Hi everyone! How’s your week going? Personally, I need to report for jury duty today so I’m feeling a bit anxious. But enough about me and my ordeals, you’re here for the new Linen Log Cabin Square pattern, right?

This square fits right into what’s making me smile right now, the linen stitch. If you saw my Whitney Headband from last month, or my Whitney Poncho on Instagram, you know what I’m talking about. I just love the linen texture! It’s so pretty. Also, for those who are wondering, yes the moss stitch is the same as the linen stitch.

Like my Divine Diamonds Blanket pattern from September, this design is very influenced by quilting. It will also feature a ton of ends to weave in. I’m sorry about that too. Sorry to me, especially, because it’s already been so many ends and I’m not even done with my sample. Which brings me to my next part, I wanted to release this design before I finished my blanket.

Originally I didn’t want to do that, I wanted some lovely photos of me holding the blanket looking all happy but… that didn’t work out. I have a billion other things to work on and realized I wouldn’t have the design out until September if I kept going the way I was. So, yay, here’s the individual square and you and I now get to make the square together! How exciting is that?

So, I hope you join me using all your random bits and ends! It’s a great in-between-other-projects WIP, I know, I’ve been working on it late since November/ early December 😀

This post is linked to Hookin’ on Hump Day 209

Materials

• US H (5.00 mm) crochet hook
• Worsted/ medium/ size #4 weight yarn
• each square is .5 – 1 oz in size
  • As many colors as you need
• Notions: needle, measuring tape, scissors

Gauge

• 18 rows × 20 sc + ch1 across 4″ (Linen stitch)
  

  

Terms/ Stitches used

• RS: right side
• Ch: chain
• St: stitch
• Sc: single crochet

Notes

• This square is worked from the center out in 7 sections. It’s best to change colors each section to highlight the difference sections.
• The ch1 at the beginning of the rows does not count as a stitch.
• Turn back to the RS after you’re done with each section.
• You can block the individual squares to make it easier to sew them all together.
• You will need to know how to create a slipknot on your hook for this st.

Section 4
Create a slipknot on your hook and with the RS facing you, start in the last row end of Section 3 so that you’re working down the row ends towards row 6 of Section 2.
Row 1: Sc into the first row end, ch 1 and skip the next row end, sc into the next row end, ch 1 and skip the next row end, sc into the next row end, ch 1 and skip the next row end, sc into the next st, ch 1 and skip the next st, sc into the next st, ch 1 and skip the next st, sc into the next st, sc into the last st – 7 sc, 5 ch 1
Rows 2 – 6: Ch 1, turn, sc into the first st, ch 1 and skip the next st, sc into the next ch space, *ch 1 and skip the next st, sc into the next ch space,* repeat from * to * 3 more times, sc into the last st – 7 sc, 5 ch 1
Fasten off with this color. Turn your piece back to the RS.

Section 6
Create a slipknot on your hook and with the RS facing you, start in the last row end of Section 5 so that you’re working down the row ends of Section 5, into the other side of row 1 of Section 1, and the row ends of Section 3.
Row 1: Sc into the first row end, ch 1 and skip the next row end, sc into the next row end, ch 1 and skip the next row end, sc into the next row end, ch 1 and skip the next row end, *sc into the next st, ch 1 and skip the next st,* repeat from * to * twice more, [sc into the next row end, ch 1 and skip the next row end,] repeat from [ to ] once more, sc into the last 2 sts – 10 sc, 8 ch 1
Rows 2 – 6: Ch 1, turn, sc into the first st, ch 1 and skip the next st, sc into the next ch space, *ch 1 and skip the next st, sc into the next ch space,* repeat from * to * 6 more times, sc into the last st – 10 sc, 8 ch 1
Fasten off with this color. Turn your piece back to the RS.

Seaming

For the seaming I’m just sewing my squares together but feel free to slip stitch them together like I did on the Divine Diamonds Blanket or any other method of seaming, like the ones I shared in my Coffee Afghan Project, that makes you happy.