I am excited to announce that 100 Crochet Tiles is now available for pre-sale order on Amazon! This book, to be published by David and Charles, Ltd, on April 12, 2022, contains seven of my patterns, re-worked versions of some of my best afghan squares, with a total of 100 patterns, both written and charted, by many talented designers.
Get your copy now for a future CAL! I have one extra copy to give away to a lucky blog subscriber. More photos soon.
As promised, here is a new crochet hat pattern for your LAST LAST minute holiday gifting. Kelley Anne Cap an easy pattern that starts with a crochet rib brim. Stitches are picked up on the side of the beginning strip. Pattern is an easy granny type stitch with hdc and smooth decreases to the top. Slightly slouchy. I was able to change the size with a change of hook and yarn, but sizes are given for Teen through XL, and you can easily adapt to any size. Quick to make; use up your scraps!
For a limited time, download the pattern free with Coupon Code KAC, good until end of January 2022.
Please make a Ravelry project page and spread the word on social media about Julie Yeager Designs! Enjoy and Happy Holidays!
New knit hat pattern: Tahler Ribbed Beanie.
Ravelry description:
This is a pattern for a very stretchy ribbed knit hat with smooth decreases at the crown. Will easily become your everyday beanie. One size suitable for women, men, and teens. Instructions given for medium weight yarn and bulky weight yarn. Great for last minute gifts!
Customizable in length; add a fold-over brim if desired.
Knit in the round with circular needle and double points for crown.
Options given for Medium Weight Yarn and Bulky Weight Yarn. I used Paintbox Yarns Simply Aran and Lion Brand Color Made Easy for my samples, with less than one skein per hat.
For a limited time, download the pattern free from Ravelry with Coupon Code TCB, good until end of January 2022.
Please make a Ravelry project page and spread the word on social media about Julie Yeager Designs! Enjoy and Happy Holidays!
Crochet Hat coming soon!
Four Winds Afghan, formerly our MysteryGhan 2021, is complete and pattern has been updated with photos. Still available at half price for a limited time on Ravelry and Etsy. I could see myself using aspects of this design in other projects – the Harlequin stitch and color sequence could be used in a full blanket. The Daisy Mandalas could be turned into a hexagon or octagon and worked into another full afghan. The black and white border is also versatile.
Resplendant Afghan CAL is ongoing on my Ravelry board. The pattern is included in the Fall 2021 edition of Interweave Crochet. If you need yarn for the project, please click through my links here on the blog and I’ll get a commission.
Be sure to check out the BOGO – Buy One, Get One Free Sale in my Ravelry and Etsy shops – now through November 21, 2021. Coupon Code BOGO21. Put two patterns in cart and lowest priced pattern is free! Many prices have been recently rolled back so time to take advantage. What do you have your eye on?
Ravelry Store:
https://www.ravelry.com/stores/julie-yeager-designs
Etsy:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/FiberJay?coupon=BOGO21
Stay tuned for the Independent Designer Gift Along after Thanksgiving on Ravelry.
New pattern on Ravelry – My Addison Beanie knit hat, with an easy knit/purl pattern, sized for three sizes, but very stretchy. Baby/Toddler size is 14″ around, 6″ high on size 6 needles with Feels Like Butta yarn, a worsted on the thin side, gauge 18/28. Size M is 16″ around, 8″ high on size 8 needles with Paintbox Yarns Simply Aran with gauge 18/22; Size L/XL is 18″ around, 9″ high on size 8 needles with Paintbox Yarns Simply Aran with gauge 18/22. Each takes less than 1 skein of yarn and is a quick knit.
To receive a free Ravelry download of this pattern, use Coupon Code ADDIE. If you post a Ravelry project page and photo of your finished hat, I will send you a Coupon Code for my next knit hat pattern. Offer expires 11/10/21.
And the Mystery is solved! Hope you all enjoyed MysteryGhan 2021 – last clue is in your email and Rav library – thanks to all who chatted and shared updates and results on our Rav board and FB Group. Pattern is now called Four Winds Afghan due to its four distinct pattern sections.
