Tunisian Crochet Blanket CAL 2021 – Square #21

Welcome to square 21 of the Tunisian Blanket CAL of 2021! This is my first CAL where I am collaborating with other designers. I am going to make my blanket / afghan with everyone and hope to learn some new Tunisian crochet stitches and techniques along the way 🙂

If you are new to the CAL, click here to find all the introductory information including the schedule, supplies, and giveaways.

If you are new to Tunisian crochet, I hosted a CAL in 2020 that was designed to teach Tunisian crochet to beginners. If this one seems advanced, you are welcome to check that out and practice a few basic stitches before you come back to this one. Click here to view the beginner CAL of 2020.

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You can follow this Pinterest board to find all the squares and other information related to the CAL in one place.

This week’s square is designed by Lori from Aklori Designs. It is a lovely open lacey design that can be created in either a single or multiple color options. Continue reading for the details of this square and for the link to the pattern.

Disclaimer: Materials provided by KnitPicks, KnitIQ, Clover USA, and Walnut Farm Designs; this post contains affiliate links.

Square #21 – Piazza Square – designed by Lori from Aklori Designs

Square #21 is designed by Lori from Aklori Designs. This square is built using Tunisian Simple Stitch and Tunisian Knit Stitch to create a beautiful lacey design.

Here is my square – This is the first square where I used all 4 colors of my Wool of the Andes Superwash yarn by KnitPicks.

My Notes

Here are some things I noted while working on the square:

1. It is important to read the instructions carefully, this square will need your complete attention. Don’t stop counting!
2. Changing color the way I did is complex and will need some practice to get tension during the transitions right.
3. This square needs to be blocked aggressively to open up the lace pattern.
4. I changed color as seen in the picture of my square. I recommend going over the entire pattern in advance and figuring out where you want your color changes to happen. It is hard to keep track if you freehand it.

Adjustments

For width – add / remove stitches in multiples of two – the central lace pattern can be made smaller or larger.
For height – add / remove rows in the center of the pattern, as needed.

It is also possible to add extra rows to the border OR make a separate border using traditional crochet to increase the size of this block.

Helpful Links and Tunisian Crochet Tutorials (Left and Right handed)

1. Tunisian Simple Stitch
2. Tunisian Knit Stitch
3. Changing Color
4. Foundation Row
5. How to bind off a Tunisian Crochet project
6. How to block a crochet blanket/afghan
7. Tunisian crochet hooks’ review
8. Tunisian crochet basics

Click here to view the Playlist on YouTube that contains all my tutorials that will be helpful throughout the CAL. You can also subscribe to my channel!

What I did

I used 4 colors to make my square using the Wool of the Andes Superwash yarn: White, Brass Heather, Amethyst Heather and Cobblestone Heather.

I used a 8 mm Tunisian crochet hook to make this square.

I used the stitch markers from Walnut Farm Design to keep track of my stitches and I wet blocked my square by soaking it in warm water and pinning it to my blocking mat until dry.

Yardage and Size

My square is 12″ x 12″ in size (along the edges) and used about 110 yards (100 m) of yarn and weighs 1.8 oz (50 gms).

Front and Back

The pattern

CLICK HERE FOR THE PATTERN OF SQUARE #21 BY LORI FROM AKLORI DESIGNS!!

Important notes

The copyright for each pattern is held by the designer. You may ask for additional resources and tutorials from the designer of the square only. No one else can make a full tutorial of the pattern unless permitted by the designer. I have included my notes and links to my tutorials that I think might be helpful in making the square but those do not supersede the instructions and tutorials provided by the designer.

The only way for me to be able to provide this CAL for free is to monetize my blog through ads and affiliate links. Please consider making a purchase from my links because that gives me a small commission without any additional cost to you. If the ads bother you, you could copy the content of this post into a separate document and print (be aware that this page contains a lot of images which you might want to delete before you hit the print button).

Share your squares!

I’d love to see your squares! Please share them on your social media with the tags @knitterknotter,  #knitterknottertunisianblanketcal2021 and #knitterknotter so that I can find them.

You could also create a project in Ravelry and share your pictures there.

Join my Facebook Group to connect with and share your pictures with other participants of the CAL!

Thank you for joining me on this CAL! I hope you will enjoy working on your squares and that we can all learn some interesting stitches and techniques along the way.

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