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 3: The Thumbelina Square
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The third week is here and this time we will make not one but two adorable Thumbelina Squares. She is an absolute cutie and once you get the hang of its petals and leaves turning; Thumbelina will be a quick breeze to work up. It’s gonna be so much fun!
A little note before we begin:
It’s now time to make lots of gorgeous Thumbelina squares and so we have divided them over two weeks. For this week we will still be using the same pattern for both the blanket and pillow, but we will be using different colors for rnd 13.
We will also be making a different amount of squares depending on which one you are working on:
*For the blanket you will make a total of four squares: two each week.
*For the pillow you will do a total of five squares over these two weeks: two of the squares Week 3 and then three more for Week 6.
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
The Blanket
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.
The Pillow
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 3: The Thumbelina Square
Make 2 pieces for the blanket | make 2 pieces for the pillow
Colorways: (Sunlight/Sea/Woods)
Special stitches used:
working in the third loop/bar
spike sc (spike single crochet)
rnd 1 (Mustard/Ecru/Ecru)
Work 8 sc into a mc, close with a sl st in the initial sc but do not tighten the magic ring yet
– 8 sc
rnd 2 (Mustard/Ecru/Ecru)
*Work 16 spike sc over rnd 1 in the center of the magic ring, tighten the magic ring and close with an invisible join to the second st
– 16 spike sc
rnd 3 (Pearl/Ice Blue/Pearl) Begin in any st:
1 sc in the next st, (ch 3, skip the next 2 sts, 1 sc in the next st, turn, with the wrong side facing you: 8 hdc in the ch3-sp you just made, turn, with the right side facing you: 1 sc in the second skipped sc) x 7 times, ch 3, 1 sl st in initial sc, turn, 8 hdc in the ch-space you just made, turn, 1 sl st around the base of the first petal of the round, close with an invisible join to the second st
– 16 sc, 8 ch3-sps, 64 hdc, 2 sl st (8 petals)
rnd 4 (Limestone/Limestone/Pea green) Note! Work only in the third loop of the single crochet stitches from rnd 2. Begin in any given st:
*1 sc in the next st + ch 3, skip the next st; rep from * til end, close with a sl st in the first st
– 8 sc, 8 ch3-sps
rnd 5 (Limestone/Limestone/Pea Green) Make a sl st into the next ch3-sp:
*4 hdc around the next ch3-sp, skip the next st; rep from * til end, close with a sl st in the first st
– 32 hdc
rnd 6 (Limestone/Limestone/Pea Green) Begin with a standing st:
*1 sc in the next st + ch 4, skip the next 2 sts, 1 sc in the next st.
Turn and with the wrong side facing you: 3 sc + 2 hdc + 5 dc around the ch4-space you just made.
Turn back and with the right side facing you: 1 sc in the second skipped sc, (ch 4, skip the next 3 sts (the first one is holding a sc), 1 sc in the next st.
Turn and with the wrong side facing you: 3 sc + 2 hdc + 5 dc around the ch4-space you just made.
Turn back and with the right side facing you: 1 sc in the third skipped sc) x 9 times, ch 4, skip the next 2 sts, 1 sl st in the initial sc.
Turn and with the wrong side facing you: 3 sc + 2 hdc + 5 dc around the ch4-space you just made.
Turn back and with the right side facing you: close with a sl st in the first st and fasten off. Shape the petals with your fingers.
– 53 sc, 11 ch4-sps, 22 hdc, 55 dc, 2 sl st (11 petals)
rnd 7 (Limestone/Limestone/Pea Green) Note! Work behind the petals and only in the unworked single crochet stitches of rnd 5, begin in any:
*1 sl st in the next st + ch 4; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– 11 sl st, 11 ch4-sps
rnd 8 (Cream/Cream/Ecru) Begin around any given:
*4 hdc around the next ch4-sp, skip the next st; rep from * til end, close with a sl st in the first sc
– 44 hdc
rnd 9 (Cream/Cream/Ecru) Begin with a standing st:
*2 dc + ch 2 in the next st, 2 dc in the next st, 1 hdc in the next 2 sts, 1 sc in the next 5 sts, 1 hdc in the next 2 sts; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– Per side: 4 dc, 1 ch2-sp, 4 hdc, 5 sc
rnd 10 (Mustard/Denim/Rosé) Begin around any given:
*2 hdc + ch 2 + 2 hdc around the next ch2-sp, skip the next st, 1 sc in the next 12 sts; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– Per side: 4 hdc, 1 ch2-sp, 12 sc
rnd 11 (Cream/Cream/Ecru) Begin around any given:
*2 sc + ch 1 + 2 sc around the next ch2-sp, skip the next st, 1 sc in the next 15 sts; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– Per side: 19 sc, 1 ch2-sp
rnd 12 (Cream/Cream/Ecru) Begin around any given:
*1 sc + ch 1 + 1 sc around the next ch1-sp, skip the next st, 1 sc in the next 18 sts; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– Per side: 20 sc, 1 ch1-sp
rnd 13 (Blanket: Ecru/Ecru/Eucalyptus | Pillow: Old Pink/Ice Blue/Eucalyptus) Begin around any given:
*2 hdc + ch 1 + 2 hdc around the next ch1-sp, skip the next st, 1 hdc in the next 19 sts; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– Per side: 23 hdc, 1 ch1-sp
rnd 14 (Cream/Cream/Ecru) Begin around any given:
*3 sc around the next ch1-sp, 1 BPhdc around the next 23 sts; rep from * til end, close with a sl st in the first st
– Per side: 3 sc, 23 BPhdc
rnd 15 (Cream/Cream/Ecru) Begin with a standing st:
*2 hdc + ch 2 in the next st, skip the next st, 2 hdc in the next st, 1 hdc in the next 23 sts; rep from * til end, fasten off with an invisible join to the second st
– Per side: 23 hdc, 1 ch1-sp
Well done!
Your square is finished and you have completed part 3 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!
Head to the forth part:
The Island Lily Square!
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