Baby Crab
The third design in my ‘Baby Ocean & Others‘ series is this cute bubbly, crab.
Interlocking & Mosaic
Choose your preferred colorwork technique: interlocking crochet or overlay mosaic crochet. You’ll receive both options, so why not try both?
Each file contains the fully written pattern and charts.
Size
With the interlocking crochet technique they begin with 60 windows in the foundation row. The mosaic crochet option is 121 stitches wide.
If you meet gauge, each square will be about 30″ / 76cm. You can use these individually as baby blankets or join them together to create a large one-of-a-kind blanket!
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“Baby Crab” crocheted by Angela using the overlay mosaic crochet technique.
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Original Blog Entry
We were at the park the other day when we learned our city puts on a summer program. There were two workers doing crafts and playing games with the kids.
My youngest just played in the splash park, but the older two enjoyed making a crabby craft! Their favorite part was putting glue on the paper and then going over to the sandbox and putting REAL SAND on their picture!
Their little pictures are so adorable but I am not sure where to put them without getting sand all over the house. 
Alice & Remi really enjoyed the craft at the park.
Snappy Crab
I hope you think my crab pattern is adorable too!
It is just one crab mostly. A few snappy pincher claws from some friends have made their way into the frame too. And I was thinking those small “circles” were bubbles or maybe strings of pearls, but they are actually squares so I am not sure if they look as well as my imagination wanted.
Crocheted by Altona Newcombe, using the overlay mosaic technique.
Baby Blanket Size
These baby blankets finish to 30″ square when you use worsted weight yarn and match my gauge. You can use any yarn and hook really, just do a gauge swatch to see how large yours will be. The chart is 121 x 121.
Like all of my patterns, I have included the written instructions for interlocking crochet AND overlay mosaic crochet, plus one of the charts includes X’s for overlay mosaic crochet!
Jump down to see more details.
Interlocking crochet sample by CynCityCrochets – red-orange used as the Main Color (MC).
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Important Pattern Details for “Baby Crab”
Like all my designs, you’ll receive one file for the interlocking crochet technique and one file for the overlay mosaic crochet technique for this pattern.
On the to-do list: I will be updating this pattern (and many others) to have a second mosaic crochet option where I’ll adjust the charts to be solid. Read more about the different techniques at https://ashleeslint.com/tutorials/interlocking-and-mosaic-crochet/.
Interlocking Crochet
Interlocking crochet is a colorwork technique where you create two layers of mesh locked together. You work one row at a time, alternating between the two contrasting colors.
Interlocking crochet / LFM crochet file includes:
- line-by-line written pattern
- instructions on reading a chart (to be added with next update)
- a one-page chart
Details
- Chart is 121 x 121
- Gauge: 16 DC x 8 rows = 4”
- 30″ x 30″ / 76cm
- 4.5 mm hook (US7)
- Worsted weight yarn (1050 – 1075 yards total)
- Main color (MC) (first color, dolphin) – 525 yards plus 25 for optional border
- Accent color (AC) (background) – 525 yards
Original Overlay Mosaic Crochet
Baby Crab was originally published in July 2021. I used the same chart for both the interlocking crochet option and the overlay mosaic crochet option. With this colorwork option you can see the interlocking mesh dots even when you use the overlay mosaic crochet technqiue.
Read more about these techniques at https://ashleeslint.com/tutorials/interlocking-and-mosaic-crochet/.
Mosaic Crochet file includes:
- line-by-line written pattern
- instructions on reading a chart (coming in update along with a one-page chart marked with X’s (good for viewing on a screen)).
- a multi-page chart marked with X’s (better for printing)
Details
- Chart is 121 x 121
- Gauge: 16 sc blo stitches x 16 rows = 4”
- 30″ x 30″ / 76cm
- 4.5 mm hook (US7)
- Worsted weight yarn (1170 – 1370 yards)
- Main color (dolphin) – 585 yards
- Contrasting color (background) – 585 yards
- Optional envelope border – 200 yards
Adjusted Overlay Mosaic Crochet
To-Do List: the adjusted overlay mosaic crochet option.
