Large Squares
Interlocking & Mosaic
Every design comes with the full written pattern and chart for both interlocking crochet and overlay mosaic crochet.
Size
The designs in this category begin with 40 windows when you use the interlocking crochet technique. They have a chart size of 81 x 81.
Some of the mosaic crochet versions use the original chart, and some have been adjusted. The adjusted charts are 77 x 77 and do not have the interlocking mesh dots on them.
These squares will finish to about 20″ square.
The images below take you to that design’s blog entry. There are also a few older designs that don’t have a blog entry.
April Dog; the Pug in the 2024: A Year of Dogs Series
April Dog April Dog is our fourth pattern in the 2024: A Year of Dogs series. This large square features a wrinkly pug.April is also my Designaversary month! Check out the details at Ashlee's 4th Designaversary!Crochet Colorwork April Dog, like all the squares in this...
March Dog; the Third Square in 2024’s A Year of Dogs Series
March Dog March Dog is our third pattern in the 2024: A Year of Dogs series. This large square shows a pitbull in a portrait-style.Crochet Colorwork March Dog can be done using your choice of colorwork technique: Interlocking crochet or overlay mosaic crochet. You'll...
February Dog; the Second Square in 2024’s Year of Dogs Series
February Dog February Dog is our second pattern in the 2024: A Year of Dogs series. This large square features a heart-shaped dog on a background of nested hearts (my Many Hearts design).Crochet Colorwork Interlocking crochet and overlay mosaic crochet are two...
2024: A Year of Dogs Series Starts with January Dog
January Dog I am so excited to start 2024's "Year of..." series of large squares! January Dog features daschunds and was inspired by my old slippers.Crochet Colorwork Colorwork patterns can often be intimidating. Interlocking crochet and overlay mosaic crochet are two...
Ashlee’s 2024 Block – Large Floral Crochet Square
Ashlee's 2024 Block - Floral This large square has the number "2024" in the center with a simple floral design along the top and bottom. Choose your preferred colorwork technique to make this large square: interlocking crochet or overlay mosaic crochet. Learn more...
December Knot from 2023: A Year of Celtic Knots
December Knot I drew December Knot to look a bit like a star. Maybe only vaguely like a star. I didn't want it to be linked to the Christmas season directly since all of the other squares in this series are generic. But I did like the idea of making it look a bit like...
November Knot from 2023: A Year of Celtic Knots
November KnotI hope this is familiar to you by now. November Knot is our 11th Celtic knot square in the 2023: A Year of Celtic Knots series. Each Celtic knot design comes with the full written pattern and chart for two techniques: interlocking crochet and overlay...
October Knot from 2023: A Year of Celtic Knots
October Knot This beautiful square, October Knot, features two circles that are being wrapped with a continuous loop that goes over and under in a Celtic knot type way. I love how intricate it looks! As always, these large Celtic knot squares can be crocheted using...
September Knot from 2023: A Year of Celtic Knots
September Knot We've reached September so it's time for a new Celtic Knot square! The design for September Knot showcases the classic Triquetra (or Trinity Knot), which is a three-arched symbol, on all four sides of the square joined in the middle. This design is a...
August Knot from 2023: A Year of Celtic Knots
August Knot This is the 8th square in our Celtic Knots series of crochet squares. These oversized, large squares can be crocheted using one of two techniques: interlocking crochet or overlay mosaic crochet. There are two overlay mosaic options: center-out or...
July Knot from 2023: A Year of Celtic Knots
July KnotEach Celtic Knot design comes with the full written pattern and chart for two techniques: interlocking crochet and overlay mosaic crochet.The interlocking crochet version is done from the bottom-up. The mosaic crochet version is done from the center-out so we...
June Knot; Our 6th Celtic Knot Square of 2023
June KnotEach Celtic Knot design comes with the full written pattern and chart for two techniques: interlocking crochet and overlay mosaic crochet.The interlocking crochet version is done from the bottom-up. The original overlay mosaic crochet version is done from the...
May Knot – New Square in 2023: A Year of Celtic Knots
May Knot May Knot is our 5th Celtic knot in this series of oversized squares. Each month's design can be made using the interlocking crochet technique or the overlay mosaic crochet technique. Originally the overlay mosaic crochet technique was designed to be made from...
April Knot, from 2023: A Year of Celtic Knots
April Knot This month's Celtic knot design is said to symbolize luck. The 2023: A Year of Celtic Knot series can be made using interlocking crochet or overlay mosaic crochet. Both of these colorwork techniques use one color of yarn per row.The interlocking crochet...
