ENDLESS SUMMER OVERLAY MOSAIC CROCHET WALL HANGING

ENDLESS SUMMER MOSAIC CROCHET WALL HANGING PATTERN

By Deb Ward @Hookanory

A Little Bit About this Pattern

This pattern was designed to accompany my presentation on Colour Theory In Mosaic Crochet “Mosaic Crochet- Colour Theory Into Practise” as part of the Mosaic Crochet Summit Hosted By Erin Toews from Juniper & Oakes.

I wanted this design to incorporate aspects of colour theory and try to create a painterly effect inspired by the way the pointillist and impressionist painters approached colour’ with dabs of pure colour that blend in the eye. So I have played with and bent the rules of mosaic crochet a little bit in order to achieve that goal!

Endless Summer is a nod to my Dad and his lifelong passion for surfing which meant family life was always centred around the beach. Growing up we had some amazing trips abroad, and got to experience different places, languages and cultures; and my folks have had many, many exciting adventures, ever since he picked up that first board in Cornwall in 1967!

I wanted this piece to evoke the way the intense heat of the day starts to cool as the sun goes down, with the sun reflecting and refracting on the surface of the water. The use of the colour stripes in the tassels almost bleeding into each other accentuate the the idea of the sun melting into the sea.

So join me on an escape to a far away island in the sun, full of vibrant colour, sunny days and beautiful memories!

PATTERN NOTES

Yarns Used and Approximate Quantities Including Tassels

RED = Stylecraft Special DK 1010 – Matador Approx 15G

ORANGE = Stylecraft Special DK 1256 – Jaffa Approx 25G

YELLOW = Stylecraft Special DK 1114 – Sunshine Approx 10G

BLUE = Stylecraft Special DK 1829 – Empire Approx 20G

BLACK = Stylecraft Special DK 1002 – Black Approx 40G

VIOLET = Stylecraft Special DK 1425 – Emperor Approx 10G

HOOK SIZE = 4MM (US G/6 UK8)

OTHER MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT

Scissors

Stitch Markers

Yarn Darning Needle

33cm/13in LONG 6MM Wooden Dowel

ABBREVIATIONS U.S. TERMS

sc - single crochet

FLOdc - Front Loop Only double crochet

FLOtr - Front Loop Only treble crochet

BLOsc - Back Loop Only single crochet

ch - chain

slst - slip stitch

dec - decrease

inc - increase

st/s - stitch/es

yrh - yarn round hook

BLO - Back Loop/s Only

FLO - Front Loop/s Only

R - Row

RS - Right Side

WS - Wrong Side

F.O. - Fasten Off

UK EQUIVALENT TERMS

= dc - UK double crochet

= FLOtr - UK front Loop Only treble crochet

= FLOdtr - UK Front Loop Only double treble

= BLOdc - UK Back Loop Only double crochet

GAUGE

21st X 20r = 4 inches//10cm approx using DK acrylic yarn

FINISHED SIZE (NOT INC TASSELS)

Approx 11.5 x 14 inches /29 x 36cm

TASSELS = APPROX 5 inches / 13cm in length

SPECIAL STITCHES

This pattern is worked using the standard BLOsc, and FLOdc (worked into the remaining FLO, 2 rows below) mosaic crochet stitches apart from a small number of FLOtr stitches that form the trunk of the Palm tree in the lower section of the pattern. These FLOtr stitches should be worked into the remaining FLO 3 rows below.

This pattern is an overlay mosaic crochet pattern, worked using, BLOsc, FLOdc and FLOdtr. The pattern is worked in sc and BLO for all stitches except the 'overlay' stitches which are worked in the FLO into the stitch 2 rows below, or in the 3rd row below for the FLOtr stitches, thus covering over the stripe of the alternative coloured row in those sections.

Each colour is joined at the beginning and fastened at the end of each row which forms side ‘fringes’ which can be woven in, encased in an envelope border or left as required.

In this pattern, the yarn ends have been woven in.

HINT - to save on weaving in ends you can crochet over the yarn tails at the beginning of the rows on the right hand side.

The edge stitches are worked in sc in both loops.

COLOUR CHANGES

This pattern differs from the standard mosaic crochet pattern in that the colour changes do not follow the usual alternate row colour changes. Instead change colours as indicated by the end stitches and work any FLOdc into the remaining FLO in 2nd row below as normal, irrespective of the colour of that loop. So, for example, a Violet FLOdc might be worked into a remaining Red FLO in the 2nd row below. Any squares without special symbols are worked as BLOsc in the colour indicated by the Row Colour indicator, irrespective of the colour of that square. So for example on a Black row, if there is a Yellow square with no other symbol it will be worked as a BLOsc in Black.