Four Lobsters
This lobster-filled baby blanket can be found in my “More in the Ocean” eBook of interlocking and mosaic crochet patterns.
Interlocking & Mosaic
As with all my designs, you’ll receive the fully written pattern and charts for both interlocking crochet and overlay mosaic crochet.
Size
With the interlocking crochet technique this blanket begins 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.
Get the full set of ocean-themed baby blankets and save 30%. Check out: More in the Ocean.
Original Blog Entry
My mom grew up in Nova Scotia, Canada. The east coast of Canada does a lot of fishing and trapping of lobsters and crabs.
She had a tiny wooden (pretend) lobster trap that my sister and I liked to play with. We grew up in Saskatchewan which is all prairie, so there were no local lobster traps.
I always thought the nets looked cool and the traps were very clever – the lobsters can get in but they can’t get out.
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old-fashioned_lobster_trap,_Fishermen’s_Museum_at_Pemaquid,_Bristol,_Maine_-_20130917.JPG
Cartoon-Red Lobsters
Surprisingly, I was quite old before I finally learned that lobsters are generally black in the ocean and not bright red like cartoons would have me believe.
My son’s t-shirt; a smiling, red lobster, with the quote “feelin’ snappy”
Right Side, Wrong Side
The interlocking crochet technique always creates a surprising ‘wrong side’!
If you use the interlocking crochet technique then the Wrong Side (WS) is an inverted opposite type image (but not exactly opposite).
If you use the overlay mosaic technique it will just be striped.
Interlocking crochet sample of Four Lobsters crocheted by Nessa Miller. Red used as Main Color (MC).
Wrong side (back) of the interlocking crochet sample of Four Lobsters crocheted by Nessa Miller.
Four Lobsters, Fourth Pattern in Series
This pattern, “Four Lobsters”, was originally going to be part of my Baby Ocean & Others eBook.
But I knew some of you wouldn’t like the design as a “baby” blanket because it isn’t that “cute”.
But I also know that some of you are not a fan of the “cutesy, cartoon” designs so I created a new eBook instead!
Important Pattern Details for “Four Lobsters”
As always, you’ll receive one file for the interlocking crochet technique and one file for the overlay mosaic crochet technique for this pattern.
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) (lobsters) – 525 yards plus 25 for optional border
- Accent color (AC) (background) – 525 yards
Original Overlay Mosaic Crochet
Four Lobsters was originally published in October 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 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 (lobsters) – 585 yards
- Contrasting color (background) – 585 yards
- Optional envelope border – 200 yards
Adjusted Overlay Mosaic Crochet
On the To-Do List: the adjusted overlay mosaic crochet option.
