This 12” (30.5 cm) square starts with a textured, berrylicious center and ends with one of my favorite crochet stitch patterns: the v-stitch! This pattern was designed for the 2019 Block a Week with JulieAnny Crochet Along.

This pattern is available for FREE on my blog here.

The free version is supported by advertising on my website. The downloadable PDF for sale on Ravelry includes the full pattern in one printable file without advertisements.

Skills Used
Basic crochet stitches: chain, double crochet, half double crochet, single crochet, slip stitch
Crocheting in the round, increasing, crocheting in the back loop only, skipping stitches, crocheting into chain spaces
Special stitches: bob, FPsc (with video tutorials linked in the pattern), and v-st

Skill Level
Intermediate

Finished Size
Motif: 12” (30.5 cm) square.

Materials
Lion Brand Crayola Cake yarn (100% acrylic, 3 oz/85 g, 177 yd/162 m) – 1 skein in 601 Maximum Red, or approximately 135 yd (123.5 m) in any medium weight yarn.

US Size J-10/6 mm crochet hook, or any size needed to obtain correct gauge.

Yarn needle.

Gauge
Motif = 12” (30.5 cm) square in pattern. Exact gauge is not critical for this project.