2026 Moogly CAL Stitch & Hustle Square
/I am so excited that Stitch & Hustle is part of 2026 Moogly Blanket CAL. It has been my honor to be part of this for several years and it is especially fin to do. This year, my square is a fun flow that I made into a little fade of blues but you can use any colors for contrast and fun.
This beginner friendly blanket square pattern can easily be mad bigger in repeats of 6 if you want to make a larger style.
What I love most is that you can play around with the order of colors and make it your personal color fade in so many ways.
This fun spike stitch gives a great illusion of fading colors too or you can do rich contrast and make bold color stripes. So many options!
MATERIALS:
KP Swish Worsted Yarn - 1 ball each
COLOR A: Dusk
COLOR B: Gulfstream
COLOR C: Electric Blue
COLOR D: Arctic
COLOR E: White
Crochet Hook Size US J / 6mm
PROJECT STITCH ABBREVIATIONS:
Fsc – foundation single crochet / fhdc foundation half double crochet
ch – chain loop
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
sshdc – spiked stitch hdc (see below)
st(s) – stitch(es)
SPECIAL PATTERN STITCH - sshdc:
Wrap yarn over hook; insert hook one row below the next st
Wrap yarn over hook & pull through, pulling it up to the height of the working row
Wrap yarn over hook & pull through ALL 3 loops to create the “sshdc” stitch
*** I place my hook into the sshdc of the previous row for effect. See photo.
PATTERN NOTES:
This is designed for the MOOGLY 2026 CAL
Yarn Support for this design was provided by We Crochet
The main portion of this square is stitched in rows with the square border then added.
Turning chains do NOT act as a stitch
A NOTE ABOUT GAUGE:
This yarn was working very differently than I had expected and if you are a snug stitcher then you will want to do hdc instead of sc throughout the whole pattern.
Begin with Color A:
Row 1: 21 fsc or if you are doing an hdc version, do fhdc Turn.
Row 2: ch 1, 21 sc across. Turn.
Color B:
Row 3: ch 1, 3 sc, *3 sshdc, 3 sc*; Repeat * to * across. Turn.
Row 4: ch 1, 21 sc across. Turn.
Color C:
Row 5: ch 1, 3 sc, *3 sshdc, 3 sc*; Repeat * to * across. Turn.
Row 6: ch 1, 21 sc across. Turn.
Color D:
Row 7: ch 1, 3 sc, *3 sshdc, 3 sc*; Repeat * to * across. Turn.
Row 8: ch 1, 21 sc across. Turn.
Color E:
Row 9: ch 1, 3 sc, *3 sshdc, 3 sc*; Repeat * to * across. Turn.
Row 10: ch 1, 21 sc across. Turn.
Color D:
Row 11: ch 1, 3 sc, *3 sshdc, 3 sc*; Repeat * to * across. Turn.
Row 12: ch 1, 21 sc across. Turn.
Color C:
Row 13: ch 1, 3 sc, *3 sshdc, 3 sc*; Repeat * to * across. Turn.
Row 14: ch 1, 21 sc across. Turn.
Color B:
Row 15: ch 1, 3 sc, *3 sshdc, 3 sc*; Repeat * to * across. Turn.
Row 16: ch 1, 21 sc across. Turn.
Color A:
Row 17: ch 1, 3 sc, *3 sshdc, 3 sc*; Repeat * to * across. Turn.
Row 18: ch 1, 21 sc across. Turn.
Rows 19 - 34: Repeat Rows 3-18.
SQUARE BEFORE BORDER: 10 x 10
COLOR A:
ROUND 1: ch 1, * sc across to corner, (2 sc, ch 1, 2 sc) in corner; sc in every other row across the side to corner;* repeat * to * once more, sc, sl st to top of first sc.
ROUND 2: ch 1, * sc across to corner, (2 sc, ch 1, 2 sc) in corner, * Repeat * to * all way around to ch1, sl st to top of first sc Fasten off.
*** depending on gauge you may need to add border rounds t meet the 12” x 12’ called for in CAL square patterns
