Purpureus Grandiflorus

Purpureus Grandiflorus is the Latin name for the spring crocus. It’s still very much winter here – there are no flowers to see yet – but I’m hopeful that spring is just around the corner!

This glorious blanket can be crocheted using the interlocking or overlay mosaic crochet technique from the center-out or bottom-up!

This design can be repeated to infinity, so you can make it any size you want! You could even create a matching square for a pillow or bag.

Image attribution: A. Barra, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Four Files

Each crochet option comes in its own file with the full written pattern and an appropriate chart(s). The mosaic charts are marked with X’s to show the dropped double crochets.

Therefore, you will receive four files:

• Interlocking Crochet (bottom-up)
• Center-Out Interlocking Crochet
• Overlay Mosaic Crochet (bottom-up)
• Center-Out Overlay Mosaic Crochet

Center-out mosaic crochet sample of Purpureus Grandiflorus crocheted by Eva.

Overlay Mosaic Crochet Tutorials

This colorwork technique is great for beginners because there’s really only 2 stitches to know!

Try an overlay mosaic crochet video (my Sleigh motif): https://youtu.be/-te_TF5fBZM

And try one from the center-out (my February Knot, mini-square): https://youtu.be/NunsCkH1Dr8

But wait, there’s more!

Using my Tunisian Mosaic Crochet tutorial you can use the overlay mosaic crochet pattern with the tunisian crochet technique! (Technically you can also do tunisian crochet from the center-out but I don’t have a tutorial on that – yet!)

One of the great things about this Purpureus Grandiflorus design, besides being gorgeous, is that you get ALL the files in one purchase. So, if you want to make the blanket using one technique but you’d rather use a different technique to create a matching pillow – you easily can!

Center-out mosaic crochet square by Alexandra.

I did use purple for my small interlocking square but there’s not too much purple in the variegated yarn I used for the center-out mosaic blanket.

Kami used a variegated yarn for the Main Color (MC) in her center-out overlay mosaic crochet blanket. You can see there are sections where the design gets washed out because the colors are no longer highly contrasting.

Kami says she really likes the washed-out look and is happy with the final blanket!

Ashlee’s Orange/Purple Sample

For my center-out mosaic blanket, I chose to use Hobbii Horizon, in 13 Sunup Sky because:

• it was on sale
• I had a good contrast color in my stash (Hobbii We Love Yarn MegaBall in White)
• there was some purple in it

BUT, I kind of wish I didn’t use this yarn because:

• it’s a light worsted weight yarn, which means it takes longer to make a big finished blanket
• the colors change much more rapidly than I realized (I think I’d rather control the color changes)
• not enough purple

I used two full skeins of this purple/orange/yellow Hobbii Horizon (Sunup Sky) plus I used a little bit from a third skein for a total of 1253 yards to finish the row I was on. I used one full skein of MegaBall in white (1312 yards).

Ignoring my own gauge recommendation, I used a 5 mm hook with this 3 – Light Worsted yarn. My blanket is 44” / 112cm square. It is about 2 and half squares wide which is a total of about 6.25 squares.

Testing Team

As always, I’m extremely dependent on and thankful to my testing team! Interlocking and Overlay Mosaic (center-out and bottom-up) patterns tested by Alexandra, Anonymous, CynCityCrochets, Heather Passmore, Kami, Linda Bakker, Nessa Miller, & Sheryl Dunbar.

Important Details for Purpureus Grandiflorus

As with all my designs, Purpureus Grandiflorus comes with the fully written patterns and charts for two colorwork techniques: interlocking crochet and overlay mosaic crochet.

The mosaic crochet version uses an adjusted chart. This means I’ve removed the interlocking mesh dots and unneccessary border lines. Read more about the differences at https://ashleeslint.com/tutorials/interlocking-and-mosaic-crochet/.

Click here to learn more about the options for dealing with the cut ends at the end of each row when doing overlay mosaic crochet.

This design can be made from the bottom-up or center-out in both colorwork techniques so you’ll receive four files!

• Interlocking Crochet (bottom-up)
• Center-Out Interlocking Crochet
• Overlay Mosaic Crochet (bottom-up)
• Center-Out Overlay Mosaic Crochet

Center-Out Interlocking / LFM crochet file includes:

• line-by-line written pattern (view key)
• instructions on reading a chart
• one-page and multi-page chart with the repeatable section color-coded

Center-Out Interlocking Crochet Details

• Gauge: 8 (dc, ch) x 8 rows in one color = 4”
• 5 mm hook (H-8)
• Single square chart size: 77 x 77
• Each completed square: 19” / 49cm
• Per square: Worsted weight yarn (480 – 530 yards)
  • Main color (MC) (black) – 240 yards
  • Accent color (AC) (purple) – 240 yards
  • Plus, optional Locking SC Border – depends on your project
    size: (50 yards for a single square) or (150 yards for a 3 x 3 blanket)

Center-Out Mosaic Crochet file includes:

• line-by-line written pattern (view key)
• instructions for optional envelope border (view)
• instructions on reading a chart (view)
• one-page and multi-page color-coded chart marked with X’s

Center-Out Mosaic Crochet Details

• Gauge: 18 stitches x 18 rows = 4”
• 5 mm hook (H-8)
• Single square: chart is 77 x 77, finished size 17” / 43cm
• Per Square: light worsted weight yarn / dk weight (470 yards total)
  • Main color (purple) – 210 yards
  • Contrasting color (white) – 260 yards

Thank you!

I hope you’ll enjoy my new pattern! I have so many more things to create for you and I am so thankful for all the support I consistently receive!