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Belle to Infinity; Free Center-Out Mosaic Crochet Pattern

Belle to Infinity is a repeatable, size-adjustable blanket worked from the center-out using overlay mosaic crochet.

Created for the 2023 Crochet Foundry Blog Hop.

I was so honored to be included in this year’s blog hop! Crochet Foundry Magazine has been sharing a new, free pattern every other week.

Main Blog Hop page: https://crochetfoundry.com/pages/crochet-foundry-blog-hop-2023

This year, all the patterns are featuring Furls Wander Yarn and Furls Crochet Hooks.

I was so excited to get a box of yarn and a pretty hook and I created this pretty (free) blanket pattern for you all in return!

I created a support video for this design!

Crochet along with me, or skip to the part giving you trouble!

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Free Pattern

Belle to Infinity

Follow the FREE pattern here on my blog or purchase a PDF version.

You can get the full written pattern and chart in PDF form from my Ravelry store or Etsy shop. Thank you to my testing team: Angela Kermack, Eva, CrochetCarob, and Sandi Willoughby!

Scroll down to find the free version here on my blog!

"Belle to Infinity" on Ravelry

"Belle to Infinity" on Etsy

The full written pattern can be found for free here on the blog. The x-marked chart is only available in the PDF version.

This pattern is only available for the overlay mosaic crochet technique currently. Most of my patterns also include an interlocking crochet option, but this one does not – yet.

Center-Out Overlay Mosaic Crochet

This technique is currently my favorite way to do colorwork in crochet.

You work with one color per round, there’s no cutting of your yarn (so no ends to worry about), and the results look so complex and amazing!

The yardage and weight estimates are based per square so that you can easily calculate how much yarn you’ll need, but we don’t join squares together when making this blanket! You can make this blanket as large as you want by following the repeats (thus the Infinity part of the title).

Important Details

US crochet terminology
Single square uses a chart of 39 x 39
Gauge: 17 sc in BLO x 17 rows = 4”
5 mm hook (H-8)
Single square is 9.75” / 25cm
- 9 squares (3 x 3 grid) is 29.25” / 75cm
Furls Wander Yarn, 100% acrylic, 100 g, 120 yrds / 109 m, 4 – medium worsted weight
- Main Color (background), Obsidian: less than half a ball needed per square
- Contrasting Color (hearts), Tundra: less than half a ball needed per square
PER SQUARE: total of 77 grams / 102 yards, need 1 ball of each color.
- Main color (background, black) – 45 grams / 54 yards
- Contrasting color (hearts, blue) – 36 grams / 43 yards
NINE SQUARE blanket (3 x 3, continuously worked): 663 grams / 795 yards, need 4 balls of MC, 3 balls of CC.
- Main color (background, black) – 405 grams / 486 yards
- Contrasting color (hearts, blue) – 324 grams / 387 yards
Plus, Optional SC BLO Border: 1 ball of MC

Wander is a 4- medium weight yarn (worsted weight). It is 100% acrylic and comes in many different colors!

I chose Obsidian (black) as my main color (MC) and Tundra (light blue) as my contrasting color (CC).

I used a 5 mm Ebony Streamline Wood hook. This is my 2nd Furls crochet hook and they are both so lightweight and prety. They make me feel special when I use them.

Pattern Key

MC = Main Color: blue in chart

CC = Contrasting Color: white in chart

ch = chain: pull a loop through

SC = single crochet: insert hook, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through both loops on hook

DC = double crochet: yarn over, insert hook, pull up a loop, *yarn over, pull through two loops* twice

I used Obsidian (black) for my MC and Tundra (light blue) for my CC.

MR = magic ring: place yarn across the front of your fingers with the tail hanging down, wrap yarn over and behind your fingers, cross yarn at the top of your hand towards your wrist, insert hook under first loop on the back of your hand and grab the second loop, pull the loop up and chain to keep it in place. View my video tutorial or photo tutorial online: AshleesLint.com/magicring. I also go over this step in detail in the support video for Belle to Infinity.

