Tilda Wheel 6-Inch Crochet Square

Tilda Wheel Square is a 6” crocheted square I designed with Aran/worsted weight category 4 yarn and a size J/10/6mm hook. This is a special design created for participation in the Mélange Blanket Crochet Along by Marie Segares, The Underground Crafter.

If you’d like to join, Marie makes it very easy. All the patterns are free, and there’s nothing to sign up for—just follow her introductory blog post at Mélange Blanket CAL “This is going to be a journey of cool techniques, all sorts of textures and innovative patterns, a way of meeting new-to-you designers, and so much more! I hope you’ll be joining us,” said Marie. Get all the details about the CAL and the links to each of the patterns as they are released in Marie’s post here: Mélange Blanket CAL

For the 2023 Mélange Blanket CAL, Marie has invited 48 designers and asked each of us to create a new, free 6-inch square design. A new square pattern will be released each Friday from January 6 to December 1, 2023. If you make one of each square, the finished result will be a baby blanket size. If you’d prefer a larger size, Marie gives guidelines and yarn amounts for lots of sizes in her Mélange Blanket CAL Planning your Blanket Guide. This is available for download in her introduction Mélange Blanket CAL post.

You can also enter an end-of-CAL giveaway for a chance to win fabulous prizes including hooks, yarn and accessories from babe crochet co., Denise Interchangeables, GlassEyesOnline, King Cole, or Knitter’s Relief Balm.

I hope you enjoy making this square, and please share your work using the hashtags #undergroundcrafter #melangeblanketcal #pinkmamboblog #carolynchristmas

Tilda Wheel Square

By Carolyn Christmas

Size

6” square

Materials

3 colors worsted/aran weight yarn (If you choose King Cole Aran Fashion medium weight 70% acrylic, 30% wool yarn (219 yds/200m/3.6oz/100g), choose any three colors or (A) #630 Lewis, (B) #3319 Wedgewood, (C) #3502 Duck Egg

A          Turquoise

B          Medium blue

C          Light aqua

J/10/6mm hook or size needed to achieve 6” square

Instructions

Rnd 1: With A, ch 5, join with sl st in first ch to form ring (or make a magic circle), ch 3 (counts as dc), 15 dc in ring, join with sl st in top of ch 3. Fasten off. (16 dc)

Rnd 2: Turn and work from wrong side. Join B with sc in any dc, tr in same st, (sc, tr) in each dc around, join with sl st in first sc. (This stitch pattern creates texture on the front side of work.) Fasten off. (16 bobbles on front side of work)

Rnd 3: Turn and work from right side. Join A with sc in any sc, ch 1, (skip next tr, sc in next sc, ch 1) around, join with sl st in first sc. Fasten off. (16 sc, 16 ch-1 sps)

Rnd 4: Turn and work from wrong side. Join B with sc in any ch-1 sp, (tr, sc) in same sp, (sc, tr, sc) in each ch-1 sp around, join with sl st in first sc. Fasten off. (16 bobbles on front side of work)

Rnd 5: Turn and work from right side. Join A with sc in first sc of any 2-scs between trs, sc in next sc, (ch 1, skip next tr, sc in each of next 2 sc) around, ch 1, skip last tr, join with sl st in first sc. Fasten off. (32 sc, 16 ch-1 sps)

Rnd 6: Join C with sl st in any ch-1 sp, ch 3 (counts as dc), (2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in same sp, *(3 hdc in next ch-1 sp) 3 times **, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next ch-1 sp; repeat from * around ending last repeat at **, join with sl st in top of beginning ch-3. Fasten off. (15 sts on each side with ch-2 in each of four corners)

Rnd 7: Join A with sc in any corner ch-2 sp, ch 2, sc in same sp, *(ch 1, skip next st, sc in next st) 7 times, ch 1 **, (sc, ch 2, sc) in next corner sp; repeat from * around ending last repeat at **, join with sl st in first sc. Fasten off. (9 sc and 8 ch-1 sps on each side, ch-2 in each corner)

Rnd 8: Join C with sc in any corner ch-2 sp, ch 2, sc in same sp, sc in each sc and in each ch-1 sp around with (sc, ch 2, sc) in each corner, join with sl st in first sc. Fasten off. (19 sc on each side with ch-2 in each corner)