The Island Stroll CAL 2022
SistersInStitch + Yarn and Colors
“Come away with me and take a stroll by the sea and listen to the song of the ocean on the
docks. Lets saunter in the sunlight and feel the summer slowly arrive, and take a walk in the deep woods of the island. Let’s exhale and take some time to simply be, to relax and create. Let’s travel in the mind to the Swedish archipelago and all the beauty it has to show.”
Part 1: The Ponding Lily Square
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The wait is over: the very first week has arrived and it’s now time for us all to begin our Island Stroll CAL journey together. For eleven weeks we will create beautiful blankets and pillows inspired by the island fauna in the Swedish archipelago.
Our first part is the Ponding Lily Square: a beautiful floral overlay crochet square. In the center of it you’ll find a serene Water Lily gently resting on its leaves surrounded by calm waters. It is designed with the many lakes and ponds of the island in mind and will bring us to a lovely start of our Island Stroll CAL.
A little note before we begin:
For this week we will be using the same pattern for both the blanket and pillow, the only difference is the size of the yarn you are using: Super Must-Have or Must-Have.
Below you will find the downloadable pattern files: one in color and one as a printer friendly version. As we only know how to speak English (and Swedish) here at SistersInStitch: the pattern are written in US-terms and the comprehensive stitch by stitch tutorials will be shown in that too.
In the Island Stroll CAL: Stitch Guide you will find techniques, abbreviation and terminology lists to help you out a long the way, and they are including UK and Swedish shortenings!
Downloadable recourses
If you wish to view the pattern on your device: this is the file for you.
If you wish to print or just read the pattern without colors, this is the file for you.
All the tips, tricks and stitch descriptions that you’ll need throughout the CAL.
And as always, when the CAL is finished; the pattern and tutorials will all stay available here on SistersInStitch so that you can crochet whenever the time is right for you.
Now grab your yarn, scroll on down and let’s begin the crochet fun..
The Video Tutorial
The Written Pattern
Part 1: The Ponding Lily Square
Make 1 piece
Colorways: (Sunlight/Sea/Woods)
Special stitches used:
- v-stitch
- FPv-stitch (Front Post v-stitch)
- tall v-stitch
- FPdc2bobble (Front Post two double bobble)
- FPtr2bobble (Front Post two treble crochet bobble)
rnd 1 (Mustard/Cream/Ecru)
Work 6 sc into a magic circle, close with a sl st in the first sc
– 6 sc
rnd 2 (Mustard/Cream/Ecru) Begin with a standing stitch:
*2 dc in the next 6 sts, fasten off with an invisible join to the second st
– 12 dc
rnd 3 (Pearl/Ice Blue/Pearl) Begin with a standing stitch in any first double crochet of a set:
*2 sc in the next st, 1 FPhdc in the next st; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– 12 sc, 6 FPhdc
rnd 4 (Old Pink/Denim/Rosé) Begin with a standing stitch in any first single crochet of a set:
*BPhdc around the next 2 st, 1 FPv-st around the next FPhdc; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– 12 BPhdc, 6 FPv-st
rnd 5 (Old Pink/Denim/Rosé) Note! You’ll be working in stitches from both rnd 3 and 4. Work only around the ch2-space of the v-stitches, whilst skipping the double crochets entirely. Begin around any given:
*7 dc around the next ch2-sp from rnd 4, 1 sl st (in front of the BPhdcs) back down into the second sc from rnd 3, skip the next 2 sts from rnd 4 (i.e. the BPhdcs); rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– 42 dc, 6 sl st
rnd 6 (Limestone/Limestone/Pea Green) Note! Work only in the skipped BPhdcs from rnd 4 and behind the flower petals made in round 5. Begin in any first BPhdc of a set:
*3 dc in the next 2 BPhdc; rep from * til end, close with a sl st to the first st. Note! This which counts as the first st of the next rnd
– 36 dc
rnd 7 (Limestone/Limestone/Pea Green) Begin in any first dc of a set:
*1 sl st + ch 1 + 1 hdc in the next st, 1 hdc in the next 4 sts, 1 hdc + ch 1 + 1 sl st in the next st; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the ch after initial sl st
– 36 hdc, 12 sl st, 12 ch
rnd 8 (Cream/Cream/Limestone) Note! Work the tall v-sts around the stitches from rnd 6 and 7. Begin around any given:
*1 tall v-st around the next gap between the leafs made in rnd 6 and 7, ch 3, skip the next 5 sts, 1 sc in both the 3rd and 4th loop of the 4th hdc of the leaf (see tutorial), ch 3, skip the next 5 sts; rep from * til end, close with a sl st to the first st
– 6 tall v-sts, 12 ch3-sps, 6 sc
Note! In rnd 9 you work a sc2tog over the trebles in the tall v-stitch stitches from rnd 8. Starting in the given chain space, begin as a normal single crochet (2 loops on the hook) and before doing the final yarn over, go under the next chain space, yarn over and pull up a loop (3 loops on the hook), yarn over and pull through all 3 loops. You are never working in the stitches of rnd 8, but the head of the decrease falls right on top of it having one leg in each chain space.
