To Sail Away
This extra large square shows a sailboat on the water. Use it as a baby blanket or join it with other ocean-themed squares for a larger blanket.
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
Each of these squares is categorized as a baby blanket on its own. 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″ / 7cm. You can use these individually as baby blankets or join them together to create a large one-of-a-kind blanket! See more baby blanket patterns at ashleeslint.com/baby-blanket-patterns
To Sail Away is also included in an eBook called More in the Ocean. Read more about this set and learn how to save 30%!
Background photo: TricksterWildcat, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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Original Blog Entry
This is the second pattern in my eBook, More in the Ocean.
I don’t do a lot of boating here in Saskatchewan. We mostly have wheat fields. There are a few bodies of water that people use for recreation but it has never been a top interest of mine.
I don’t think this sailboat is going very fast because the water looks quite calm.
Thank You, Testers!
To Sail Away was tested by CynCityCrochet and Angela Kermack. Thank you!
It’s always interesting to see what the wrong side of the interlocking crochet version will look like (thanks for showing us both sides!).
If you use the mosaic technique like Angela Kermack did then the back will just be striped.
Angela Kermack used a light cream as the Main Color (MC) in her mosaic sample of To Sail Away.
Interlocking crochet sample of One Octopus crocheted by Nessa Miller.
Wrong side (back) of the interlocking crochet sample of One Octopus crocheted by Nessa Miller.
Important Pattern Details for “To Sail Away”
Like all my designs, you’ll receive multiple files with the purchase of this pattern.
You will get one file for the interlocking crochet technique and one file for the overlay mosaic crochet technique.
Coming soon: 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) (sailboat) – 525 yards plus 25 for optional border
- Accent color (AC) (background) – 525 yards
Original Overlay Mosaic Crochet
To Sail Away was originally published in October 202 and I used the same chart for both the interlocking crochet option and the overlay mosaic crochet option.
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 four-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 (sail boat) – 585 yards
- Contrasting color (background) – 585 yards
- Optional envelope border – 200 yards
Adjusted Overlay Mosaic Crochet
COMING SOON: the adjusted overlay mosaic crochet option.