Please continue to discuss the pattern as you finish up and let me know if you have any problems. I sent out a first copy of this last clue that contained an error in Round 1 of the border, but the correction was sent out right afterward. The pattern lends itself to your own interpretation; you can always change the size length or width-wise, you can substitute a stitch pattern, or you can shape-shift the motifs, as some have done on my Ravelry group – they made the first four squares into a square and continued around in the next patterns to make the afghan in the round. It’s a great idea and while I am not going to work it up right now, I look forward to seeing you put your interprations out there.
Do not forget to sign up on this blog for blog updates, so you do not miss news of the next pattern or Crochet Along or Knit Along or any news from me. As you know, our next CAL will be working through my pattern Resplendent Afghan which appears in the Fall 2021 Interweave Crochet Magazine, available at newsstands and online. We will begin October 11, 2021, and yarn details are here.
I am happy to have a new affiliate relationship with Jimmy Beans Wool, a fun and exciting yarn shop selling only the best in crochet and knit supplies. I think the Craftvent Calendar 2021 sounds like a great time – you receive an Advent Calendar-like box with a different treat for each day of December, containing the yarn or notion needed to complete a crochet or knit shawl or mittens. Check it out and let me know if you want to CAL/KAL – I have my eye on the Tidings Wrap in Buttermint.
Featured this Month on the MOOGLY CAL 2021 – check out Moogly’s blog for all the fabulous afghan square designs that are featured this year; the creativity shown in this years’ offerings is outstanding! Create your own unique blanket with the Moogly CAL 2021.
Chaplet Afghan Square by Julie Yeager
12” Afghan Block
U.S.Crochet Terms
Materials: Red Heart with Love (100% Acrylic, #4, 7 oz/198 g; 370 yds/338 m)
Color A: Dusty Purple (60 g) B: Aran (30 g)
Crochet Hook size J (6.0 mm)
(Change to larger hook for linen stitch border starting at Round 12 if desired.)
Special Stitches and abbreviations:
Beg – beginning BLO – back loop only ch – chain dc – double crochet hdc – half double crochet sc – single crochet sk – skip sl – slip sp – space st – stitch YO – yarn over
BPsc – back post single crochet – insert hook from back to front around post of designated stitch; YO and pull up a loop (2 loops on hook), YO and draw through 2 loops (1 loop on hook)
FPsc – front post single crochet – insert hook behind post of stitch (from front to back), YO, pull through, bring up even with last stitch completed, YO, pull through 2 loops (1 loop on hook)
FPsc dec – front post single crochet decrease – Insert hook behind posts of next two stitches (from front to back), YO, pull through, bring up even with last stitch completed, YO, pull through 2 loops (1 loop on hook)
FPdc – Front post double crochet – YO, insert hook behind post of stitch (from front to back and then back to front), YO, pull through, (3 loops on hook), (YO, pull through 2 loops) twice
Join with sc – (Standing stitch) With slip knot on hook, insert hook into designated stitch, hook yarn, pull through, (two loops on hook,) YO, pull through two loops
V – St (V-Stitch) – (dc, ch 2, dc) in same st or sp
Puff St – Puff Stitch – (YO, insert hook in designated st or sp, YO, pull through, bring up to height of a dc) 3 times, YO, pull through all 7 strands, ch 1 to close
3 Puff Corner – [(Puff St, ch 1) twice, Puff St] in same st or sp
Notes: Ch-3 at the beginning of a round counts as a dc; ch-2 as a hdc. Ch 1 at the beginning of a round does not count as a stitch. “Omitting last stitches” means that those stitches were already completed at the beginning of the round.