March Knot, from 2023: A Year of Celtic Knots
March Knot March Knot is the 3rd square in 2023: A Year of Celtic Knots. This series of oversized squares features a new design each month. Choose your preferred colorwork technique and create as many squares as you want for a blanket or create a matching pillow (or...
February Knot, from 2023: A Year of Celtic Knots
February Knot February has a reputation for being all about hearts, so I was compelled to use hearts in this month's February Knot square. This month's knot looks like 4 big hearts formed from the two never-ending loops intertwined and then I added the inner...
January Knot; First Square in 2023: A Year of Celtic Knots
January Knot This is going to be a great year! I am so excited about the theme for 2023’s monthly "Year of..." squares: Celtic Knots! If you've been following me for awhile, you may remember we did gnomes in 2021, and cats in 2022.Celtic Knots The designs I’ve drawn...
Final Pattern of 2022: Ashlee’s 2023 Block
I am excited for what 2023 will hold! We have no plans to move (we've lived in 4 different places since I started designing crochet patterns in 2020). We are settling into a nice routine. And I think at least part of me has accepted that this dream-life of art and...
2023: A Year of Celtic Knots – Foundation Support Video
Celtic Knots Support VideoI've just published a new video on YouTube! This support video will make more sense when you have the pattern in front of you. We only have a few days left to wait for the first square that will be published on January 1!Get the Patterns The...
Planning Yardage for a Year of Celtic Knots
Celtic Knots Yardage One of the things that people seem to really love about my "Year of..." series is the monthly surprise of seeing the new design! One of the problems with a monthly surprise is that it is hard to plan your yarn usage. For 2023's year of Celtic...
2023: A Year of Celtic Knots
Celtic Knot SquaresA new Celtic knot square was published every month in 2023 as part of my "Year of..." series.Originally, every square was published with two options: interlocking crochet and center-out overlay mosaic crochet. As of the end of November 2023, a...
2022 December Cat & All-In-One Blankets
This year has just flown by! It is not December yet though - don't worry! I am publishing December Cat a few days early as requested by a few people in my Facebook Group: Ashlee Brotzell Designs. The holiday season is upon us and people are getting busy but they want...
Solid Overlay Mosaic Crochet Update to 2020 Holiday Squares eBook
I have just finished updating all 15 squares in "Ashlee's 2020 Holidays Squares" eBook! Previous posts about this eBook: Ashlee's 2020 Holiday Squares eBook - Interlocking and Mosaic Crochet Patterns and Updated Holiday eBook and How to Choose Colors Thank you all for...
Ashlee’s Yearly Blocks
Ashlee's Yearly Blocks Ashlee's large squares showcase the year & a simple decoration. Use the written pattern or charts for the interlocking crochet or overlay mosaic crochet colorwork technique.All of my designs give you the options of using either interlocking...
November Cat Face: Another Bonus Square
This cute little kitty cat is more my style (compared to the square I just published a few days ago: November Cat). You can use this square to replace one of the original cat squares in the 2022: A Year of Cats series. Or you can use it with "November Cat" to create a...
November Cat Square from 2022: A Year of Cats
November Cat November Cat is part of the 2022: A Year of Cats series of large squares. This month's cat square features a cat's rear end. This may not be the prettiest view of our beloved felines, but every cat-owner knows it's a common one.You'll have your choice of...
Missi the Horse and Missi’s Flowers – a blanket and a matching repeatable motif
I sure hope that I'm not allowing one of these amazing patterns to get brushed under the rug by releasing them at the same time. The blanket is amazing, and the flower motif is so versatile and cute. I really love them both individually. But, I created them at the...
2022 October Cat
Affectionately, I call this one "grumpy cat". His fur is sticking out and his face is not pleased. Those long droopy whiskers and his long droopy neck make him look adorably upset. Don't you want to soothe him? This is our 10th square and I am so excited that we have...
FREE Square: 2022 Bonus Scratch Cat
Sometimes I allow my sense of humor to show through my art. I hope you'll agree that this pattern is amusing! I don't feel as amused when my cats climb my curtains. I just wish this was something that happened only on TV for dramatic effect and not based on reality....
“September Cat” from “2022: A Year of Cats”
September Cat September Cat is another large square in the "2022: A Year of Cats" eBook. This cat also poses as the "v" in the Love mini-series!Each square in this year's series of large squares can be made using one of two colorwork techniques: interlocking crochet...
2022 August Cat
Last month's cat was a sleepy kitten, and this month I've drawn a striped cat. These two cats are similar in style and in my mind they'd be great as the two sides of a pillow! I think most of you will be quite familiar with this, but I'm going to say it anyway: this...