Key (con’t): Special Stitches

Take note of the lower case versus upper case

sc = SC into Back Loop only

dc = dropped double crochet: DC into Front Loop of stitch in the round below, skip the sc stitch that gets hidden behind this dropped stitch

scC = single crochet corner: SC into Back Loop Only of previous round’s corner chain, chain 1, SC into the same Back Loop again

dcC = double crochet corner: do a dropped DC into front loop of previous round’s corner chain, chain 1, do another dropped DC into same front loop again. The next stitch, if it is a dc, will use this same front loop as well.

Remember to skip the same number of stitch(es) behind your dc(s) before doing your next sc.

Mosaic Crochet Technique

The front of your work is always facing you (this is the right side, the side showing the design)
Yarn colors can be anything you like
- They need to contrast well (try a black and white photo to see if they are too similar)
- They need to be the same weight (size/thickness)
Do not cut your yarn at the end of each round, carry it up through the corner stitch
Join at the end of each round; use an invisible join into the first stitch of the round
After joining, pick up a loop of the other color and make a really tight chain to lock it all in, then continue with your corner stitches in the chain of the previous round’s corner stitches
Even-numbered rounds use MC; odd-numbered rounds use CC. We start with round 1.

The wrong side will be striped with a faint illusion of the front design.

Begin Crocheting Here

Foundation Round (Counts as round 1)

Use Contrasting Color (CC) (Tundra / light blue).

Crochet 8 single crochets in a magic ring, use an invisible join to close the circle.

Alternatively, chain 2, then do 8 single crochets into the 2^nd chain from your hook, use an invisible join to close the circle.

Finished round 6.

Repeat between the asterisks (*) for each side; join to the first stitch when you’ve finished all four sides of your square.

MC 2 – *scC, sc1*

CC 3 – *scC, dc1, sc1, dc1*

MC 4 – *scC, (dc1, sc1) x2, dc1*

About the use of brackets: https://ashleeslint.com/2020/08/29/brackets-in-crochet-patterns/

CC 5 – *scC, dc1, sc5, dc1*

MC 6 – *scC, dc1, sc1, dc5, sc1, dc1*

CC 7 – *scC, dc1, sc1, dc1, sc5, dc1, sc1, dc1*

MC 8 – *dcC, dc1, sc3, dc5, sc3, dc1*

CC 9 – *scC, sc15*

MC 10 – *scC, dc17*

CC 11 – *scC, dc1, sc17, dc1*

MC 12 – *scC, sc2, dc1, sc3, dc9, sc3, dc1, sc2*

CC 13 – *scC, sc4, dc1, sc13, dc1, sc4*

MC 14 – *scC, dc1, sc1, (dc1, sc3) x2, dc5, (sc3, dc1) x2, sc1, dc1*

CC 15 – *scC, sc4, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc9, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc4*

MC 16 – *scC, sc2, (dc1, sc1) x2, (dc1, sc3) x4, (dc1, sc1) x2, dc1, sc2*

CC 17 – *scC, sc2, (dc1, sc5, dc1, sc3) x2, dc1, sc5, dc1, sc2*

MC 18 – *scC, sc4, (dc1, sc1) x3, dc1, sc3, (dc1, sc1) x2, dc1, sc3, (dc1, sc1) x3, dc1, sc4*

CC 19 – *scC, sc12, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc1, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc12*

MC 20 – *scC, sc2, (dc1, sc1) x6, dc1, sc7, (dc1, sc1) x6, dc1, sc2*

CC 21 – *dcC, dc1, sc17, dc3, sc17, dc1*

You’ve now completed a single square. Do not cut your yarn.

A single square.

Continue crocheting!

Rounds 22 through 61 will be creating 8 more squares all the way around this first square (4 on each side, 4 on each corner).

See the support video if needed: https://youtu.be/bWonSjCSevM

Once you’ve completed round 61, you’ll repeat from round 22 (as round 62) to make your project larger.

