2020 Advent CAL-endar: Day 7

Welcome to the seventh instalment of your beautiful advent blanket, designed by Rosina Plane.

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Day 7 – Inset Mosaic + Grit Stitch

Today we revisit the inset mosaic technique which is the same as we did on Day 3 and then move on to the simple Grit Stitch. Scroll down a little to find tutorials for these stitches.

Special abbreviation Tr3d (treble 3 down) – working in front of ch-sps from previous 2 rows, treble in missed st 3 rows below.

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Row 1 (RS): Remove marker, pull up a loop in Pear Drops to join, 1 ch, 1 dc, *2 ch, miss 1 st, 1 tr3d, 2 ch, miss 1 st, 1 dc; rep from * to end. Turn. 59 sts Tip: The stitch count here only counts the dc and the tr3d stitches, not the chains. Your work stays the same width and the stitch count will go back up at the end of the mosaic section.

Row 2 (WS): 1 ch, 1 dc, *2 ch, miss 2ch-sp, 1 dc; rep from * to end. Turn.

Row 3 (RS): Drop Pear Drops, but do not fasten off, pull up a loop in Strawberry Milkshake, 1 ch, 1 dc, *1 tr3d, 1 dc, 1 tr3d, 2 ch, miss 1 st; rep from * to last two 2ch-sps, <1 tr3d, 1 dc> twice. Turn. 89 sts

Row 4: 1 ch, 4 dc, *2 ch, miss 2ch-sp, 3 dc; rep from * to last st, 1 dc. Turn. Fasten off Strawberry Milkshake. You have finished the mosaic section!

Grit Stitch

Row 5: Pull up a loop in Pear Drops, 1 ch, 4 dc, *1 tr3d, 3 dc; rep from * to last st, 1 dc. Turn. 117 sts

Rows 6–11: 1 ch, 1 dc, *miss 1 st, 2 dc in next st; rep from * to end. Turn. 117 sts

Row 12 (WS): 1 ch, dc across. Fasten off.

Need help with Inset Mosaic Crochet?

You can download a free PDF tutorial for Mosaic Crochet from our designer Rosina Plane. Prefer to learn from videos? Rosina's friend Tania has created a video to accompany Rosina's PDF. VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: This video is to show you the technique only - the example shown is to create a different stitch pattern.