Year of Gnomes, Adjusted Mosaic Crochet Update
Year of Gnomes Solid, Adjusted Overlay Mosaic Crochet Update In 2021 I published a new gnome square each month. As with all my designs you had the option of using interlocking crochet or overlay mosaic crochet. The original overlay mosaic crochet option used the same...
Center-Out Update of Heart Levels 40
Heart Levels 40Heart Levels 40, as with all my designs, can be made using either the interlocking crochet technique or the overlay mosaic crochet technique. Both colorwork options come with the fully written pattern and charts. You can work Heart Levels 40 from...
2022 July Cat
Don't tell the other squares but this might be my favorite one. I think it looks so cute and I picked my favorite color for this square so that helps too! I unofficially call this one "Sleepy Kitten". I am horrible at naming my patterns, so I've liked the lazy method...
Celebration Gnome with 3 Flag Options
Celebration Gnome This new gnome square is celebrating. Choose interlocking crochet or overlay mosaic crochet and then also choose what style of flag to show.NOT part of the Year of Gnomes series This Celebration Gnome square is the same size as the gnome squares that...
Double Wedding Rings Center-Out Update
Double Wedding Rings Center-Out Update I know you have been waiting SO LONG for this update! I am so excited to announce that my most popular pattern ever has now received an update that makes it even more amazing! Double Wedding Rings was published in February 2022....
Soccer Ball 40
This custom square was drawn by Natalie Caruso. She adjusted the soccer ball from her “Love Soccer Mosaic Throw” (https://ravel.me/love-soccer-mosaic-blanket) so that it would be a 40-window square for a customer who wanted the squares to match my other 40-window...
2022 June Cat
June is such a lovely month, don't you agree? Here in Saskatchewan, Canada we are finally getting warm weather (it literally snowed multiple times last month) and summer is on the horizon. When I picked the colors for my cat square this month I was trying to use...
Repeatable GoldieLux Pattern
Repeatable GoldieLux Originally published in May 2021 as a large square, GoldieLux now includes a file with just the repeatable section so you can make it whatever size you want.The pattern has been updated on Ravelry and all four files are available to those who...
May Cat From 2022: A Year Of Cats; Interlocking And Mosaic Crochet Patterns
May Cat "May Cat" was based off a traditional quilting block & is the 5th design in my "2022: A Year of Cats" series of interlocking & overlay mosaic crochet patterns!You'll have your choice of colorwork technique: interlocking crochet or (solid) overlay...
April Cat From 2022: A Year Of Cats; Interlocking And Mosaic Crochet Patterns
April Cat This large square featuring a heart-shaped cat is the 4th in our "2022: A Year of Cats" series of interlocking and overlay mosaic crochet patterns.Each square in this year's series of large squares can be made using one of two colorwork techniques:...
2022 March Cat or L for Love
March Cat March Cat is our 3rd pattern in the "2022: A Year of Cats" eBook and it does double duty as the "L" in the Love mini-series as well! You'll have to wait until June to get the "O".Each square in this year's series of large squares can be made using one of two...
Double Wedding Rings: Crochet Square or Blanket Pattern
Double Wedding RingsThis design includes a full pattern for both techniques. The mosaic version is solid. Each technique comes with a bottom-up option and a center-out option. Therefore, there are 4 files included in this design.Originally this was designed as a...
2022 February Cat & Chinese Year of the Tiger
February has finally arrived! January always feels like the longest month. I think it's because of the snow but I don't know if that theory holds throughout the world (I know Saskatchewan, Canada does not represent the rest of the world lol). Summary of this blog...
Sunflower Garden Updated with more Charts
Updated Charts I published a new eBook just yesterday and already I have updated it! My new Sunflower Garden eBook and the individual squares now include charts for those left-facing leaves. I had mistakenly assumed that chart-readers were masters in everything and...
Sunflower Garden eBook
Sunflower Garden eBook Set of 3 large squaresEach of these squares can be crocheted using one of two techniques: interlocking crochet or overlay mosaic crochet. This eBook uses an adjusted, solid chart for the overlay mosaic crochet option. Read more about these...
2022 Valentine’s Bundle of One Blanket and Two Large Squares
2022 Valentine's Bundle My 2022 Valentine's Day bundle includes a blanket & 2 large square designs with hearts and swirls.Each design in this bundle can be made using the interlocking crochet technique or the overlay mosaic crochet technique. Both techniques use...