rnd 9 (Cream/Ecru/Limestone) Slip stitch into the next ch2-sp of the tall v-stitch and begin with a standing st:
*3 sc around the next ch2-sp, 1 sc2tog over the next st (the tall v-st tr), 3 sc around the next ch3-sp, 1 sc2tog over the next st (the sc), 3 sc around the next ch3-sp, 1 sc2tog over the next st (the tall v-st tr); rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– 72 sc
rnd 10 (Pearl/Ice Blue/Clay) Begin in any sc2tog:
*1 v-st in the next st, skip the next 2 sts; rep from * til end, close with a sl st to the first st
– 24 v-st
rnd 11 (Pearl/Ice Blue/Clay) Note! Work your stitches in each double crochet and around each chain stitch, begin with a standing st:
*1 sc in the next 16 sts, skip the next st, (1 dc + ch 1) x 3 times + 1 dc around the ch2-sp of the next v-st, skip the next st, 1 sc in the next 20 sts; rep from * til end; omitting the last 16 sts, close with an invisible join to the second st
– 16 dc, 80 sc, 12 ch1-sps
rnd 12 (Ecru/Ecru/Eucalyptus) Begin in any second corner ch1-sp:
*1 dc + ch 3 + 1 dc around the next ch1-sp, 1 FPdc2bobble around the third dc, 1 dc around the next ch1-sp, 1 FPtr2bobble around the fourth dc, skip the next 2 sts, 1 hdc in the next 4 sts, 1 sc in the next 8 sts, 1 hdc in the next 4 sts, skip the next 2 sts, 1 FPtr2bobble around the first dc, 1 dc around the next ch1-sp, 1 FPdc2bobble around the second dc; rep from * til end, close with a sl st to the first st
– 16 dc, 4 ch3-sps, 8 FPdc2bobble, 8 FPtr2bobble, 32 hdc, 32 sc
rnd 13 (Ecru/Ecru/Eucalyptus) Begin in any given:
*4 sc around the next ch3-sp, 1 sc in the next dc, 1 sc around the gap between the next dc and FPdc2bobble, skip the next FPdc2bobble, 1 sc around the gap between the next FPdc2bobble and dc, 1 sc in the next dc, skip the next FPtr2bobble, 1 sc around the gap between the next FPtr2bobble and hdc, skip the next st, 1 sc in the next 15 sts, 1 sc around the gap between the next hdc and FPtr2bobble, skip the next FPtr2bobble, 1 sc in next dc, 1 sc around the gap between the next dc and FPdc2bobble, skip the next FPdc2bobble, 1 sc in the next dc; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– Per side: 28 sc
rnd 14 (Mustard/Denim/Pea Green) Begin in any second sc in a corner set of four:
*1 sc + ch 2 in the next st, 1 sc in the next st, 1 sc in each st across; rep from * til end, fasten off with an invisible join to the second st
– Per side: 28 sc, 1 ch2-sp
Well done!
Your square is finished and you have completed part 1 of the Islands Stroll CAL, we hope you had lot’s of fun making it. If you share on social media: please use our official hashtag #IslandStrollCAL cause we would love to see it!
Continue on to our second part: The Oh I Adore Square!
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