Plaid & Gift Box Square

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Surface slip stitch is easy but slightly challenging in order to keep the same tension throughout the pattern. You can brush up your skill and technique with this crochet plaid and gift box square! As a part of Hope in the Holidays Mystery CAL, create and join other squares to make a beautiful blanket and cuddle up!

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I’m sharing with you today is a beginner-friendly plaid design square! This will be my first ever afghan square design, and I’m grateful to be able to collaborate with other amazing designers!

Inspiration

“Home for the Holidays” is the theme we used for the square. When you think of “Home for Holidays”, you think of Christmas tree, green, red, family gathering, etc… I wanted to stay away from Christmas tree, just because it was cliché during this time of the year. So besides the tree, I was thinking what reminds me of “home” and “holidays”. To tie those two words together, I thought a gift and plaid design would go perfect! I see plaid design in many places, and I thought about friends and family gather together and opening up presents. (Check out this adorable family photo of Stephanie from All About Ami wearing plaid pajama!)

Plaid Designs in Crochet

I’ve seen several ways for making a plaid design in crochet. One with using tapestry and intarsia technique (you can read this post about the difference between the two!). Another crochet plaid design is with the combination of surface slip stitch for vertical lines and half double crochet & chain space for horizontal lines. Since the square is 8″ by 8″, I knew I wouldn’t have that many stitches to work with. So I then I thought of surface slip stich would be great to make lines. There are total of 48 ends to weave in, and yes that is a lot of ends, so you can eliminate few lines if like (I cannot guarantee of how it’s going to look though!)

Yarn I Used

Wecrochet, a sister company of Knit Picks, were very kind to provide us with their yarn! The yarn used in this square is called “Mighty Stitch” It’s a blend of 20% superwash wool and 80% acrylic. I never heard of superwash wool so I looked it up what it is, and this came up:

Superwash wool is a special wool product that has been treated or processed in a way that allows it to be machine washable.

THE SPRUCE CRAFTS

I made a knit garment with same fiber contents, except it was with regular wool. Compare to the regular wool, superwash wool is definitely much smoother! My hands were getting warm while making the square, and I can see myself using this yarn again to make a beanie, mittens or any other winter accessories!

Part of Hope in the Holidays Mystery Blanket CAL

There is going to be total of 28 squares for this mystery CAL. I actually don’t know what the rest of the squares are going to look like, so I’m really excited to see what other designers’ square! The last day for the CAL is going to be 12/30, so there are going to be 15 more. If you missed first half of the CAL (or don’t have time to check the rest of the designs) and would like to get the PDF, you can get them for $7! That’s a huge discount for all 28 patterns! You will receive each pattern automatically through your email as they are released so you don’t have to worry about missing any squares.

If you came to this blog post from my Facebook page, my newsletter, or any other places beside Bear Rye’s Mystery CAL page, thank you! Free pattern day is over, but you can grab the PDF for ONLY $2.00 until the end of the CAL! After the CAL is over, the price will go up so grab yours before it’s too late! It is ad-free, nicely formatted, and written patterns for the graph!

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PLAID & GIFT BOX SQUARE CROCHET PATTERN

MATERIALS:

• Knit Picks Mighty Stitch [1 skein = 208yd/190m, 3.5oz/100g, category 4 worsted weight]
  • 1 skein of White
  • 1 skein of Love Letter
  • 1 skein of Black
• US H/5mm crochet hook
• Tapestry needle
• Stitch marker (optional)

PATTERN NOTES:

• Size – 8″ x 8” (20cm x 20cm) square
• Gauge – 18.5 SC x 20.5 rows = 4” x 4”
• Number in [ ] indicates the number of stitches in each row.
• Starting CH 1 of each row DOES NOT count as a stitch. 
• There are 3 sections: (1) Main Square (2) Plaid (3) Gift Box
• Plaid and Gift Box sections will be worked in surface slip stitch.
• This is a part of Hope in the Holidays Mystery Blanket CAL hosted by Bear Rye (www.bearrye.com) There are going to be 28 designs to make a blanket. If you missed on any days, you can purchase a pattern bundle at an amazing price at www.bearrye.com/cal-bundle

ABBREVIATIONS (US TERMS):

• CH – chain stitch
• SC – single crochet
• SL ST – slip stitch

INSTRUCTIONS:

– MAIN SQUARE –

CH 38 with White

Row 1 – SC in 2nd CH from hook. SC across. Turn. [37]

Row 2~41 – Following the graph (click HERE to grab your graph), CH 1. SC across. Turn each row. [37]

Fasten off and weave in ends

– PLAID –

You will be making a plaid design using surface slip stitch. You can make a surface slip stitch on whichever side you like. (Photo shown: wrong side) Click HERE to grab your surface slip stitch graph.

– GIFT BOX –

You will be making the final touch of the gift box using surface stitch. Make sure you are making a surface stitch on the same side you made the plaid design.

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Please use any color you like! You should search for “plaid design” to see what other color combinations are there that look great!

I would love to see & share your finished square! Please tag me @tyinganend and use hashtag #tyinganend & #PlaidGiftBoxSquare on Instagram so I can share your work!

Thank you for reading and happy crocheting!

This pattern is an original pattern by Tae of Tying An End. Please do not claim this pattern as your own. If you wish to share this pattern, please link to this pattern and do not copy and paste it on to your site. You may keep a copy for your own personal use but please do not sell the pattern or distribute it. Please see Disclosure & Terms of Use for more info.

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