Swaggety Stag Beetle C2C Square By Deb Ward at Hookanory

A fun corner to corner crochet square Afghan block, featuring a majestic Stag Beetle! Great for mini-beast fans of all ages, it can be used as a panel for a cushion or a bag, or made into a complete blanket as shown in the image of the finished Beautiful Bugs Blanket Cal.

I have also designed a second square to compliment this design which is also part of the CAL The Super-fly Blue Bottle C2C Square, which you can find HERE

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THIS PATTERN

This Pattern version includes a PDF printable version of the chart, the written instructions for the chart and the colour block chart for the Swaggety Stag Beetle C2C Square with the colour ways and yarns suggested below in the materials section.

The example in picture 2 in this description page shows how it looks using the recommended yarns.

The example on the pattern PDF cover was created using DK yarn from my stash using variegated yarns which I tried to capture the iridescent nature of the Stag Beetle’s body.

The instructions for borders, and joining are not included in this pattern but blanket instructions can be found in the main CAL info HERE

Or if you want to make your square into a Super-Fly Cushion Cover, head over to my Ravelry store to find the pattern HERE.

MORE ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL BUGS BLANKET CAL
This Design was released as part of the Beautiful Bugs Blanket C2C (corner to corner) CAL hosted by Elimee Designs, with each square being released each Monday and Friday for 7 weeks starting on 1st January 2024 and concluding on 18th February 2024.

The full pattern will be available to purchase after the 18th Feb from Ravelry, Lovecrafts and Etsy from Elimee Designs or for free by visiting each participating designer’s blog.

You can find a FREE version of my square design charts HERE.

You can find all the details about how to join the Beautiful Bugs Blanket CAL for FREE or to purchase the full PDF pattern HERE

MATERIALS

YARN
Stylecraft Special Aran 240-260m / 270-290 yds per square

THIS SQUARE (Approx yarn requirements)
Silver - 174m/193yds
Plum - 32m/35yds
Black - 35m/39yds

WHOLE BLANKET (Approx yarn requirements)
Silver – 1610m/1761yds
Gold – 240m/262yds
Black – 155m/170yds
White – 135m/148yds
Sage – 137m/150yds
Proper purple – 75m/82yds
Plum – 128m/140yds
Aster – 44m/48yds
Teal – 307m/336yds

HOOK - 5mm/H

OTHER MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT
Scissors
Stitch-marker
Yarn Needle

SKILL LEVEL - advanced beginner/intermediate due to colour work and size of project.

TECHNIQUES
Corner to Corner Crochet blocks of 2ch+3hdc - half double crochet (uk htr - half treble)

Get your FREE Copy of this chart from my blog Hookanory.com from 26th Jan 2024

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Many thanks for your support xxx Deb