3-sp, (1 FPsc around the next dc4pop, 2 sc around the next ch1-sp) x 2 times, 1 FPsc around the next dc4pop, 4 sc around the next ch1-sp, (1 FPsc around the next dc4pop, 2 sc around the next ch1-sp) x 2 times, 1 FPsc around the next dc4pop, 4 sc around the next ch3-sp, 1 sc in the next 5 sts; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– Per side: 40 sc, 10 FPsc
Well done!
Your square is finished and you have completed part 8 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!
Head on over to our ninth part:
The Framing: Part 2!
Head on over to our ninth part: The Framing: Part 2!
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