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Specially Created for The Crochet Crowd’s 2022 Finale Cruise

I was so pleased when Pamela MacManus asked if I would create some interlocking crochet patterns for her to teach with on The Crochet Crowd’s 2022 Crochet Cruise. Have you heard of Mikey’s Crochet Cruises? @thecrochetcrowd #crochetcruise (see one of their promo videos on YouTube) Thank you, Pam, for making me feel famous!

Four Designs Originally

I created four patterns for the cruise (written instructions and charts for interlocking crochet only): Cruise Lighthouse, Cruise Whales, Cruise Finale Whales, and Cruise TCC Waves. Each chart is 101 x 101, which means they begin with 50 foundation windows. They are a good large size on their own or can be joined together to create a blanket.

After-Cruise Update

Now that the cruise is over, I’ve been asked to make the patterns available online – but of course, my “thing” is that all of my patterns have written instructions and charts for TWO techniques: interlocking crochet AND overlay mosaic crochet.

So, I’ve adjusted a few things.

Cruise Finale Whales & Cruise TCC Waves

I didn’t think the general public would be that interested in a waves square with “TCC” (for The Crochet Crowd) across it. The Finale Whales is also specific to the cruise.

These patterns are still available in the EBook. However, they are interlocking crochet patterns only. I did not update them to include a mosaic crochet option.

Lighthouse Change

I’ve created an overlay mosaic crochet version of Cruise Lighthouse where I’ve removed the unnecessary interlocking mesh dots and border lines from the pattern.

Whales Change

I’ve created an overlay mosaic crochet version of Cruise Whales where I’ve removed the unnecessary interlocking mesh dots and border lines from the pattern.

As mentioned above, I did not update the Cruise Finale Whales square.

However, I did create a full written pattern and charts (in both techniques) for just a single whale.

The original square is 3 whales tall and the same width as the other squares but the single whale pattern allows you to decide how many repeats to make!

Originally, I wanted all the patterns to be the same size (in case you want to join them together as a big blanket), but this whale is simply adorable and can be used in so many ways.

The single whale comes with charts and written instructions for right- and left-facing whales (for both interlocking and mosaic crochet). You can repeat it lengthwise to create a scarf or table runner. You can create a pillow. You can make a blanket. You can show off your creativity with this one!

Waves Change

As mentioned above, I did not create a mosaic option for the TCC Waves square.

But I did remove the lettering and create the full written pattern and charts (for both interlocking crochet and overlay mosaic crochet) for a square with just waves on it.

Cruise Waves is the square with just waves, no words.

SIZE INFORMATION

The interlocking versions of each square have a chart size of 101 x 101 (that’s a 50-window foundation). The mosaic versions have had the mesh dots and extra border lines removed, so the charts are 97 x 97. The finished size depends on your yarn and hook and tension, if you meet my gauge your finished interlocking squares will be about 25? x 25? / 64cm x 64cm and the mosaic squares will be 26? x28? / 66cm x 70cm.

The single whale is 101 x 33 for interlocking and 97 x 27 for mosaic. A single whale will be 25? x 8? / 64cm x 21cm in interlocking crochet and 28? x 7? / 70 cm x 18 cm in mosaic. But of course you can repeat him to create a blanket that’s much larger!

Wrong Side

You will also notice there is a difference in the wrong sides between the two techniques.

Interlocking crochet shows the opposite stitches on the back.

Mosaic crochet is just stripes on the back.

Sometimes those stripes get a bit “flappy”; for my whales sample in the image below I used my anchored variation to eliminate the flaps. See my tutorial here: https://ashleeslint.com/2021/07/06/mosaic-locked-double-crochet/