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Vintage Holiday Throw

Vintage Holiday Throw

Vintage Holiday Throw is a Free Crochet Pattern using Caron Anniversary Cake – Holiday Edition!!!

Vintage Holiday Throw

This soft and cozy Vintage Holiday Throw is easy to make using the moss stitch and a fun border you make as you go! It works up quickly using this extra bulky yarn and a K hook!!!

Up Close w/yarn

In just a few days you can whip this up and be cozy and warm ready for the holidays!

Vintage Holiday Throw w/wreath

Make sure to add this to your Ravelry queue and favorites for easy access. Click Here to head to Ravelry!


Finished Size

40″ x 60″

Christmas Blanket

Supplies

Yarn – Caron Anniversary Cake Holiday Edition in Kitschmas or any extra bulky #6 yarn. I used 1 1/2 cakes. Each cake is 1061 yds.

Hook – K

Scissors and yarn needle

Stitches

  • Ch – Chain
  • St – Stitch
  • Sk – Skip
  • Sp – Space
  • Sc – Single Crochet
  • Trc – Treble Crochet
WIP

This is fun to make!!! I love when blankets get long enough to use while you work on them!



Instructions

Ch 114

Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and each across. =113 sc

Row 2: Ch 1, turn, sc in 1st st, *ch 1, sk 1, sc in next st*, repeat * to * across. = 57 sc & 56 ch 1

Row 3: Ch 1, sc in 1st 2 sts, *ch 1, sk 1, sc in next ch sp*, repeat *to* across. sc in last st. = 59 sc & 54 ch 1

Tip: The trc bobbles you will be making will make a nice border around the project, the bobble should always line up. 4 bobbles on each side going up and 4 rows of bobbles top and bottom.

Row 4: (Wrong Side) Ch 1, turn, sc in 1st st, *trc in next st, sc in next ch sp*, repeat *to* across to last 2 sts, trc in next st, sc in last st. = 57 sc & 56 trc… Push your trc to the right side, this makes your bobbles.

Row 5: (Right Side) Ch 1, turn, sc in 1st 2 sts, *ch 1, sk 1, sc in next st*, repeat *to* across to last st, sc in last st. = 59 sc & 54 ch 1

Rows 6-11: Repeat rows 4 & 5

Row 12: Ch 1, turn, sc in 1st st, *trc in next st, sc in next sp*, repeat *to* 3 more times, {ch 1, sk st, sc in next sp}, repeat {to} 47 more times, repeat *to* 4 times ending in the last st. = 8 trc, 57 sc & 48 ch 1

Row 13: Ch 1, turn, sc in 1st 2 sts, *ch 1, sk 1, sc in next st or sp*, repeat *to* across, sc in last st. = 59 sc & 54 ch 1

Rows 14 -42 : Repeat rows 12 & 13

Rows 43-52: Repeat rows 2-11

Row 53: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st across. = 113 sc

Finish off and weave any tails in with a yarn needle

That’s it… You now have a Vintage Holiday Throw… Please share you pics with me any time! Just send me an email [email protected] and I will post them to my Beatrice Ryan Designs Facebook Page or post them to instagram and tag me @beatriceryandesigns!



And, Don’t forget to follow me on my social media for more fun! And, most important you share your creations

Facebook, Instagram, My CAL Facebook Group, and Pinterest

I hope you love this project!!  Finally, make sure to share your finished projects on my Beatrice Ryan Designs Facebook Page and make sure to share around social media too! Why share?? Because it shares our Love of Crochet!!

Until we meet again, Happy Crocheting!!!

Elena


©Copyright 2026 Elena Hunt/Beatrice Ryan Designs.  All of my patterns and posts are my own work. Do not copy them in any way. If you want to share this information with someone, share the link to this post. Additionally, If you want to share on your own blog, website or social media, then you may use the first photo in this post and link back to this post. You may not give away printed copies of this post. Thank you. This post may contain affiliate link

Eye of the Storm Afghan CAL-Border

Eye of the Storm Afghan CAL-Border

Welcome Back to the Eye of the Storm Afghan CAL – Border! All the squares are done and joined and this week we will finish this up with the border!

Eye of the Storm Afghan

I loved how mine turned out… I chose black yarn for joining and border so it would set this whimsical in nice frames.


If you are just finding this and still want a chance to enter the grand prize… You still have 2 weeks to complete this… Each week is posted in the Crochet with Me tab at the top of the website!!! And, below is more info if you are currently participating or want to catch up!

