Overlay Mosaic Crochet

Spring Into Easter was originally designed as a 6-part CAL, worked using the overlay mosaic crochet technique, and finished off with a simple envelope border to hide the loose ends.

As the CAL is now finished, I have now added the complete pattern files (in English and Dutch), and removed all of the separate CAL parts.
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An ideal pattern for 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, including clear charts, full written instructions and lots of helpful photos.
There are no mid-row colour changes.

The pattern is written for a single size (approximately 90 x 120cm), 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 Easter Egg gauge swatch for this CAL, which you can add to your project if you wish!

The cute motifs included in this design are absolutely perfect for baby blankets, so I have also included a bonus file with instructions for making two smaller baby comforter blankets (around 60 x 76 cm each).

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

Supporting videos for the gauge swatch, Chart 2 and Chart 3 (which includes a 3-colour variation of overlay mosaic) are provided on my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/RosinaCrochets.

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 Flora’s Fauna, HoHoHo, On The Seashore and Beside The Seaside).

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

Dutch translations have also been 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/product-category/yarns/cals/

Yarnplaza / Wolplein / Wollplatz, Netherlands (Worldwide deliveries)
https://www.yarnplaza.com/kits/crochet-kits?ft41=Rosina-P...
https://www.wolplein.nl/pakketten/haakpakketten?ft41=Rosi...
https://www.wollplatz.de/pakete/haekelpakete?ft41=Rosina-...

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...

Woolfull, UK (international deliveries)
https://woolfull.com/spring-into-easter