Tunisian Crochet Blanket CAL 2022 – Square #19

Welcome to the 19th square of the Tunisian Crochet Blanket CAL of 2022!!

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Square #19 – Glimpses Square designed by Janean Crapo

Square 19 of the Tunisian Crochet Blanket CAL of 2022 is a modified version of a blanket design by Janean Crapo. Janean is one of my dearest friends I’ve made after I became a designer. She began testing my patterns a while ago and this design is one of her many amazing ideas that she agrees to share on my blog 🙂

This square features Tunisian Lace and Honeycomb stitches and utilizes reverse pass color changes to make a beautiful pattern.

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Here is the designer’s original blanket. She made it with one main color and 4 “glimpse” colors.

The original 'Glimpses Blanket' designed by Janean Crapo. It is made with a base color cream with multiple glimpse colors.

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

Square #19 of the Tunisian Crochet Blanket CAL of 2022 hosted by KnitterKnotter. This square features Tunisian Full and Honeycomb stitches to create a picture frame and is made using 3 colors of the KnitPicks Preciosa Tonal Worsted yarn.

Size

12″ x 12″ square (blocked)

What you will need (with clickable affiliate links)

Yarn: Worsted weight yarn, I used Preciosa Tonal Worsted yarn by KnitPicks in colors Ballet, Dusty Rose and Pluot.
Hook: 8 mm Tunisian crochet hook, 6.5 mm crochet hook for the border
Scissors
Measuring Tape
Stitch markers
Tapestry needle to weave in tails

Experience Level

Advanced Beginner

Abbreviations

ch – chain
dec – Decrease – Insert hook into the vertical bars of the next two stitches, yarn over, pull up a loop onto the hook.
fs – First Stitch – Skip the first vertical bar of the previous row (the one right under the one on the hook). The loop on the hook will count as the first stitch for every row.
inc – Increase – pick up a loop in the horizontal bar from the return pass chain.
ls – Last Stitch – Pick up the two vertical bars of the last stitch of the previous row, yarn over, pull through both the vertical bars into a loop on the hook.
sc – single crochet
tfs – Tunisian Full Stitch – Insert hook in between the next two stitches, yarn over, pull up a loop on the hook.
tps – Tunisian Purl Stitch – Bring yarn forward, insert hook into the vertical bar, yarn over, pull up a loop on the hook.
tss – Tunisian Simple Stitch– Insert hook in the vertical bar, yarn over, pull up a loop on the hook. yo – yarn over
FP – Forward Pass
RP – Return Pass

Gauge

6 rows of 8 Tunisian simple stitches is a 2 inch square.

Colors

C1: Ballet
C2: Pluot and Dusty Rose

In my block I alternated the colors Pluot and Dusty Rose for the color C2. The base color of my square is Ballet.

Adjustments

This post contains 2 sets of instructions –
1) Specific instructions for a 12″ x 12″ square
2) Generic instructions to make a square / blanket of any size

This square is built side to side so you can use the generic instructions and increase until you reach the desired width and then start decreasing.

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

Pattern Notes

This pattern is written in English / US terms.
This pattern is a modified version of Janean’s Glimpses blanket pattern so the instructions are slightly different than hers.
See Colors section for the colors used in my block.
The number of loops at the end of the forward pass are mentioned for each row.
The instructions below are only for the forward pass. The return pass for every row is the same:
- ch1, (yo, pull through two loops)* all the way till the end of the row.

Instructions (12″ x 12″ square)

Note: The following instructions are for a 12″ x 12″ square. Scroll down to find the generic instructions for making a square / blanket of any size.

Row 1 (Foundation Row) [2]
FP: With C1, ch2. Pick up a loop in the back loop of the first chain. RP.

— INCREASES START HERE —

Row 2 [3]
FP: fs, inc, ls. RP.

Row 3 [5]
FP: fs, inc, tps, inc, ls. With C2, RP.
Note: Cut C1 at the end of the forward pass and attach it when 2 loops remain on the hook to complete the RP, then cut C2. Do this for all rows where RP is made with C2 instead of C1.

Row 4 [7]
FP: With C1, fs, inc, tps, tss, tps, inc, ls. RP.

Row 5 [9]
FP: fs, inc, (dec, yo) * 2, tss, inc, ls. RP.

Row 6 [11]
FP: fs, inc, tss, (tss, tfs) * 2, 2 tss, inc, ls. RP.

Row 7 [13]
FP: fs, inc, (tps, tss) * 4, tps, inc, ls. With C2, RP.

Row 8 [15]
FP: With C1, fs, inc, (tps, tss) * 5, tps, inc, ls. RP.

Row 9 [17]
FP: fs, inc, (dec, yo) * 6, tss, inc, ls. RP.

Row 10 [19]
FP: fs, inc, tss, (tss, tfs) * 6, 2 tss, inc, ls. RP.

Row 11 [21]
FP: fs, inc, (tps, tss) * 8, tps, inc, ls. With C2, RP.

Row 12 [23]
FP: With C1, fs, inc, (tps, tss) * 9, tps, inc, ls. RP.

Row 13 [25]
FP: fs, inc, (dec, yo) * 10, tss, inc, ls. RP.

Row 14 [27]
FP: fs, inc, tss, (tss, tfs) * 10, 2 tss, inc, ls. RP.

Row 15 [29]
FP: fs, inc, (tps, tss) * 12, tps, inc, ls. With C2, RP.

Row 16 [31]
FP: With C1, fs, inc, (tps, tss) * 13, tps, inc, ls. RP.

Row 17 [33]
FP: fs, inc, (dec, yo) * 14, tss, inc, ls. RP.