Blocks

  • 3 x 4 (12 blocks) Afghan 44″ x 56″ Make 1 Block Per Week
  • 3 x 5 (15 blocks) Afghan 44″ x 68″ Make 2 Blocks This Week
  • 4 x 5 (20 blocks) Afghan 56″ x 68″ Make 2 Blocks This Week
  • 4 x 6 (24 blocks) Afghan 56″ x 80″ Make 2 Blocks This Week…

You can come directly to my website for the FREE Pattern which is a separate post, ***Click here for the Eye of the Storm Square Free Pattern Post***

Make sure to head to Ravelry and add this to your projects and favorites.. Or purchase the PDF… Click Here!

The information post, Click Here

Week 1 – Saturday August 1: 1 or 2 squares… Click here for the post

Week 2 – Saturday August 8: 1 or 2 squares… Click here for the post

Week 3 – Saturday August 15: 1 or 2 squares… Click here for the post

Week 4- Saturday August 22: 1 or 2 squares… Click here for the post

Week 5 – Saturday August 29: 1 or 2 squares… Click here for the post

Week 6 – Saturday September 5: 1 or 2 squares… Click Here for the post

Week 7 – Saturday September 12: 1 or 2 squares….Click Here for the post

Week 8 – Saturday September 19: 1 or 2 squares…Click Here for the post

Week 9 – Saturday September 29: 1 or 2 squares…Click Here for the post

Week 10 – Saturday October 3: 1 or 2 squares…Click Here for the post

Week 11 – Saturday October 10: 1 or 2 squares.. Click Here for the post

Week 12 – Saturday October 17: 1 or 2 squares…Click Here for the post

Week 13 – Saturday October 25: Join Squares… Click Here for the post

Week 14 – Saturday October 31: Border – Today

Week 15- Saturday November 14.. Finale of fan project post and Grand Prize winner announcement


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Where You Can Participate

Please share you project on social media… Spread the Love Of Crochet! If you would like to participate in my Beatrice Ryan Designs CAL Group of Facebook, You can join here! We share progress photos, help with questions, and there are prizes during each CAL.

Now, Let’s talk prizes!!!

There is a GRAND PRIZE at the end of the CAL for those who finish the blanket by the designated time! It’s a $50 Amazon Gift Card!!! Perfect timing for Christmas shopping! See all the rules below!

There is also a $10 Amazon Gift Card when you are a member of my Beatrice Ryan Designs CAL Group randomly through out the CAL!

Grand Prize – There will be a $50 Amazon Gift Card for 1 lucky winner at the end of the CAL. The grand prize will be drawn on Wednesday November 11th 2026 . To be eligible, you must email a picture and permission by 11:59pm pst on Tuesday November 10th 2026 to [email protected] showing your completed project. Entries will be numbered by the order they arrive and the number will be drawn using a random number generator. The winner will be announced on November 14th 2026 in the final post!


Now on to this weeks instructions for the border!!!

For this project I chose an envelope border. I love this one because it has a bit of solidness to it and will keep this Eye of the Storm Afghan held very nicely!!! If you haven’t done this type of border before… it is easy. You pick up the front loop of each stitch around and build a border, then pick up the back loop and do the same thing. Once both sides are complete, you stitch around the perimeter the two pieces together… This is also a great way to hide any tails… you just let them be inside this envelope, no need to weave ends!

For this project you can do a different border of you choice if you don’t like this one!

Instructions

  • Flsc – Front Loop Single Crochet
  • Blsc – Back Loop Single Crochet
  • Sl St – Slip Stitch
  • Sc – Single Crochet
  • Hdc – Half Double Crochet

You will have a row all the way around the afghan of single crochet already from the final round of each square except the joins.

  1. Join yarn in any stitch of the outside row of the afghan in the front loop. Work a flsc in each stitch around, 3 sc in each corner stitch of the afghan. Join to beginning sc and finish off.
  2. Join yarn in any stitch of the outside row of the afghan in the back loop. Work a blsc in each stitch around, 3 sc in each corner stitch of the afghan. Join to beginning sc
  3. Working in top stitches of both the front and back section to close the two sections, Ch 1, sl st in st, {*hdc in next st, sl st in next st*, repeat *to* to corner st, 3 sc in corner st}, repeat {to} around to beginning. Secure and finish off

That’s it… You have completed and envelope border. And, you have now completed you Eye of the Storm Afghan!!! Congratulations and thank you for participating in the Eye of the Storm CAL!!!


And, Don’t forget to follow me on my social media sites for more fun! And, most important you share your creations

Facebook, Instagram, My CAL Facebook Group, and Pinterest

I hope you love this project!!  Finally, make sure to share your finished projects on my Beatrice Ryan Designs Facebook Page and make sure to share around social media too! Why share?? Because it shares our Love of Crochet!!

