Overlay Mosaic Crochet CAL

The price listed includes a special 25% introductory discount.
From 30th November, this will increase to GBP 7.95

Until 30th November, members of my fb group Rosina Crochets will find a coupon code to get Lakenham Mosaic Sampler free with their purchase of its sister CAL, Mile Cross Mosaic Sampler (which is worked from centre-out), so you may want to pop over there before you purchase … then just add both patterns to your cart, and pop the coupon code in the box before you check out xx
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Please note, Lakenham Mosaic Sampler is a CAL (Crochet ALong), so you will not receive the whole pattern all at once.

All the information you need to get prepared (yarn details, abbreviations, gauge swatch etc) is included in the Introduction file, and the remainder of the pattern will be released in 6 parts starting Friday, 25th October 2024.

Note: to ensure you get all future parts directly to your library, please make sure you are logged in on Ravelry before you make your purchase xx
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Inspired by Cross Stitch samplers, Lakenham is a 6-part CAL, worked using overlay mosaic crochet, and finished off with a simple envelope border to hide the loose ends.
It does not require any special stitches, nor mid-row colour changes, making it ideal for all levels of expertise, including beginners to mosaic crochet.

If you are unfamiliar with mosaic crochet, or the envelope border, don’t worry, they are much easier to do than they look, and step by step instructions are given.
You will only be using 1 colour for each row.

The pattern is written for a single size (approximately 90 x 117cm), and colour packs are available for this size.

The pattern also includes additional information to enable you to easily make a different size (just start with a multiple of 48 + 6 chains).
You can also adjust the length of your project by repeating your favourite parts, or skipping others… I have even created a new gauge swatch for this CAL, which you can add to your project if you wish!

The 48-stitch repeat also makes Lakenham Mosaic Sampler easy to combine with many of my other mosaic crochet designs, including Meow!, Woof!, March Hare, Woodland Trail, Flora’s Fauna, Letitia’s Garden, Spring Into Easter and Beside the Seaside.

For those of you wanting to make a larger blanket, I made up a 115cm x 145cm scrap-buster, and Lynn Leonard made an even larger version (145cm x 190cm), incorporating Meow!.
There are no colour packs for these, but I have included instructions in a bonus file, along with bonus charts to help you extend the width of the alphabet and numbers, and to add a Home Sweet Home banner.
Please note to make Lynn’s combo blanket you will need to have purchased Meow! separately.

Supporting videos for the gauge swatch and chart 6 (which includes 3-row overlay mosaic crochet) will also be provided on my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/RosinaCrochets.
Note: I have used the same basic border design as Flora’s Fauna, and the video for that is already available.

The video for the gauge swatch is already available, and the one for chart 6 will be added to coincide with the official release of the part 2 of the CAL, on 1st November 2024.

Lefthander-friendly
For any non-symmetrical sections I will either provide a separate lefthanded chart, so it matches the written instructions (this will create a mirror-image of the design), or provide separate written instructions (where letters / numbers are included).
There will also be lefthanded versions for the videos.

Release Dates for the CAL
Each part includes a clear chart and a detailed photo tutorial / written instructions, and will be available to download from your Ravelry library by 11:00 UK time on the relevant day.
Note: please remember to ‘update’ the pattern in your library if you can’t see the new part.

Introduction - available now
Bonus File - Friday, 18th October 2024
Part 1 – Friday, 25th October 2024
Part 2 – Friday, 1st November 2024
Part 3 – Friday, 8th November 2024
Part 4 – Friday, 15th November 2024
Part 5 – Friday, 22nd November 2024
Part 6 – Friday, 29th November 2024

On 30th November, I will delete all of the individual parts and replace them with a single file containing the complete pattern.

If you would like the complete pattern earlier than this, I will be adding it to my Etsy and Love Crafts stores on 13th September 2024 (these complete patterns will not be discounted at all though).

To simplify the abbreviations, and avoid the need for separate UK and US versions, the pattern is written in my ’Universal’ terms (I developed these terms for the Jacquard Temperature Blanket and have also used them in all my subsequent overlay mosaic crochet CALs and patterns).

If you want to find out more about my Universal terms, please see this short video https://youtu.be/IsubXOfEuVw

Dutch translations will also be provided, courtesy of my dear friend, Caroline Tigchelaar.

For support, or just to share photos of your progress, please join my Facebook groups Rosina Crochets and/or Mosaic Crochet World.

Don’t forget, your LYS may stock the yarn packs, and a list of Stylecraft stockists can be found at https://www.stylecraft-yarns.co.uk/find-a-stockist

Links to some yarn shops that offer online ordering are below:

Delta Wool Shop, UK (UK deliveries only)
https://www.deltawoolshop.co.uk/

Yarnplaza / Wolplein / Wollplatz, Netherlands (Worldwide deliveries)
https://www.yarnplaza.com/
https://www.wolplein.nl/
https://www.wollplatz.de/

Wool Warehouse, UK (international deliveries)
https://www.woolwarehouse.co.uk/packs?pack_designer=48515

De Wolkast, Netherlands (Worldwide deliveries)
https://www.dewolkast.nl/product-categorie/pakketten/deke...