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Happy New Year!

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Happy Holidays from Couch Surfer Crochet! I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday season and are ready to tackle 2023 head on! First I want to apologize for being absent from the blog for so long. The past couple of years, as you all know, have been a doozy! Lots of overtime at … Read more

Crochet Shawl Pattern

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Welcome to Couch Surfer Crochet! Fall is now fully upon us here in East Tennessee! It is so lovely during the day, but man! The minute the sun goes down the temperature drops fast! One of my dear friends got married in October a few years ago and it was my honor and privilege to … Read more

Three FREE crochet hat patterns

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Welcome to Couch Surfer Crochet! We are finally getting some cooler fall weather where I live, which has put me in a hat making mood! I start making donation hats around this time every year. My goal is to make 2  – 3 per week until the holidays so that I have plenty of hats … Read more

Crochet Pattern Feature – American Flag Blanket

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Hello! Welcome to Couch Surfer Crochet! Today I will be featuring a beautiful American Flag blanket pattern! A couple of years ago my friend’s son (aka my Nephew 🙂 ) joined the Navy. He has known since he was a little squirt that he wanted to join the Navy just like his grandfather. I also … Read more

2019 Block-A-Week : Week 4

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Hello! Welcome to Couch Surfer Crochet! We are now on Week 4 of the 2019 Block-A-Week Project! You can find the first two weeks here:

Block-A-Week 2019 – Squares
(all of the weeks are posted there)

The square for Week 4 will look like this:

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2019 Block-A-Week : Week 3

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Hello! Welcome to Couch Surfer Crochet! We are now on Week 3 of the 2019 Block-A-Week Project! You can find the first two weeks here:

Block-A-Week 2019 – Squares
(all of the weeks are posted there)

For Week 3 we are doing a beautiful square called More V’s Please by MoCrochet! It looks like this when finished:

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 Block A Week CAL in 2014, 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! You can also download the pattern on Ravelry for easy access! You can also see lots of color combinations on the Ravelry page by other members that have created this square. The original design was done all in one color and it stunning. I personally like to make my squares super colorful, but part of the fun of a project like this is making each square however you want to!

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Stash Buster Granny Square CAL – Border

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Welcome back to Couch Surfer Crochet! This is the last week of the Stash Buster Granny Square Crochet Along! I hope you have enjoyed working on this CAL! We are now on the final week : the BORDER!! These squares have been so much fun to create and I truly love the finished blanket. This week I will teach you how to add a border to this blanket. I’ll also show you a trick that I use to make finishing a blanket go much quicker!

The photos you have shared in the Facebook group are absolutely stunning! You all have inspired me so much with your fabulous work and your awesome color choices! Maybe you will be inspired to try this pattern again with a different set of colors. I think I might do just that!

For a refresher, all of the previous weeks can be found here:

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Joining

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Stash Buster Granny CAL – Joining

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Hey crocheters! I hope you have enjoyed working on this Crochet Along! These squares have been so much fun to create, and I LOVE seeing all of your color choices! We are in the home stretch! This week we will be joining all of those squares together, and next week we will be adding a border to finish! We are now done with the most difficult part of this Crochet Along : making all those squares! If you are just joining us, all the of the square patterns can be found here:

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4

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Stash Buster Granny CAL – Week 4

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Welcome to Couch Surfer Crochet! We are now on Week 4 of the Stash Buster Granny Square Crochet Along!

If you are just now joining us, check out the INTRO POST.

This blanket pattern is designed to be a stash buster! Each week we will be creating a “SET” number of squares, but it is totally creatively open! Colors are all up to YOU! Each week the pattern is the basic granny square, the unique look comes from when we do color changes on each square.

If you’ve never heard the term “stash buster” before, it’s when you have LOTS and LOTS of bits of yarn with no idea what to do with them! I designed this pattern with the intention that it would be very colorful and very random. I didn’t want any two squares to look alike. Of course, if you want to make each week of squares exactly the same, that’s totally up to you! I think that would be a stunning finished piece if that’s what you choose to do!

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Stash Buster Granny CAL – Week 3

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Welcome to Couch Surfer Crochet! We are now on Week 3 of the Stash Buster Granny Square Crochet Along!

If you are just now joining us, check out the INTRO POST.

This blanket pattern is designed to be a stash buster! Each week we will be creating a “SET” number of squares, but it is totally creatively open! Colors are all up to YOU! Each week the pattern is the basic granny square, the unique look comes from when we do color changes on each square.

If you’ve never heard the term “stash buster” before, it’s when you have LOTS and LOTS of bits of yarn with no idea what to do with them! I designed this pattern with the intention that it would be very colorful and very random. I didn’t want any two squares to look alike. Of course, if you want to make each week of squares exactly the same, that’s totally up to you! I think that would be a stunning finished piece if that’s what you choose to do!

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