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Welcome to week four of the Crazy for Cables Crochet Along! Today we will be working the elegant Lattice Cables Blanket Square crochet pattern.
Thank you so much for crocheting along! I am so excited to be offering this crochet along this year. I have seen some absolutely beautiful blanket squares being posting on Instagram and in the community Facebook group. Keep up the great work! The final blanket is going to be one that you will cherish or be very proud to gift.
If this is your first time hearing about the Crazy for Cables Blanket Crochet Along, welcome! Each week we have been crocheting four blanket squares in a cable pattern. By the end of the event you will have a total of 20 gorgeous blanket squares that we will join to form a beautiful blanket.
This is week four! The previous blanket squares are as follows:
WEEK ONE: NARROW CABLES BLANKET SQUARE
WEEK TWO: CRINKLE CABLE BLANKET SQUARE
WEEK THREE: ROPE CABLES BLANKET SQUARE
Our Blanket Square this Week:
This week we will be working on a beautiful Lattice Cables Blanket Square Pattern. Lattice Cables look so elegant as the pattern creates diamonds that travel up the length of your square. They are fairly easy to work, although the repeat in the pattern is a little longer than that of the other crochet blanket squares in this crochet along.
The Materials:
To work the Crazy for Cables Blanket in its entirety, you will need approximately 5000 yards (a little less) of a medium/worsted weight yarn and a 5 mm crochet hook. For the crochet along I will be using the Pound of Love yarn by Lion Brand. It is a 100% acrylic yarn and each ball is about 1020 yards/932 meters or 16oz/454g. I decided to use two colours (each week I worked two squares in each). Colour A was Olive and I used about 2.5 balls. Colour B was Antique White and I used a little less than two balls. Feel free to work the blanket all as one colour or in two or more, it’s really up to you.
Along with the yarn, you will need a 5mm (H/8) crochet hook. In the video tutorials you will see me using a Wooden Streamline hook by Furls Crochet. Another favourite is the Clover Soft Touch crochet hook.
PDF Copies are also available:
This year for the winter blanket crochet along I decided to provide the PDF at the start of the crochet along for those who wish to follow it instead of following along here on Rich Textures Crochet. The pattern will be provided each week and written out below. It is free, and always will be, to follow here on Rich Textures Crochet. If you would like to add the pattern to your library and purchase the ad free PDF, you may do so through my Etsy and Ravelry shops. Although only one square of the blanket is provided in this post below, you will see that the PDF includes all five of the blanket squares, joining and edging.
CLICK HERE FOR THE CRAZY FOR CABLES BLANKET ON ETSY
CLICK HERE FOR THE CRAZY FOR CABLES BLANKET ON RAVELRY
Thank you so much for stopping by! Remember, if you happen to work on this project, be sure to tag Rich Textures Crochet on social media and use the hashtag #crazyforcablescal so that I might come by and admire it.
Happy Crocheting, see you next week for the next square!
Sarah
Lattice Cables Blanket Square:
Skill Level: Intermediate
Gauge: 16 sc x 20 rows = 4 inches
Finished Size: Finished blanket measures approximately 50 x 62 inches. Each square is about 12 x 12 inches.
Yarn: Approximately 5000 yards of a worsted weight yarn to work the entire blanket. Shown here: Pound of Love by Lion Brand Yarn (100% acrylic; 16 oz/454g; 1020 yds/932 m); (4) Medium/worsted weight) in the colours Olive (Colour A), Antique White (Colour B).
Hook: Size H/8 (5.0mm) crochet hook. Adjust hook size if necessary to obtain correct gauge.
Notions: Yarn Needle, scissors.
Stitches and Abbreviations:
Ch – Chain
Dc – Double Crochet
Fpdc – Front Post Double Crochet
Fpdc2tog – Front Post Double Crochet Two Stitches Together
Fpsts – Front Post Stitches
Hdc – Half Double Crochet
Rpt – Repeat
Sc – Single Crochet
Sk – Skip
Sl St – Slip Stitch
Yo – Yarn Over
Pattern Notes:
- This pattern is written in American crochet terms.
- The crochet square motifs are all worked in rows and finished off with a single crochet edging.
- Ch 1 at the beginning of a row does not count as a stitch.
- You will make 4 squares (Two in both colour A and B) of each pattern for the blanket.
- Once 20 squares are complete they are crocheted together. A simple edging is worked around the outer edge.
- Video tutorials for each square can be found under their hiding on my YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/RichTexturesCrochet/ , under the “Crazy for Cables Crochet Along” playlist.
- As some of the cable instructions are fairly detailed, I have broken the rows down into smaller paragraphs to help with keeping pace.
Free Crochet Pattern:
Ch 47 (To change the size of your square you will want to add the same number of sts to each side of the lattice cable)
Row 1: Sc in the 2nd ch from your hook and in each st across. Ch 1, turn. (46 sts)
Rows 2-3: Sc in the 1st st and in each st across. Ch 1, turn.
Row 4: Sc in each of the 1st 3 sts, fpdc in each of the next 2 sts 2 rows below, sc in each of the next 6 sts, *sk the next 2 sts 2 rows below, fpdc in each of the next 2 sts 2 rows below, now working in front of the sts just made, fpdc in each of the previous skipped sts 2 rows below, sc in each of the next 6 sts; Rpt from * across until 5 sts remain, fpdc in each of the next 2 sts 2 rows below, sc in the final 3 sts, ch 1, turn.