The first time you do rows 22-61, ignore the << and >>. Pay attention to the way they sometimes interrupt the count (for example, sc4, << sc5, could be re-written as sc9).

MC 22 – *scC, << sc4, (dc1, sc1) x6, dc1, sc7, (dc1, sc1) x6, dc1, sc3, >> sc1*

CC 23 – *scC, dc1, << sc1, dc1, sc13, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc1, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc13, dc1, >> sc1, dc1*

MC 24 – *scC, dc1, sc1, << dc1, sc1, dc1, sc5, (dc1, sc1) x3, dc1, sc3, (dc1, sc1) x2, dc1, sc3, (dc1, sc1) x3, dc1, sc5, dc1, sc1, >> dc1, sc1, dc1*

CC 25 – *scC, dc1, sc2, << sc3, (dc1, sc3, dc1, sc5) x3, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc2, >> sc3, dc1*

MC 26 – *scC, (dc1, sc1) x2, << (dc1, sc1) x2, dc1, sc3, (dc1, sc1) x2, (dc1, sc3) x4, (dc1, sc1) x2, dc1, sc3, (dc1, sc1) x2, >> (dc1, sc1) x2, dc1*

CC 27 – *scC, dc1, sc1, dc1, sc2, << sc3, dc1, sc1, dc1, sc5, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc9, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc5, dc1, sc1, dc1, sc2, >> sc3, dc1, sc1, dc1*

MC 28 – *scC, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc1, << dc1, sc1, dc1, sc3, (dc1, sc1) x2, (dc1, sc3) x2, dc5, (sc3, dc1) x2, (sc1, dc1) x2, sc3, dc1, sc1, >> dc1, sc1, dc1, sc3, dc1*

CC 29 – *scC, sc7, << (sc13, dc1) x2, sc12, >> sc8*

MC 30 – *scC, (dc1, sc1) x4, << (dc1, sc1) x4, (dc1, sc3) x2, dc9, (sc3, dc1) x2, (sc1, dc1) x3, sc1, >> (dc1, sc1) x4, dc1*

CC 31 – *scC, dc1, sc8, << sc9, dc1, sc1, dc1, sc17, dc1, sc1, dc1, sc8, >> sc9, dc1*

MC 32 – *scC, sc2, dc1, sc3, (dc1, sc1) x2, << (dc1, sc1) x2, (dc1, sc3) x2, dc17, (sc3, dc1) x2, sc1, dc1, sc1, >> (dc1, sc1) x2, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc2*

CC 33 – *scC, sc4, dc1, sc6, << sc7, dc1, sc25, dc1, sc6, >> sc7, dc1, sc4*

MC 34 – *dcC, dc3, (sc3, dc1) x2, sc1, << dc1, sc1, (dc1, sc3) x2, (dc5, sc3) x3, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc1, >> dc1, sc1, (dc1, sc3) x2, dc3*

CC 35 – *scC, sc4, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc4, << sc5, dc1, sc3, (dc1, sc5, dc1, sc1) x2, dc1, sc5, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc4, >> sc5, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc4*

MC 36 – *scC, sc2, dc3, sc1, (dc1, sc3) x2, << (dc1, sc3) x2, dc1, sc1, dc3, sc3, dc1, sc1, dc5, sc1, dc1, sc3, dc3, sc1, (dc1, sc3) x2, >> (dc1, sc3) x2, dc1, sc1, dc3, sc2*

CC 37 – *scC, sc2, dc1, sc5, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc2, << sc3, (dc1, sc3, dc1, sc5) x3, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc2, >> (sc3, dc1) x2, sc5, dc1, sc2*

MC 38 – *scC, sc4, dc5, sc1, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc1, << dc1, sc1, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc1, dc5, sc5, (dc1, sc1) x2, dc1, sc5, dc5, sc1, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc1, >> dc1, sc1, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc1, dc5, sc4*

CC 39 – *scC, sc12, dc1, sc3, dc1, << sc1, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc13, dc1, sc1, dc1, sc13, dc1, sc3, dc1, >> sc1, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc12*

