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 5: The L.A. Sunflower Square
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Week five has arrived and it’s time to crochet our fifth square design: The L.A. Sunflower. It’s a beautiful floral square that combines the look and feel of a modern yet vintage design. In its center rests a two layered eight petal flower with darling little picots to connect it to its airy lacy frame; simply adorable.
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 5: The L.A. Sunflower Square
Make 1 piece
Colorways: (Sunlight/Sea/Woods)
Special stitches used:
- p (picot)
- dc2bobble (two double crochet bobble)
- long sl st (long slip stitch)
rnd 1 (Mustard/Cream/Ecru)
Work 8 sc into a mc, close with a sl st in the initial sc. Note! This counts as the first st of the next rnd
– 8 sc
rnd 2 (Mustard/Cream/Ecru) Begin with a standing st:
*1 sl st + ch 4 + 1 sl st in the next st; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– 16 sl st, 8 ch4-sps
rnd 3 (Pearl/Ice Blue/Pearl) Begin around any given:
*3 dc + ch 1 + 3 dc around the next ch4-sp, 1 FPsc around both of the next ch4-sps (down close to the heads of the 2 sl sts) from rnd 2; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– 48 dc, 8 ch1-sps, 8 FPsc
rnd 4 (Cream/Ecru/Rosé) Note! To identify where you’ll place your sl sts turn your work to the back and find the two lines created by the FPscs from rnd 3 (see video tutorial). Turn it to front again and with the right side facing you; begin in any given:
*1 sl st around the next st + ch 3; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– 8 sl st, 8 ch3-sps
rnd 5 (Cream/Ecru/Rosé) Begin around any given:
*5 sc around the next ch3-sp, skip next st; rep from * til end, close with a sl st to the first st. Note! This counts as the first st of the next rnd
– 40 sc
rnd 6 (Cream/Ecru/Rosé)
*1 sl st + 1 dc2bobble in the next st, 1 dc2bobble in the next st, ch 2, 1 sl st around the next ch2-sp from rnd 3, ch 2, skip the next st, 1 dc2bobble in the next st, 1 dc2bobble + 1 sl st in the next st; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– Per petal: 3 sl st, 4 dc2bobbles, 2 ch2-sps
rnd 7 (Old Pink/Denim/Rosé) Begin around any given ch2-sp placed before a sl st made in a ch1-sp from rnd 3:
*3 hdc around the next ch2-sp + 1 p, skip the next st, 3 hdc around the next ch2-sp, 2 hdc in the next st, 1 sl st in the next st, skip the next st, 1 long sl st down under and into the gap between the sets of 5 scs from rnd 5, skip the next st, 1 sl st in the next st, 2 hdc in the next st; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– Per petal: 10 hdc, 1 p, 2 sl st, 1 long sl st
rnd 8 (Cream/Limestone/Eucalyptus) Note! Make sure to work into and around the center of the ch3-sp of the picot from the previous rnd. Begin around any given:
*1 sc + ch 6 into the next p, 1 sc + ch 1 + 1 sc + ch 6 into the next p; rep from * til end, close with an sl st to the first st
– 16 sc, 18 ch6-sps, 8 ch1-sps
rnd 9 (Cream/Limestone/Eucalyptus) Begin with a standing st:
*1 sc in the next st, 10 sc around the next ch6-sp, 1 sc in the next st, 1 sc + ch 2 + 1 sc around the next ch1-sp, 1 sc in the next st, 10 sc around the next ch6-sp; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– 100 sc, 4 ch2-sps
rnd 10 (Limestone/Cream/Pea Green) Begin around any given:
*1 sc around the next ch2-sp, ch 5, skip the next 6 sts, 1 sc in the next st, skip the next 5 sts, (1 tr + ch 1) x 4 + 1 tr in the next st, skip the next 5 sts, 1 sc in the next st, ch 5, skip the next 6 sts; rep from * til end, close with an sl st to the first st
– Per side: 3 sc, 2 ch5-sps, 5 tr, 4 ch1-sps
rnd 11 (Limestone/Cream/Pea Green) Begin with a standing st:
*1 sc in the next st, 5 sc around the next ch5-sp, 1 hdc in the next st, 1 hdc in the gap between the sc and tr (skip the next tr, 2 sc around the next ch1-sp) x 2 times, 1 sc + ch 1 + 1 sc in the next st, (2 sc around the next ch1-sp, skip the next tr) x 2 times, 1 hdc around the gap between the tr and sc, 1 hdc in the next st, 5 sc around the next ch5-sp; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– Per side: 21 sc, 14 hdc, 1 ch1-sp
rnd 12 (Ecru/Ecru/Clay) Begin around any given:
*2 hdc + ch 1 + 2 hdc around the next ch1-sp, skip the next st, 1 hdc in the next 6 sts, 1 sc in the next 11 sts, 1 hdc in the next 6 sts, skip the next st; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the second st
– Per side: 11 sc, 16 hdc, 1 ch1-sp
rnd 13 (Mustard/Denim/Pea Green) Begin around any given:
*1 sc + ch 2 + 1 sc around the next ch1-sp, skip the next st, 1 sc in the next 26 sts; rep from * til end, close with an invisible join to the first ch
– Per side: 28 sc, 1 ch2-sp
Well done!
Your square is finished and you have completed part five of the Islands Stroll CAL and 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 on over to our sixth part:
The Thumbelina Square!
Stay tuned for our sixth part: The Thumbelina Square!
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