Hello and welcome to Couch Surfer Crochet!
It’s now the second week of the 2019 Block-A-Week project! Week 1 was a square of my own design : the New Year Square! As a reminder, it looks like this:
For Week 2 we are doing a beautiful square called Simbelmyne by MoCrochet! It looks like this when finished:
You can find ALL of the weeks of this project here:
Block-A-Week 2019 – Squares
(all of the weeks are posted there)
Whenever I use another designer’s square I will ALWAYS follow copyright rules and intellectual property requirements. Since this square was originally part of the Moogly CAL 2017, it is copyrighted to it’s original designer! I am using this project in part to try new things and introduce you all to new designers! I want to make sure everyone is properly credited and attributed for any work they have done!
I will share my step by step photos for this pattern, but I am not able to share each step of the pattern. Please click the link to see the pattern! There are very detailed and helpful step by step photos! You can also download the pattern on Ravelry for easy access!
I’m using a size I/9 (5.5 mm) hook, and worsted weight size 4 yarn for every one of these squares to keep stitch sizing consistent. My squares don’t always look completely “square” at the end of each pattern. I intend to block them all at the end of this project before I sew them together!
I changed colors with each new row. However!! Feel free to change colors as few or as many times as you want!! Color changes listed in pattern are just my suggestion, please feel free to stretch your creativity and make these squares any way you want to. I think it would even be pretty amazing in one solid color!
The colors I used are:
Color 1: Impeccable Yarn in Bright Sky Blue
Color 2: Red Heart Super Saver in Pale Yellow
Color 3: Impeccable Yarn in Grape Punch
Color 4: Red Heart Jumbo in Pretty N’ Pink
Color 5: Red Heart Super Saver in Aruba Sea
After Round 1 and Round 2
After Round 3
After Round 4
After Round 5
After Round 6
After Round 7
After Round 8
After Round 9
After Round 10
After Round 11
After Round 12
This pattern was originally designed with a larger hook. To stay consistent with my sizing and use my I/9 (5.5 mm) hook I DID NOT do Round 13, and instead added two rows of double crochet at the end to ensure I had a 12″ square.
Extra round 1: Start in corner, (ch 3, ch 2, dc) in corner, *dc in each st across, [dc, ch 2, dc] in corner, repeat from * around, sl st to join
Extra round 2: Start in corner, ch 3, (dc, ch 2, 2dc) in corner, *dc in each st across, [2dc, ch 2, 2dc] in corner, repeat from * around, sl st to join
I hope you have fun making this square! I am happiest when I am creating. I love to see how all these bit and bobs of color can turn into this amazing work of art! Don’t forget to come back next Friday to get the pattern for Week 2!
We will be adding a border to each square to ensure that each one is the same “size” around, since some of these squares have a different number of stitches around the edge! Then we will join all the squares together and add a border. 🙂 Click here to see that tutorial!
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