Beloved Alphabet
This series of blankets features a fancy letter surrounded by a decorative, swirly, heart-filled frame. This series is in progress; I will continue creating each letter of the alphabet until we get all 26 letters done but I do not know how long that will take me.
Save on Full Set
By popular request I have created a way for you to save when purchasing multiple letters. See more details below.
Two Colorwork Techniques
All of my patterns can be done using your choice of colorwork technique: Interlocking crochet or overlay mosaic crochet.
You’ll receive the fully written pattern and charts for both techniques. You’ll also get the written pattern for right- and left-handed crocheters!
The mosaic crochet option uses an x-marked adjusted chart that is solid in the solid areas (so you don’t see any of the interlocking mesh dots when you use the mosaic technique).
Quick Links
- Intro
- Two Colorwork Techniques
- Differences Between the Techniques
- Beloved Alphabet Blanket Size
- Baby Blanket Size Explanation
- Why is this Series NOT Considered a Baby Blanket?
- New Category: Toddler Blankets
- List of Available Letters
- Purchase links found on each letter’s page
- Discount on Full Set
Samples shown in this photo were crocheted by Angela Kermack, Ashlee, Chantal Lariviere, Divya Tellakula, Heather Passmore, Linda Bakker, and Nonna2Dreja.
Differences between the Techniques
As mentioned above, you’ll get access to two colorwork techniques when you purchase any of the letters in this Beloved Alphabet series.
Learn more about these techniques at https://ashleeslint.com/tutorials/interlocking-and-mosaic-crochet/.
The biggest differences are:
- visible mesh dots on interlocking crochet version that are not visible on the overlay mosaic crochet version
- the way the wrong side (the back) looks
- how much yarn is used
- how the finished blanket feels
Using Beloved A as an example, we can see the differences between the pink mosaic crochet blanket and the purple interlocking crochet blanket.
Are you crocheting one of my designs? I’d love to see it. Tag me on social media or join one of my groups!
The first Facebook icon takes you to my public page, the second Facebook icon goes to my private group.
Beloved Alphabet Blanket Size
These blankets work up to slightly different sizes depending on which technique you use.
The Beloved Alphabet blankets are designed to use worsted weight yarn. You can use a different yarn weight to adjust the finished size.
If you meet gauge, your finished interlocking crochet blanket will be 40” / 102cm square.
Your finished overlay mosaic crochet blanket will be 42” x 45” / 106cm x 114cm NOT including the fringe or the optional envelope border.
“Baby Blanket” Size Explanation
I made a bit of a blunder when marketing the first blanket in this series as a baby blanket. It was meant to be “B” for “Baby” but the size of the blanket is actually larger than my baby blanket section has been defined as.
(I have categorized my patterns based on size; see the full list at ashleeslint.com/patterns).
So you’ll notice that the Beloved Alphabet series is NOT listed in the Baby Blankets section.
Why Is this Series Not Considered a Baby Blanket?
When I created the “Baby Blanket” section I included only patterns that have a chart size of 121 x 121. These finished squares will be about 30″ / 76cm.
Most blanket size-charts I can find list baby blankets as somewhere between the 30″ to 35″ range.
The Beloved Alphabet blankets are 40″+.
New Category: Toddler Blankets
These random blanket size-charts tend to agree that a 40″ blanket is the size for a toddler or they sometimes call it a receiving blanket size.
The wonderful thing about babies is that they grow! So even though these blankets are larger than a traditional ‘baby’ blanket size I still think they’d be perfect for a baby gift.
You can use the last name initial or the first name initial and it’s still something that they can grow with and treasure for years!
List of Available Letters
When I first published Beloved B in May 2023 I wasn’t planning on creating any more letters. The “B” was to stand for “Baby”.
There were so many requests for more letters that I finally relented and said, ‘okay I should probably make more’. But the task was still quite daunting.
Let me know if you’d like to vote for a certain letter getting done sooner than others.
Save on Full Set
By popular request I have created a way for you to save when purchasing multiple letters. See more details below.
Published Letters in the “Beloved Alphabet” Series
This list will grow, but currently these are the letters that are available.
