FREE Mosaic Crochet Pattern
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Marvelous Mosaic Square
MooglyCAL2026 is a yearlong CAL, with 24 designers from all over the world taking part. Every week, a new square by a different designer will be launched at 10 AM Central Time. The Blanket CAL is the perfect way to try new patterns, techniques, and stitches.
The stitch pattern is modified to fit a 12″ x 12″ square, perfect for putting it into a blanket.
If videos are more your speed, here’s a tutorial.
Materials
Yarn: 1 skein each We Crochet- Brava Worsted 100% Acrylic; 218 yards/100g.
5 colors of Brava Worsted – Custard, Seashell, Fig, Denim, and Cream
6mm crochet hook
Scissors, yarn needle, tape measure.
Gauge
14 sts × 2.4 rows = 4in in rounds 1 – 4 of pattern
Abbreviations
Blo- back loop only
Ch-Chain
Dc- Double crochet
Ea- Each
Flo- front loop only
Rep- Repeat
Sc- Single Crochet
Sl st- Slip Stitch
St(s)- Stitch(es)
Notes: You will change colors on each row after Row 2 with the sl st. Each flo dc is worked one row below. You will skip the sc behind it. The blo sc are worked on the current row.
The pattern is worked in connected rounds. You will not turn.
Instructions:
With color 1, begin with a magic loop. (Ch 4, sl st to the first ch)
Rnd 1: Ch 2 (does not count), dc 8 in the loop. Sl st to the first st. Do not turn. Do not cut yarn. – 8 sts
Rnd 2: Working all sts blo, ch 1 (does not count throughout), sc, (dc, sc 3, dc) in the next (corner made), repeat four times. Sl st to the first st, change color. – 24 sts
Rnd 3: Ch 1, * flo dc one row below, blo sc, rep to the 3 sc corner, flo dc one row below, sc 3 in the center sc, flo dc in the same st one row below, blo sc.* rep to the end. Sl st to the first st, change color. – 32 sts
Rnd 4: Ch 1, blo sc, *flo dc one row below, blo sc, rep to corner, flo dc one row below, sc 3 in the center sc, flo dc in the same st one row below, blo sc.* rep to the end. – 40 sts
Rnd 5 – 20: Rep Rnds 3 and 4. – 168 sts.
Fasten off and cut yarn.
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