June Knot
Interlocking & Mosaic
Each Celtic Knot design comes with the full written pattern and chart for two techniques: interlocking crochet and overlay mosaic crochet.
Bottom-Up or Center-Out
The interlocking crochet version is done from the bottom-up.
The original overlay mosaic crochet version is done from the center-out so we don’t have to worry about any cut ends!
As of the end of November 2023 I’ve also added a bottom-up overlay mosaic crochet option!
Size
The interlocking crochet option is on a chart size of 81 x 81. This means it begins with 40 windows in the foundation row and will finish to about 20″ square.
The mosaic crochet option uses an adjusted chart; it is solid (there are no interlocking mesh dots on it) and it does not have the unnecessary border lines.
Interlocking & Mosaic Crochet Options
My June Knot samples side by side.
Thank you to my testers!
The “2023: A Year of Knots” series was tested by Altona Newcombe, Angela Kermack, Ann Walter, Anonymous Squirrel, Brandi, Chantal Lariviere, CrochetCarob, cyncitycrochets, Divya Tellakula, Eva, Heather Passmore, Just Duckie Crochet, Kami, MadeByMrsJones, Maja Serec, Margaret Maillet, Marijke Laenen, Pleva, Roxy’s Yarnstitchery, ScorpiosHook, Tehzeeb Mahil, & Wolsalon.
Same Old, Same Old
If you’ve been following this series then you likely already know the following things, but I like to be thorough, so I’m repeating them again.
- Each month in 2023 I am publishing a new Celtic Knot square.
- Each square comes with an option to do it using the interlocking crochet technique or the center-out overlay mosaic crochet technique.
- Both options include the full written pattern and charts. The mosaic chart has X’s and shows the top 1/4 that gets repeated for all 4 sides of the square.
- The plan is to join all 12 squares into a blanket at the end of the year.
You could also use these squares for pillows or bags or wall hangings.
Overlay mosaic samples of January through June Knot (not in order) crocheted by Wolsalon.
A Single Square
The eBook saves you 40% compared to buying all 12 squares individually. But what if you don’t want all 12 squares?
You can still make some amazing things with just a single square!
I love how it looks when a single design is repeated for a blanket (of course, I love the way it looks with 12 different Celtic knots as well).
I repeated Maja Serec’s sample for this pretend blanket image.
Colors
As with all my designs, high contrast between your two yarn colors is key.
Anytime you are doing colorwork with yarn you have some tough decisions to make. With interlocking crochet and overlay mosaic crochet you almost always want two colors that are not similar at all!
Think black and white and then add a bit of color.
Variegated yarns are often a problem – but sometimes you can find something that works!
Overlay mosaic samples of April, May, & June Knot crocheted by MadeByMrsJones.
Important Details
Each Celtic Knot design comes with the full written pattern and chart for three techniques: interlocking crochet, center-out overlay mosaic crochet, and bottom-up overlay mosaic crochet.
Click here to go to my tutorials for these crochet techniques.
Interlocking Crochet
The interlocking crochet version is done from the bottom-up.
All of the Celtic Knots squares are on a chart size of 81 x 81. This means they begin with 40 windows in the foundation row and will finish to about 20″ square.
Interlocking crochet / LFM crochet file includes:
– line-by-line instructions- instructions on reading a chart
– a one-page chart
Interlocking Crochet Details
- Chart is 81 x 81
- Gauge: 8 (dc, ch) x 8 rows = 4”
- 20″ x 20″ / 51cm x 51cm
- 4.5 mm hook (US7)
- Worsted weight yarn (490 – 565 yards total)
- Main color (MC) (knot) – 250 yards plus 75 for optional border
- Accent color (AC) (background) – 240 yards
Interlocking crochet sample of June Knot by Maja Serec.
Center-Out Overlay Mosaic Crochet
The original overlay mosaic crochet version is done from the center-out so we don’t have to worry about any cut ends when we join our squares!
The mosaic crochet charts have been adjusted from their interlocking crochet counterparts. They are solid (there are no interlocking mesh dots on it) and they do not have the unnecessary border lines.
The full chart is 77 x 77 and will finish to about 19″ square. Take note, you’ll receive the top 1/4 of the x-marked chart that gets repeated for all 4 sides of the square.
Center-Out Overlay Mosaic Crochet file includes:
– line-by-line instructions
– instructions on reading a chart
– a one-page chart marked with X’s for mosaic crochet
Center-Out Mosaic Crochet Details
- Chart is 77 x 77
- Gauge: 16 sc blo stitches x 16 rows = 4”
- 19″ / 48cm
- 5 mm hook (H-8)
- Worsted weight yarn (560 yards)
- Main color (knot) – 235 yards
- Contrasting color (background) – 325 yards
Center-out overlay mosaic crochet sample of June Knot by Eva.
Bottom-Up Overlay Mosaic Crochet
The additional bottom-up overlay mosaic crochet version can be done using Tunisian mosaic crochet if you’re trying to avoid an envelope border. Or you can weave in the cut ends. Another option is to crochet the squares together as you make them – create your foundation row as wide as three squares, for example, and crochet row 1 of all three squares, one after another, without cutting between them.
The bottom-up charts use the same solid image as the center-out mosaic crochet charts.
Gauge when worked from the bottom-up will be slightly different than when you work from the center-out.
You’ll receive both a single-page chart and a multi-page chart. Both charts have x’s marked on them for the dropped double crochets.
Bottom-Up Overlay Mosaic Crochet file includes:
– line-by-line instructions
– instructions on reading a chart
– 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)
Bottom-Up Mosaic Crochet Details
- Chart is 77 x 77
- Gauge: 14 sc blo stitches x 15 rows = 4”
- 22″ x 21″ / 56cm x 52cm
- 5 mm hook (H-8)
- Worsted weight yarn (580 – 830 yards)
- Main color (knot) – 250 yards
- Contrasting color (background) – 330 yards
- Optional envelope border – 250 yards
Bottom-up overlay mosaic crochet sample of June Knot by Angela Kermack.
Final Words
I am really pleased with how this year’s series is going. I love seeing your projects, please keep sharing! You can share in my own Facebook group (of course) and I love seeing it shared in other groups as well!
If you share on Instagram and tag me I may ask if I can share your photos to my stories!
Don’t worry about doing everything “on time”. As a business person I’m supposed to invoke a sense of urgency to get people making and sharing and such. But, as a human that enjoys my craft, I’d rather do things on my own timeline. I never want my patterns to be anything but enjoyable for you!
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