Until we meet again, Happy Crocheting!!!

Elena


©Copyright 2026 Elena Hunt/Beatrice Ryan Designs.  All of my patterns and posts are my own work. Do not copy them in any way. If you want to share this information with someone, share the link to this post. Additionally, If you want to share on your own blog, website or social media, then you may use the first photo in this post and link back to this post. You may not give away printed copies of this post. Thank you. This post may contain affiliate link

Eye of the Storm Afghan CAL Week 13

Eye of the Storm Afghan CAL Week 13

Welcome Back to Eye of the Storm Afghan CAL Week 13! This week we join the squares!!!

Week 13

This week I joined all 20 of my Eye of the Storm Afghan Squares… It was so exciting to see how this came together!

There are many ways to join squares, I chose the single crochet method. First, I had to decide the order of my squares and the direction that each square would sit. I chose to lay them out in the order they were made and turned each square so they were facing different directions.

Joining horizontally first

I started by attaching the rows horizontally with 4 squares, carefully lining the stitches up.

Working the join

Above you can see my single crochet method. I place wrong sides together, pick up one strand of each stitch(the two closest) and single crochet them together. This method leaves a slightly raised join which I think sets off the whimsical squares!

Single crochet join method

After I joined all the horizontal rows, next I joined them vertically. I was very careful to line up the corners, if I was off a stitch I just adjusted by doing a decrease on one side.

Week 13 square joined

Here is how Eye of the Storm Afghan Week 13 turned out… All of the squares joined! Next week… The border!!!!


If you are interested in making this super fun Eye of the Storm Afghan… Each week is posted in the Crochet with Me tab at the top of the website!!! And, below is more info if you are currently participating or want to catch up!

Blocks

  • 3 x 4 (12 blocks) Afghan 44″ x 56″ Make 1 Block Per Week
  • 3 x 5 (15 blocks) Afghan 44″ x 68″ Make 2 Blocks This Week
  • 4 x 5 (20 blocks) Afghan 56″ x 68″ Make 2 Blocks This Week
  • 4 x 6 (24 blocks) Afghan 56″ x 80″ Make 2 Blocks This Week…

You can come directly to my website for the FREE Pattern which is a separate post, ***Click here for the Eye of the Storm Square Free Pattern Post***

It is the same pattern each week, just 2 different colorways each week. Or you can purchase the PDF version for $5 USD on Ravelry.

For all the information and each previous weeks post, here is the list below with the links. Or, you can head to the Crochet With Me tab at the top of the page to get all the posts!


How to receive new posts by email

If you would like to receive the latest posts in your email, fill out the “Stay Connected” box in the right side at the top of this website…

And of course… My cat Ziggy is always helping!

Ziggy Helping

Where You Can Participate

Please share you project on social media… Spread the Love Of Crochet! If you would like to participate in my Beatrice Ryan Designs CAL Group of Facebook, You can join here! We share progress photos, help with questions, and there are prizes during each CAL.

Now, Let’s talk prizes!!!

There is a GRAND PRIZE at the end of the CAL for those who finish the blanket by the designated time! It’s a $50 Amazon Gift Card!!! Perfect timing for Christmas shopping! See all the rules below!

There is also a $10 Amazon Gift Card when you are a member of my Beatrice Ryan Designs CAL Group randomly through out the CAL!

Grand Prize – There will be a $50 Amazon Gift Card for 1 lucky winner at the end of the CAL. The grand prize will be drawn on Wednesday November 11th 2026 . To be eligible, you must email a picture and permission by 11:59pm pst on Tuesday November 10th 2026 to [email protected] showing your completed project. Entries will be numbered by the order they arrive and the number will be drawn using a random number generator. The winner will be announced on November 14th 2026 in the final post!


And, Don’t forget to follow me on my social media sites for more fun! And, most important you share your creations

Facebook, Instagram, My CAL Facebook Group, and Pinterest

I hope you love this project!!  Finally, make sure to share your finished projects on my Beatrice Ryan Designs Facebook Page and make sure to share around social media too! Why share?? Because it shares our Love of Crochet!!

Until we meet again, Happy Crocheting!!!

Elena


©Copyright 2026 Elena Hunt/Beatrice Ryan Designs.  All of my patterns and posts are my own work. Do not copy them in any way. If you want to share this information with someone, share the link to this post. Additionally, If you want to share on your own blog, website or social media, then you may use the first photo in this post and link back to this post. You may not give away printed copies of this post. Thank you. This post may contain affiliate link