- Beloved B (published May 2023)
- Beloved A (July 2024)
- Beloved H (July 2024)
- Beloved S (August 2024)
- Beloved C (August 2024)
- Beloved R (September 2024)
- Beloved K (September 2024)
- Beloved M (October 2024)
- Beloved P (November 2024)
- Beloved T (December 2024)
- Beloved E (January 2025)
- Beloved I (January 2025)
- Beloved D (January 2025)
- Beloved J (February 2025)
- Beloved N (March 2025)
- Beloved L (April 2025)
- Beloved W (April 2025)
“Beloved Alphabet” Options Still to Come
I won’t be doing these in alphabetical order; I’ll try to get the most popular ones done sooner rather than later.
- Beloved F (not yet drawn)
- Beloved G (not yet drawn)
- Beloved O (aiming for June)
- Beloved Q (aiming for May)
- Beloved U (aiming for June)
- Beloved V (aiming for May)
- Beloved X (aiming for June)
- Beloved Y (aiming for July)
- Beloved Z (not yet drawn)
Discount on Full Set
When I committed to doing the full alphabet for these toddler blankets I did think about the possibility of a cheaper price for the full collection but I tossed that idea aside when I calculated the price.
I figured no one would be interested in something that expensive and most people will only be making one or maybe two blankets so it’s not worth my effort in creating a bundle.
Yet, over the last few months I’ve been asked numerous times about this!
Although we are halfway through the collection at this point (Jan 2025) I’m now creating a way for you to get a discount and it should work retroactively as well!
Price Calculations
I have chosen the prices for my designs by looking at the size of the chart and the complexity of the design as well as trying to be comparable to other interlocking and mosaic crochet designers (although that part is less important in my calculations).
These toddler-sized blankets are $7 CAD which means a full set of 26 letters would be $182.
With a 50% discount that is still $91 – which seems like a lot of money to me!
However, based on the messages and emails I’ve received, there are enough people interested in the full collection and they would love to save a bit!
Retroactive Discount
As I’ve published each pattern I’ve done a 30% discount on each new letter and given my newsletter subscribers a code to get each design at 50% off.
I don’t want to accidentally punish anyone who has been keeping up with each new release – we don’t want them to pay extra to now get the bundle.
Please note, the way promotions work and what is allowed differs from platform to platform; please choose what works best for you.
Jump to details for Ashlee’s Webshop, Ravelry, or Etsy.
Ashlee’s Webshop
I have created a listing that will allow you to make a single purchase for the set.
When the series is complete you’ll have access to all 26 letters of the alphabet but until then you’ll see ‘coming soon’ for the titles that aren’t yet published.
This listing saves you almost 60% versus buying 26 patterns at $7 CAD each (26 x 7 = $182 CAD).
Ravelry
On Ravelry I have created a promotion that will cap the amount you have to pay to purchase all the Beloved Alphabet letters at $75 CAD.
I had hoped to make it more flexible but the only way their system allows me to do it is to include all the Beloved Alphabet patterns in a ‘set’ for a pre-determined price.
Use the code “BASET” to get the Beloved Alphabet SET at an almost 60% discount!
The only way to make the promotion code work is to purchase every letter currently available – you can’t pick and choose your favorites.
It does apply to previous purchases though, and after you’ve reached $75 you’ll get the rest of the Beloved Alphabet blankets for free.
Use the following link to add the code & all unpurchased letters to your cart. It will calculate how much you’ve already spent and prevent you from spending more than $75 CAD.
Use this link / code (BASET) for every subsequent purchase of a Beloved Alphabet blanket to get the rest of the letters as I publish them.
Etsy
This platform stumped me on this one.
They have a limit of 5 files per listing. There’s a size limit as well.
I get around the 5 file limit on other eBooks by joining some of the PDFs into one file but the size limit makes this one a bother once again.
Not to mention that they don’t actually allow updates so I’d be manually emailing every subsequent letter to everyone.
Therefore, there is no eBook listing on Etsy for the full set of Beloved Alphabet blankets.
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