Welcome to the the first section of Homeward Bound Mosaic Blanket CAL! The mosaic house crochet blanket strip features a cozy house and a pine tree. Perfectly paired, these motifs symbolize warmth and the comfort of home making them a beautiful addition to any mosaic crochet project. Whether you’re creating this strip for the CAL or adding it to another blanket, it adds texture and detail to your work. Get your hooks ready and let’s bring this cozy scene to life, one stitch at a time!

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Yarn Used for this mosaic house crochet blanket strip:

I used Caron One Pound for the entire blanket. Soft Sage and White are the two colors in this strip.

This crochet blanket strip features in Homeward Bound Mosaic Blanket CAL

This blanket strip is the first section in the Homeward Bound Mosaic Blanket CAL. Running from January 27-March 3, this free CAL features overlay mosaic sections and textured stitches sections. Each Monday a new section is released with the final envelope border being released on the final week. Read all about the CAL below.

Homeward Bound Mosaic Blanket Free CAL

Purchase the complete blanket pattern bundle.

Gauge for the mosaic strip:

Mosaic Section: 16 sts X 12 rows = 4”

Size:

Strip is 10″ wide x 48″ long

Notes:

The mosaic house and tree section is a 48 stitch repeat. The complete blanket is 4 repeats of 48 + 3 for 195 stitches. If you want a smaller blanket, use 3 repeats of 48 + 3 for 147 stitches.

The free version of this mosaic strip will have a chart only. The premium pattern bundle listed above has written instructions.

Color A is White. Color B is Soft Sage.

Pattern instructions for this mosaic crochet blanket strip

Row 1: With Color B, Fhdc 195, or ch 196, hdc in 2^nd ch from hook and each ch across, turn [195]

Row 2: ch 1, hdc in each st across, turn

Rows 3-4: Rep Row 2, Fasten off Color B

You will now be working on the 1^st mosaic section. You will be fastening off and joining yarn one color per row.

Be sure you are joining yarn on the right side of the blanket for the mosaic section. Join the corresponding color yarn and fasten off after each row during this section.

You will repeat the chart 4 times between the red lines and crochet the stitch after the red line on the left one time after the last repeat.

The Beginning Border Stitch and Ending Border Stitch are worked through both loops.

Plain boxes, you will be working single crochet in the back loops. Boxes with X’s, you will be working a double crochet in the front loop two rows below.

1-23 of the chart will be Rows 5-27 of the blanket.

Mosaic House Chart

Once you join Color B for Row 28, you will now be turning rows until the next mosaic section.

Row 28: With Color B, ch 1, hdc in each st across, turn [195]

Rows 29-31: Rep Row 28, Do not fasten off. At the end of Row 31, change to Color C

Section 1 for the Homeward Bound Mosaic Blanket is now complete. Section 2, Crossed DC will be releasing on February 3rd. Be sure to share your progress pictures in the Crochet For You and Your Home Facebook Group.

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