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Tunisian Crochet Blanket CAL 2022 – Square #11

Welcome to the 11th square of the Tunisian Crochet Blanket CAL of 2022!!

If you are new to the CAL, click here to find all the introductory information for the 2022 CAL 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. 

If you’d like to connect with other people who are participating in this CAL, you are welcome to join my Facebook group by clicking here!

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

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

Square #11 – Triangles Square designed by Exquisite Crochet UK

Square 11 of the Tunisian Crochet Blanket CAL of 2022 is designed by Miroslava from Exquisite Crochet UK. Miroslava is a returning designer, her cabled square from last year’s CAL (one of my favorites) featured the most complex set of Tunisian cables that I have worked on.

This week’s square is great if you’d like to try some stranded colorwork. It is made up of Tunisian Simple Stitches mainly and this technique can be used to create so many beautiful patterns.

Here is the designer’s version of the square made with 3 colors.

Square #11 of the Tunisian Crochet Blanket CAL of 2022 hosted by KnitterKnotter. This is the designer's original square that is made with three colors - Cream, Dark Green and Light Green.

Here is my square – I made it with 3 colors of the Preciosa Tonal Worsted yarn by KnitPicks.

Square #11 of the Tunisian Crochet Blanket CAL of 2022 hosted by KnitterKnotter. This square features stranded colorwork and Tunisian Simple Stitches and is made using 3 colors of the KnitPicks Preciosa Tonal Worsted yarn.

My Notes

This square is worked flat and features Tunisian Simple stitches. Here are my notes from when I was working on my square:

  1. THIS IS A DIFFICULT BLOCK, DON’T STOP COUNTING!!
  2. Make sure you watch the video before starting this block.
  3. The designer’s square in the picture is upside down.
  4. Turn your work around for a visual check after every row to make sure you didn’t miss any floats – remember that there will always be 2 floats and you need to capture both. I missed one a few times and had to frog and redo my row to get them all.
  5. Make sure that the floats in the back are long enough, stretch the fabric to ensure this.
  6. This one is not easy, it needs a lot of practice to get the tension right. It does getter easier about 3 or 4 rows into the pattern.
  7. I was chanting up-down-up-down in my head for every stitch!
  8. I am slightly surprised by how neat the wrong side looks, I wasn’t confident about capturing all the yarn in the back. Again, make sure to grab two strands every time you are trapping the floats.
  9. Make sure to not trap the working yarn – I did this, multiple times!
  10. Don’t stop counting! I had to redo the entire middle section because I lost 3 stitches along the way!
  11. This one was hard for me, it was really difficult to keep the tension even while catching the floats in the back. It got significantly better towards the second half of the square but I still need a lot of practice.
  12. My square:
    • # of stitches = 35.
      • I think I should have added at least one more triangle since the width of my square was a lot less than the height.
    • # of rows = 31
    • My square was taller than it was wide so I added a border only on the left and right sides of the square with a 6.5 mm crochet hook.
    • Border – I made 3 rows each on the left and right edges:
      • One row of sc (single crochet) stitches
      • 2 rows of hdc (half double crochet) stitches in the back loop only

You can see from the picture of my square that I struggled to keep the tension even. This is by far the hardest block I have worked on, keeping tension right was the biggest challenge for me in this block.

Pattern repeats and Adjustments

The pattern is worked in multiples of 6. The total number of stitches in every row includes the main pattern, border stitches, and edge stitches.

Width –

  • Add / remove stitches in multiples of 6.
  • Decreasing is tricky, you’d have to remove an entire column of triangles or reduce stitch count in multiples of two and remove stitches from the outside evenly.

Height –

  • Add rows of simple stitches evenly to the bottom and the top of the square.
  • Just like width, decreasing height is tricky. You’d have to remove an entire row of triangles or remove rows evenly from the top and bottom to keep the pattern symmetrical.

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

  1. How to change color
  2. Tunisian Simple Stitch
  3. How to bind off a Tunisian Crochet project
  4. How to block a crochet blanket / afghan
  5. Tunisian crochet hooks’ review
  6. Tunisian crochet basics
  7. Tunisian Blanket CAL 2022 Pattern bundle – you will receive a new PDF pattern every 2 weeks as the squares are released in the CAL.

Yardage and Size

My square is 12″ x 12″ in size (along the edges) and used about 130 yards (120 m) of yarn and weighs 1.66 oz (47 gms).

Front and Back

The front and back of the 11th square of the Tunisian Crochet Blanket CAL of 2022 hosted by KnitterKnotter.

The free pattern

Click here for the free pattern of this square designed by Exquisite Crochet UK.

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#knitterknottertunisianblanketcal2022 and #knitterknotter so that I can find them.

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

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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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The 11th block of the Tunisian Crochet Sampler Blanket CAL of 2022 hosted by KnitterKnotter.

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