Holiday Sparkle Stitch Mix Crochet Along

Do you love crocheting blankets and afghans for different holidays, but in bite-sized pieces? Then a Holiday Stitch Sampler blanket is for you! Grab your hook and yarn and let’s work up a Holiday Sparkle Stitch Mix blanket using this gorgeous sparkly yarn!

Holiday Sparkle Stitch Mix Blanket Crochet Along

There’s something about this sparkly yarn that I just adore. I made an entire Halloween blanket using it and I loved making it so much that I am starting over with a HOLIDAY version as well! ❄️⛄

I’m usually not much of a sparkly or sequin person. In fact, I can’t remember the last thing I crocheted with sparkle yarn. But this yarn? This Holiday Sparkle Worsted 8? I can’t help myself. It’s GORGEOUS and will make for a beautiful throw!

If you too love this sparkle yarn (available in Halloween/Fall colorways OR in Holiday colorways), make a Holiday Sparkle Stitch Mix Blanket with me! Starting October 15th, we’ll crochet these beautiful colors into a holiday themed throw perfect for all of the chilly nights this season. Keep reading for more info.

For this Holiday Stitch Mix throw I ordered a total of ELEVEN Herrschners Worsted 8 acrylic yarn skeins. Each skein has 489 yards meaning that if you order the same quantity of yarn as I did, we’ll each have 5,379 yards of Holiday fiber goodness to crochet up a stitch mix blanket to cuddle up underneath while opening presents this holiday.

This blanket is going to be the go-to blanket in my house between the months of November and February. I just know it! Here’s what I have for my blanket…

If you want to change the sized of your blanket or order more yarn, the squares needed for each of the sizes are listed below. Crochet as many of these squares as you like! The 12″ squares range in yardage from as little as ~120 yards to as many as ~180 yards a piece. They average 150 yards per square, and you’ll want anywhere from 500 – 1000 yards for the border, depending on how large the blanket.

Materials for Exact Crochet Along (Queen size):

(3) Herrschners Holiday Sparkle skeins (“Frosty” pictured)
(2) Herrschners Worsted 8 skeins (“Royal” pictured)
(2) Herrschners Worsted 8 Skein (“Sterling” pictured)
(2) Herrschners Worsted 8 Skein (“White” pictured)
(2) Herrschners Worsted 8 Skein (“Medium Gray” pictured)

Crochet hook in size I/5.5mm or size needed to obtain gauge

Gauge: 14 sts in 4″ width using Double Crochet

Pattern Notes:

Patterns written using US terms.

The ch(s) at the beginning of each row do NOT count unless otherwise stated.

FLO = Front Loop Only

It is ideal for all squares to be slightly under 12″ so that we can block them all to the same size. Within half an inch (1 cm) or so is best. If you need to add another border row to get to that range, that’s perfectly fine! It’s better for your finished squyare to be a bit too small than too large. You can always add one more border round to get it to size.

There will be ten (10) 12″ square patterns included, with the stitches used strategically selected to ensure we’ll have maximum yardage left over for a nice, chunky border.

We will start crocheting on October 15th. Each day I walk 6 miles at the park while I crochet. I will take my yarn for the square with me, we’ll talk about the stitch, and crochet on it together. I am allotting myself two days’ worth of walking time for each square. I am making thirty squares, so that will take sixty days! If all goes to plan (I don’t walk outside when it’s below ~40 degrees F (4 Celsius) raining, so hopefully we have pleasant mornings!), that means I should finish my thirtieth square on or around December 14th.

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Then we’ll assemble our squares together, add a border and finish by the end of the year! I am so excited to crochet this with you! I will add new squares to this blog post as I start crocheting them, every two days.

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Square Pattern #1 – C2C Moss Stitch Square

Here is a full tutorial for the C2C Moss Stitch. For this square I used about 155 yards.

For all squares in this blanket we are using the I/5.5mm hook. For this square I did go down to a 4mm hook for the border only. If you need to adjust the width of this square to be just shy of 12″, simply stop growing when needed.

Row 1: Magic Circle, Ch-3, sc in circle.

Row 2: Ch-3, turn, (sc, ch-1, sc) in ch-sp from previous row.

Row 3: Ch-3, turn, sk-first sc and (sc, ch-1) in next ch-sp, (sc, ch-1, sc) in beg-ch of previous row. Pull the beginning tail tight and continue on.

Rows 4 – 37 (or until width reaches ~11.5″): Ch-3, turn, sk-first sc and (sc, ch-1) in each chain space across, (sc, ch-1, sc) in the space of the beginning chain of the previous row.

Row 38: Ch-3, turn, sk-first sc and (sc, ch-1) in each chain space across. When you get to the end, sc in the beginning chain of the previous row without placing a chain in between.

Rows 39 – end (when only 2 sts remain): Ch-2, turn, sk-first two sts, sc in next space, * chain one, skip the next stitch, and sc in the next chain space * Repeat between * * until you have only one stitch remaining. Place one sc in the beginning chain of the previous row. (again, you should have two scs in a row without a chain between)

Finishing: Ch-1, turn, sc in the beginning chain of the previous row.

Switch to a G/4mm hook for the border row/s…

Border: Do not turn, but rotate clockwise. Sc evenly down row ends, 3sc in corner. Sc in each st/sp to end, 3sc in corner. Sc evenly up row ends, 3sc in corner. Sc in each st to end 2sc in last st. If desired, do one more row of single crochets around the border to clean things up or to get the square to size. Fasten off with Invisible Join.

Stay tuned for more square patterns to be added! There are TEN square patterns total so you can mix and match.