Instructions:
Round 1: With Color A, ch 4, sl st in first ch to form ring. Ch 3, 11 dc in ring, sl st to top of beg ch-3. (12 dc)
Round 2: Ch 4 (counts as dc and ch-1), [(dc, ch 1) in next st] 11 times, sl st to 3rd ch of beg ch-4. (12 dc, 12 ch-1 sp)
Round 3: Sl st in ch-1 sp, ch 3, 2 dc in same sp, ch 1, [(3 dc, ch 1), in next ch-1 sp] 11 times, sl st to top of beg ch-3, fasten off. (36 dc, 12 ch-1 sp)
Round 4: Join Color B with sl st in any ch-1 sp, ch 5 (counts as dc and ch-2), dc in same sp, ch 1, [(V st, ch 1) in next ch-1 sp] 11 times, sl st to 3rd ch of beg ch-5. (12 V-st, 12 ch-1 sp)
Round 5: Sl st in ch-2 sp, ch 3, 2 dc in same sp, (FPdc in next 2 dc, 3 dc in ch-2 sp) 11 times, FPdc in next 2 dc, sl st to top of beg ch-3. (60 st)
Round 6: Ch 2, (3 hdc in next st, hdc in next st, ch 1, FPsc dec around next 2 FPdc, ch 1, hdc in next st) 12 times, omitting last st, sl st to top of beg ch-2, fasten off. (60 hdc, 12 FPsc dec, 24 ch-1)
Round 7: Join Color A with sc in any FPsc dec, [ch 2, sk ch-1 sp and 2 hdc, BPsc in next hdc, ch 2, sk 2 hdc and ch-1 sp, sc in FPsc dec, ch 2, sk ch-1 sp and 2 hdc, BPsc in next hdc, sk 2 hdc and ch-1 sp, (V-st, ch 2, V-st) in FPsc dec, sk ch-1 sp and 2 hdc, BPsc in next st, ch 2, sk 2 hdc and ch-1 sp, sc in next FPsc dec] four times, omitting last st, sl st to first sc. (4 dc, 3 BPsc, 2 sc, 7 ch-2 sp per side)
Round 8: FPsc in same st as join, [2 sc in ch-2 sp, FPsc in BPsc, 2 sc in ch-2 sp, FPsc in sc, 3 sc in ch-2 sp, FPsc in BPsc, FPsc in dc, 2 sc in ch-2 sp, Fpsc in dc, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 sp for corner, FPsc in dc, 2 sc in ch-2 sp, FPsc in dc, FPsc in BPsc, 3 sc in ch-2 sp, FPsc in sc] four times, omitting last st, sl st to beg FPsc. (25 st plus ch-2 sp per side)
Round 9: Ch 1, sc in same st and in next 15 st, [(sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 sp for corner, sc in next 25 st] three times, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 sp for corner, sc in next 9 st, sl st to first sc, fasten off. (27 st plus ch-2 sp per side)
Round 10: (Note: This round may look a little wavy but it will work out. There is a ch at the end of the puff and a ch between puffs.) Join Color B with sl st in BLO of first corner ch (this sl st will be hidden later.) (Puff st, ch 1, puff st) in ch-2 corner sp, [(ch 1, sk 1 st, puff st in next st) 13 times, ch 1, sk 1 st, 3 puff corner] four times, omitting last 3 st and placing last puff st in same sp as beg, ch 1, sl st to first puff, fasten off. (16 puffs, 16 ch-1 sp per side)
Round 11: Join Color A with sc in first ch-1 sp of any corner, sc in same sp, FPsc in puff, 2 sc in ch-1 sp, [(FPsc in puff, sc in ch-1 sp) 14 times, (FPsc in puff, 2 sc in next ch-1 sp) twice] four times, omitting last 5 st, sl st to first sc. (34 st per side)
Round 12: Sl st in next st and in next (corner) st, ch 1, (sc, ch 2, sc) in same st for corner, [(ch 1, sk 1 st, sc in next st) 16 times, ch 1, sk 1 st, (sc, ch 2, sc) in next st for corner] four times, omitting last corner, sl st to first sc. (18 sc, 19 ch per side)
Round 13: Sl st in ch-2 sp, ch 1, (sc, ch 2, sc) in same sp for corner, [(ch 1, sk 1 st, sc in next ch-1 sp) 17 times, ch 1, sk 1 st, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 sp for corner] four times, omitting last corner, sl st to first sc. (19 sc, 20 ch per side)
Round 14: Sl st in ch-2 sp, ch 1, (sc, ch 2, sc) in same sp for corner, [(ch 1, sk 1 st, sc in next ch-1 sp) 18 times, ch 1, sk 1 st, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 sp for corner] four times, omitting last corner, sl st to first sc. (20 sc, 21 ch per side)
Round 15: Sl st in ch-2 sp, ch 1, (sc, ch 2, sc) in same sp for corner, [(ch 1, sk 1 st, sc in next ch-1 sp) 19 times, ch 1, sk 1 st, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 sp for corner] four times, omitting last corner, sl st to first sc. (21 sc, 22 ch per side)
Round 16: Sl st in ch-2 sp, ch 1, (sc, ch 2, sc) in same sp for corner, [(ch 1, sk 1 st, sc in next ch-1 sp) 20 times, ch 1, sk 1 st, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 sp for corner] four times, omitting last corner, sl st to first sc. (22 sc, 23 ch per side)
Round 17: Sl st in ch-2 sp, ch 1, (sc, ch 2, sc) in same sp for corner, [(ch 1, sk 1 st, sc in next ch-1 sp) 21 times, ch 1, sk 1 st, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 sp for corner] four times, omitting last corner, sl st to first sc. Fasten off. (23 sc, 24 ch per side)
Copyright 2021 Julie Yeager Designs
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I’m excited to announce that my design Resplendent Afghan will be published in Interweave Crochet’s Fall 2021 issue, available online on the Interweave website August 25, 2021 and at newstands, bookstores, yarn shops, and craft stores in early September 2021. Incidentally, this will be the last print edition of Interweave Crochet, as the magazine is transitioning to digital only on Interweave.com.