2022 January Cat; Interlocking and Overlay Mosaic Crochet Pattern
Happy New Year! We made it to 2022. We don't know what the future holds but many people are really focused on making this year better than last year. I have never done well with "new year's resolutions". If I want to do something, I do it now. If I don't want to do it...
2022: A Year of Cats; new eBook of oversized crochet squares
2022: A Year of Cats Each month in 2022 will have a cat-themed square! Choose the interlocking crochet or overlay mosaic crochet technique to whip up your whimsical creation!Each monthly cat square comes with the fully written pattern and charts for both interlocking...
Hanukkah 40: Updated for a Full Star
Last year I came out with a series of 15 holiday squares. I have just updated one of the squares: Hanukkah 40. They were all on a chart size of 81 x 81 which means they begin with 40 windows when you use the interlocking technique. Whether you use the interlocking...
Nordic Collection 2021: bundle of four crochet patterns
To me, the Nordic star / snowflake is a classic Christmas element. There are a few designers out there who have various takes on it. I wanted my version to have my own flair. I've created a collection of four patterns for you: a blanket and three 20" squares. The...
December Gnome and All-in-One Blanket
December Gnome This is the 12th (and final) large gnome square in this year's series 'A Year of Gnomes'.Each monthly gnome square comes with the fully written pattern and charts for both interlocking crochet and overlay mosaic crochet. The original mosaic crochet...
November Gnome
November Gnome This is the 11th large gnome square in this year's series 'A Year of Gnomes'.Each monthly gnome square comes with the fully written pattern and charts for both interlocking crochet and overlay mosaic crochet. The original mosaic crochet option used the...
October Gnome
October Gnome This is the 10th large gnome square in this year's series 'A Year of Gnomes'.Each monthly gnome square comes with the fully written pattern and charts for both interlocking crochet and overlay mosaic crochet. The original mosaic crochet option used the...
September Gnome and Harvest Basket Patterns
September Gnome This is the 9th large gnome square in this year's series 'A Year of Gnomes'. Harvest Basket is a companion pattern.Each monthly gnome square comes with the fully written pattern and charts for both interlocking crochet and overlay mosaic crochet. The...
August Gnome: Cherries
August Gnome This is the 8th large gnome square in this year's series 'A Year of Gnomes'.Each monthly gnome square comes with the fully written pattern and charts for both interlocking crochet and overlay mosaic crochet. The original mosaic crochet option used the...
July Gnome: Beach Time
July Gnome This is the 7th large gnome square in this year's series 'A Year of Gnomes'.Each monthly gnome square comes with the fully written pattern and charts for both interlocking crochet and overlay mosaic crochet. The original mosaic crochet option used the same...
June Gnome: Gone Fishin’
June Gnome This is the 6th large gnome square in this year's series 'A Year of Gnomes'.Each monthly gnome square comes with the fully written pattern and charts for both interlocking crochet and overlay mosaic crochet. The original mosaic crochet option used the same...
GoldieLux Square
GoldieLux GoldieLux was the first pattern where I adjusted the mosaic crochet option to be solid and not show the interlocking mesh dots in an effort to make the large square feel more luxurious.This large square can be made using the interlocking crochet technique or...
May Gnome: the flower girl
May Gnome This is the 5th large gnome square in this year's series 'A Year of Gnomes'.Each monthly gnome square comes with the fully written pattern and charts for both interlocking crochet and overlay mosaic crochet. The original mosaic crochet option used the same...
Older Designs
Some of my first designs don’t have a webpage associated with them (yet – it’s on my to-do list).
- 2020 Mother’s Day CAL (10 designs on Ravelry) (5 original on Etsy) (5 bonus on Etsy)
- Carnation (Ravelry) (5 original on Etsy)
- Lily (Ravelry) (5 original on Etsy)
- Rose (Ravelry) (5 original on Etsy) (single square on Etsy)
- Leaves (Ravelry) (5 original on Etsy)
- Butterfly (Ravelry) (5 original on Etsy)
- Daffodil (Ravelry) (5 bonus on Etsy)
- Sunflower (Ravelry) (5 bonus on Etsy)
- Pansy (with and without squiggles in the background – counts as 2) (Ravelry) (5 bonus on Etsy)
- Lotus (Ravelry) (5 bonus on Etsy)
- Swirl (going to the left or the right) (Ravelry) (Etsy bundle)
- Sparkle (FREE) (Ravelry) (Etsy bundle)
- Heart Levels (Ravelry) (Etsy bundle)
- Many Hearts 40 (Ravelry)
- Rose in Bloom (Ravelry)
- Firetruck (Ravelry) (Etsy)
- Iris (Ravelry)