MC 40 – *scC, sc2, dc11, sc1, dc1, sc3, << sc4, dc1, sc1, dc11, sc7, dc11, sc1, dc1, sc3, >> sc4, dc1, sc1, dc11, sc2*

CC 41 – *dcC, dc1, sc17, dc1, << dc2, sc17, dc3, sc17, dc1, >> dc2, sc17, dc1*

MC 42 – *scC, sc4, dc11, sc1, dc1, sc3, << sc4, dc1, sc1, dc11, sc7, dc11, sc1, dc1, sc3, >> sc4, dc1, sc1, dc11, sc4*

CC 43 – *scC, dc1, sc1, dc1, sc13, dc1, sc3, dc1, << sc1, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc13, dc1, sc1, dc1, sc13, dc1, sc3, dc1, >> sc1, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc13, dc1, sc1, dc1*

MC 44 – *scC, (dc1, sc1) x2, dc1, sc5, dc5, sc1, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc1, << dc1, sc1, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc1, dc5, sc5, (dc1, sc1) x2, dc1, sc5, dc5, sc1, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc1, >> dc1, sc1, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc1, dc5, sc5, (dc1, sc1) x2, dc1*

CC 45 – *scC, (dc1, sc5, dc1, sc3) x2, dc1, sc2, << sc3, (dc1, sc3, dc1, sc5) x3, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc2, >> (sc3, dc1) x2, sc5, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc5, dc1*

MC 46 – *scC, dc1, sc1, dc5, sc1, dc1, sc3, dc3, sc1, (dc1, sc3) x2, << (dc1, sc3) x2, dc1, sc1, dc3, sc3, dc1, sc1, dc5, sc1, dc1, sc3, dc3, sc1, (dc1, sc3) x2, >> (dc1, sc3) x2, dc1, sc1, dc3, sc3, dc1, sc1, dc5, sc1, dc1*

CC 47 – *scC, (dc1, sc1, dc1, sc5) x2, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc4, << sc5, dc1, sc3, (dc1, sc5, dc1, sc1) x2, dc1, sc5, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc4, >> sc5, dc1, sc3, (dc1, sc5, dc1, sc1) x2, dc1*

MC 48 – *dcC, dc1, (sc3, dc5) x2, (sc3, dc1) x2, sc1, << dc1, sc1, (dc1, sc3) x2, (dc5, sc3) x3, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc1, >> dc1, sc1, (dc1, sc3) x2, (dc5, sc3) x2, dc1*

Image near the end of round 48 or so (I should have written it down to be sure).

Continue crocheting!

CC 49 – *scC, sc20, dc1, sc6, << sc7, dc1, sc25, dc1, sc6, >> sc7, dc1, sc20*

MC 50 – *scC, dc17, (sc3, dc1) x2, sc1, dc1, sc1, << (dc1, sc1) x2, (dc1, sc3) x2, dc17, (sc3, dc1) x2, sc1, dc1, sc1, >> (dc1, sc1) x2, (dc1, sc3) x2, dc17*

CC 51 – *scC, dc1, sc17, dc1, sc1, dc1, sc8, << sc9, dc1, sc1, dc1, sc17, dc1, sc1, dc1, sc8, >> sc9, dc1, sc1, dc1, sc17, dc1*

MC 52 – *scC, sc2, dc1, sc3, dc9, (sc3, dc1) x2, (sc1, dc1) x3, sc1, << (dc1, sc1) x4, (dc1, sc3) x2, dc9, (sc3, dc1) x2, (sc1, dc1) x3, sc1, >> (dc1, sc1) x4, (dc1, sc3) x2, dc9, sc3, dc1, sc2*

CC 53 – *scC, sc4, dc1, sc13, dc1, sc12, << (sc13, dc1) x2, sc12, >> (sc13, dc1) x2, sc4*