Row 18 [35]
FP: fs, inc, tss, (tss, tfs) * 14, 2 tss, inc, ls. RP.

Row 19 [37]
FP: fs, inc, (tps, tss) * 16, tps, inc, ls. With C2, RP.

Row 20 [39]
FP: With C1, fs, inc, (tps, tss) * 17, tps, inc, ls. RP.

Row 21 [41]
FP: fs, inc, (dec, yo) * 18, tss, inc, ls. RP.

Row 22 [43]
FP: fs, inc, tss, (tss, tfs) * 18, 2 tss, inc, ls. RP.

Row 23 [45]
FP: fs, inc, (tps, tss) * 20, tps, inc, ls. With C2, RP.

— DECREASES START HERE —

Row 24 [43]
FP: With C1, fs, dec, (tps, tss) * 19, tps, dec, ls. RP.

Row 25 [41]
FP: fs, dec, (dec, yo) * 18, tss, dec, ls. RP.

Row 26 [39]
FP: fs, dec, (tfs, tss) * 17, tfs, dec, ls. RP.

Row 27 [37]
FP: fs, dec, (tps, tss) * 16, tps, dec, ls. With C2, RP.

Row 28 [35]
FP: With C1, fs, dec, (tps, tss) * 15, tps, dec, ls. RP.

Row 29 [33]
FP: fs, dec, (dec, yo) * 14, tss, dec, ls. RP.

Row 30 [31]
FP: fs, dec, (tfs, tss) * 13, tfs, dec, ls. RP.

Row 31 [29]
FP: fs, dec, (tps, tss) * 12, tps, dec, ls. With C2, RP.

Row 32 [27]
FP: With C1, fs, dec, (tps, tss) * 11, tps, dec, ls. RP.

Row 33 [25]
FP: fs, dec, (dec, yo) * 10, tss, dec, ls. RP.

Row 34 [23]
FP: fs, dec, (tfs, tss) * 9, tfs, dec, ls. RP.

Row 35 [21]
FP: fs, dec, (tps, tss) * 8, tps, dec, ls. With C2, RP.

Row 36 [19]
FP: With C1, fs, dec, (tps, tss) * 7, tps, dec, ls. RP.

Row 37 [17]
FP: fs, dec, (dec, yo) * 6, tss, dec, ls. RP.

Row 38 [15]
FP: fs, dec, (tfs, tss) * 5, tfs, dec, ls. RP.

Row 39 [13]
FP: fs, dec, (tps, tss) * 4, tps, dec, ls. With C2, RP.

Row 40 [11]
FP: With C1, fs, dec, (tps, tss) * 3, tps, dec, ls. RP.

Row 41 [9]
FP: fs, dec, (dec, yo) * 2, tss, dec, ls. RP.

Row 42 [7]
FP: fs, dec, tfs, tss, tfs, dec, ls. RP.

Row 43 [5]
FP: fs, dec, tps, dec, ls. With C2, RP.

Row 44 [4]
FP: With C1, fs, dec, tss, ls. RP.

Row 45 [3]
FP: fs, dec, ls.
Return Pass: yo pull through 3. Cut yarn and weave in all ends before starting the border.

Instructions (Generic Square / Blanket)

Note: This pattern can also be used to make a triangle shawl, you can work the increase rows and stop whenever you’ve reached the desired size.

Row 1 (Foundation Row) [2]
FP: With C1, ch2. Pick up a loop in the back loop of the first chain. RP.

— INCREASES START HERE —
Note:
– We will add 2 stitches on every row – one at the beginning and one at the end of the row.

— DECREASES START HERE —
Note:
– We will decrease 2 stitches on every row – one at the beginning and one at the end of the row.
– All row numbers are reset here and any row repeats will follow the row numbers mentioned after this note.

Row 1
FP: With C1, fs, dec, *tps, tss; repeat from * until 3 stitches remain (end with a tps), dec, ls. RP.

Row 2
FP: fs, dec, *dec, yo; repeat from * until 4 stitches remain, tss, dec, ls. RP.

Row 3
FP: fs, dec, *tfs, tss; repeat from * until 3 stitches remain (end with a tfs), dec, ls. RP.

Row 4
FP: fs, dec, *tps, tss; repeat from * until 3 stitches remain (end with a tps), dec, ls. With C2, RP.

Row 5 onwards – Repeat rows 1 through 4; stop after a repeat of Row 3.

Last Row minus 2 [5]
FP: fs, dec, tps, dec, ls. With C2, RP.

Last Row minus 1 [4]
FP: With C1, fs, dec, tss, ls. RP.

Last Row [3]
FP: fs, dec, ls.
RP: yo pull through 3.
Cut yarn and weave in all ends before starting the border.

Border

Find the 4 corners of the square and mark them with stitch markers. With a 6.5 mm hook, join the yarn in a stitch after any corner and make the border with the following pattern:

One round of (sc in next edge stitch, 2 sc in next edge stitch) with 3 sc stitches in the corners.
One round of sc (single crochet) stitches in back loop only – one sc per stitch and 3 sc stitches in the corners.
Rounds 3 and 4 – hdc (half double crochet) stitches in back loop only – one hdc per stitch and 3 hdc stitches in the corners.

Blocking

I recommend blocking the square using your preferred method of blocking before joining with the rest of the squares to make a blanket.

Yardage and Size

My square is 12″ x 12″ in size (along the edges) and used about 123 yards (112 m) of yarn and weighs 1.59 oz (45 gms).

Front and Back

Important notes

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The 19th block of the Tunisian Crochet Sampler Blanket CAL of 2022 hosted by KnitterKnotter.

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