Row 5: Sc in the 1st st and in each st across. Ch 1, turn.
Row 6: Sc in each of the 1st 4 sts, *fpdc around the posts of each of the next 2 fpdc 2 rows below, sc in each of the next 4 sts, fpdc around the posts of each of the next 2 fpdc 2 rows below**, sc in each of the next 2 sts; Rpt from * across ending final rpt **, sc in each of the final 4 sts. Ch 1, turn.
Row 7: Sc in the 1st st and in each st across. Ch 1, turn.
Row 8: Sc in each of the 1st 5 sts, *fpdc around the posts of each of the next 2 fpdc 2 rows below, sc in each of the next 2 sts, fpdc around the posts of each of the next 2 fpdc 2 rows below**, sc in each of the next 4 sts; Rpt from * across ending final rpt **, sc in each of the final 5 sts. Ch 1, turn.
Row 9: Sc in the 1st st and in each st across. Ch 1, turn.
Row 10: Sc in each of the 1st 6 sts, *fpdc around the posts of each of the next 4 fpdc 2 rows below, sc in each of the next 6 sts; Rpt from * across. Ch 1, turn.
Row 11: Sc in the 1st st and in each st across. Ch 1, turn.
Row 12: Sc in each of the 1st 6 sts, *sk the next 2 fpdc 2 rows below, fpdc in each of the next 2 sts 2 rows below, now working in front of the sts just made, fpdc in each of the previous skipped fpdc 2 rows below, sc in each of the next 6 sts; Rpt from * across, ch 1, turn.
Row 13: Sc in the 1st st and in each st across. Ch 1, turn.
Row 14: Sc in each of the 1st 6 sts, *sk the next 2 fpdc 2 rows below, fpdc in each of the next 2 sts 2 rows below, now working in front of the sts just made, fpdc in each of the previous skipped fpdc 2 rows below, sc in each of the next 6 sts; Rpt from * across, ch 1, turn.
Row 15: Sc in the 1st st and in each st across. Ch 1, turn.
Row 16: Sc in each of the 1st 5 sts, *fpdc around the posts of each of the next 2 fpdc 2 rows below, sc in each of the next 2 sts, fpdc around the posts of each of the next 2 fpdc 2 rows below**, sc in each of the next 4 sts; Rpt from * across ending final rpt **, sc in each of the final 5 sts. Ch 1, turn.
Row 17: Sc in the 1st st and in each st across. Ch 1, turn.
Row 18: Sc in each of the 1st 4 sts, *fpdc around the posts of each of the next 2 fpdc 2 rows below, sc in each of the next 4 sts, fpdc around the posts of each of the next 2 fpdc 2 rows below**, sc in each of the next 2 sts; Rpt from * across ending final rpt **, sc in each of the final 4 sts. Ch 1, turn.
Row 19: Sc in the 1st st and in each st across. Ch 1, turn.
Row 20: Sc in each of the 1st 3 sts, fpdc in each of the next 2 sts 2 rows below, sc in each of the next 6 sts, *fpdc around the posts of each of the next 4 fpdc 2 rows below, sc in each of the next 6 sts; Rpt from * across to the final 5 sts, fpdc in each of the next fpdc 2 rows below, sc one each of the final 3 sts. Ch 1, turn.
Row 21: Sc in the 1st st and in each st across. Ch 1, turn.
Row 22: Sc in each of the 1st 3 sts, fpdc in each of the next 2 fpdc 2 rows below, sc in each of the next 6 sts, *sk the next 2 fpdc 2 rows below, fpdc in each of the next 2 fpdc 2 rows below, now working in front of the sts just made, fpdc in each of the previous skipped fpdc 2 rows below, sc in each of the next 6 sts; Rpt from * across until 5 sts remain, fpdc in each of the next 2 fpdc 2 rows below, sc in the final 3 sts, ch 1, turn.
Row 23: Sc in the 1st st and in each st across. Ch 1, turn.
Row 24: Sc in each of the 1st 3 sts, fpdc in each of the next 2 fpdc 2 rows below, sc in each of the next 6 sts, *sk the next 2 fpdc 2 rows below, fpdc in each of the next 2 fpdc 2 rows below, now working in front of the sts just made, fpdc in each of the previous skipped fpdc 2 rows below, sc in each of the next 6 sts; Rpt from * across until 5 sts remain, fpdc in each of the next 2 fpdc 2 rows below, sc in the final 3 sts, ch 1, turn.
Row 25: Sc in the 1st st and in each st across. Ch 1, turn.
Rows 26 – 51: Repeat rows 6-25 once more, then repeat rows 6-11 once again.
Row 52: Sc in the 1st st and in each st across.
Edging:
Join yarn with a sl st in any corner.
Ch 1, 2 sc in the 1st st, sc in each st across the top of the square, sc in the corner, evenly work 46 sc across the 1st rough edge, sc in the corner, sc in each st across the bottom of the square, sc in the corner, evenly work 46 sc across the final rough side, join with a sl st in the 1st st.
Fasten off, weave in your ends and block your square if desired. Repeat until you have four squares in total.