MC 54 – *scC, dc1, sc1, (dc1, sc3) x2, dc5, (sc3, dc1) x2, (sc1, dc1) x2, sc3, dc1, sc1, << dc1, sc1, dc1, sc3, (dc1, sc1) x2, (dc1, sc3) x2, dc5, (sc3, dc1) x2, (sc1, dc1) x2, sc3, dc1, sc1, >> dc1, sc1, dc1, sc3, (dc1, sc1) x2, (dc1, sc3) x2, dc5, (sc3, dc1) x2, sc1, dc1*

CC 55 – *scC, sc4, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc9, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc5, dc1, sc1, dc1, sc2, << sc3, dc1, sc1, dc1, sc5, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc9, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc5, dc1, sc1, dc1, sc2, >> sc3, dc1, sc1, dc1, sc5, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc9, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc4*

MC 56 – *scC, sc2, (dc1, sc1) x2, (dc1, sc3) x4, (dc1, sc1) x2, dc1, sc3, (dc1, sc1) x2, << (dc1, sc1) x2, dc1, sc3, (dc1, sc1) x2, (dc1, sc3) x4, (dc1, sc1) x2, dc1, sc3, (dc1, sc1) x2, >> (dc1, sc1) x2, dc1, sc3, (dc1, sc1) x2, (dc1, sc3) x4, (dc1, sc1) x2, dc1, sc2*

CC 57 – *scC, sc2, (dc1, sc5, dc1, sc3) x3, dc1, sc2, << sc3, (dc1, sc3, dc1, sc5) x3, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc2, >> (sc3, dc1) x2, (sc5, dc1, sc3, dc1) x2, sc5, dc1, sc2*

MC 58 – *scC, sc4, (dc1, sc1) x3, dc1, sc3, (dc1, sc1) x2, dc1, sc3, (dc1, sc1) x3, dc1, sc5, dc1, sc1, << dc1, sc1, dc1, sc5, (dc1, sc1) x3, dc1, sc3, (dc1, sc1) x2, dc1, sc3, (dc1, sc1) x3, dc1, sc5, dc1, sc1, >> dc1, sc1, dc1, sc5, (dc1, sc1) x3, dc1, sc3, (dc1, sc1) x2, dc1, sc3, (dc1, sc1) x3, dc1, sc4*

CC 59 – *scC, sc12, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc1, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc13, dc1, << sc1, dc1, sc13, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc1, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc13, dc1, >> sc1, dc1, sc13, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc1, dc1, sc3, dc1, sc12*

MC 60 – *scC, sc2, (dc1, sc1) x6, dc1, sc7, (dc1, sc1) x6, dc1, sc3, << sc4, (dc1, sc1) x6, dc1, sc7, (dc1, sc1) x6, dc1, sc3, >> sc4, (dc1, sc1) x6, dc1, sc7, (dc1, sc1) x6, dc1, sc2*

CC 61 – * dcC, dc1, sc17, dc3, sc17, dc1, << dc2, sc17, dc3, sc17, dc1, >> dc2, sc17, dc3, sc17, dc1*

You’ve now completed 9 squares, in a 3 x 3 layout.

Continue crocheting!

To make your blanket larger, repeat rounds 22 through 61.

If this is the 2^nd time you are doing rounds 22 through 61, repeat between << and >> three times. You’ll then have 25 squares completed in a 5 x 5 layout.

If it’s your 3^rd time doing these rounds, repeat between << and >> five times. And so on.

Finished round 6.

You can stop at the end of any round. You do not need to reach row 61.

Optional SC BLO Border

If you’ve run out of yarn, or your blanket is the size you want, you have the option to simply cut and tie off your yarn at the end of any round.

Or, you can now add a border!

If you like the way mine looks with the wide black border around it, you can add a few rounds of single crochet in the back loop only.

I did 5 rounds because that used up the yarn I had.

(My blanket made it to round 88 – I didn’t have enough Tundra yarn to finish round 89 but I did have an entire skein of Obsidian left so I added the border until I used it all up).

I put one single crochet in the Back Loop Only of every stitch and I put a scC in each corner chain, just like in the body of our pattern. I started in the corner for each border round, just like in the body of our pattern as well.