Resplendent Afghan consists of granny squares with a twist – post stitches give it texture and color changes give it some visual pop. I think this colorway would be perfect for a dorm room!
If you would like to Crochet Along with this design, I will be hosting on my Ravelry Board and on my Facebook Crochet Along Group starting October 11, 2021. If you would like to use the yarn I used, you can order Paintbox Yarns Simply Aran from LoveCrafts (LoveKnitting and LoveCrochet) through my links and I’ll get a small commission.
Yarn: Paintbox Yarns Simply Aran (100% Acrylic, 3.5 oz/100 g, 201 yds/184 m), Yarn Weight #4: 7 balls 204 stormy grey (MC); 3 balls 206 granite grey (JC); 2 balls each 208 dark aubergine (B), 222 buttercup yellow (D), 243 raspberry pink (F) and 233 marine blue (H); 1 ball each 245 pale lilac (A), 221 daffodil yellow (C), 250 bubblegum pink (E), 232 washed teal (G)
Hook: H (5.0 mm) crochet hook Size: 53” x 68”
Week 2 Clue has been added to your Ravelry library; update is now available for download. If you haven’t purchased the pattern yet, it is available on Ravelry for $3.49 and will be updated each week for the duration of the CAL.
Week Two finishes up the Part A panel and starts to expand onto both sides of the panel. The afghan is now worked back and forth in rows. Have fun with it and don’t forget to ask questions, post photos, and chat with your fellow CALer’s!
Ravelry Chat but NO SPOILER PHOTOS: https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/julie-yeager-designs/4143996/1-25
Ravelry Chat, PHOTOS ALLOWED:
https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/julie-yeager-designs/4141312/1-25]
Facebook Group – No photos in first post of a thread. You can start a thread, saying that you will post photos in first reply.
JulieAnny MysteryGhan 2021 can be downloaded on Ravelry. First Clue is going out right now free of charge to those who have downloaded the Intro using Coupon Code. It will be available as a pattern update in your Ravelry library. For new participants, the pattern will be offered at half-price, $3.49, for the duration of the Crochet-Along. The Clues will be released weekly for seven weeks. Share photos, progress notes, and ask questions on my Ravelry Board and Facebook CAL group as noted below.
Ravelry Chat but NO SPOILER PHOTOS: https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/julie-yeager-designs/4143996/1-25
Ravelry Chat, PHOTOS ALLOWED:
https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/julie-yeager-designs/4141312/1-25]
Facebook Group – No photos in first post of a thread. You can start a thread, saying that you will post photos in first reply.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/351656498338028/
If you need yarn, please purchase through my affiliate links and I will get a small commission. For my first sample I used Loops and Threads Impeccable, available at Michael’s. For second sample, Scheepjes Chunky Monkey available at Deramores and Wool Warehouse. For third sample, try Paintbox Simply Aran available at LoveCrafts. I worked out the colors for Stylecraft Special Aran and Special DK, available at Deramores and Wool Warehouse. In aran weight, the size will measure about 48” x 66”, smaller in DK but you can enlarge easily. For Vanna’s Choice, try Lion Brand.