Welcome back to the Beatrice Ryan Designs 2025 CAL Week 8! Time flies when you are having fun! It feels like we just started My Favorite Cat Blanket, But this is it! Week 8 we finish our project! I love mine, it is so bright and cheery! I used my scrap yarn and worked the color order to the middle of the blanket, then reversed the color order.
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Let’s Crochet Week 8 of Beatrice Ryan Designs 2025 CAL My Favorite Cat Blanket:
We ended last week with row 100, this week we will be crocheting the last 3 rounds of the edging to complete this fun My Favorite Cat Blanket!!!
Stitches ~
DS Cl – Drop Stitch Cluster: Yo, insert hook 2 rows below between (2dc, ch1, 2dc)’s encapsulating both rows, pull up loop, yo, draw up loop in same space, yo, draw through all 5 loops on hook. Keep your loops you pull up to the same height as the row you are working on. See Picture below
Ch – Chain
St – Stitch
Sl St – Slip Stitch
Sk – Skip
Sc – Single Crochet
Hdc – Half Double Crochet
Dc – Double Crochet
YO – Yarn Over
Instructions:
You can choose to change colors as desired for the last rows, I used a new color for each round to make it pop! Also, If you like to mix it up you can change up the border to anything you like!
Week 8 Stitching:
Finish off, Turn and join color B in top Right Hand Corner St.
Row 101: Ch 2, 2 hdc in same st, hdc in next 152 sts, 3 hdc in next st, hdc in next 168 sts, 3 hdc in next st, hdc in next 152 sts, 3 hdc in next st, hdc in last 168 sts, join with sl st to beginning ch 2. = 652 hdc
Finish off, Turn and join color A in top Right Hand Corner St.
Row 102: Ch 2, 2 hdc in same st, hdc in next 154 sts, 3 hdc in next st, hdc in next 170 sts, 3 hdc in next st, hdc in next 154 sts, 3 hdc in next st, hdc in last 170 sts, join with sl st to beginning ch 2. = 660 hdc
Row 103: Ch 1, turn, loosely *sl st across to corner st, (sl st, ch 1, sl st) in corner st*, repeat *to* around, join to beginning sl st.
Finish off
That’s it… You now have My Favorite Cat Blanket!!! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
For another great crochet cat item, you can try the Easy Cat Dishcloth Pattern too!
Now for a bit of fun:
Don’t forget there is a chance to win the Grand Prize at the end of this CAL… $50 Amazon Gift Card!
There will be a $50 Amazon Gift Card given away on May 3rd 2025 to 1 lucky person who has completed this CAL. To be eligible for the $50 Gift Card, you will email me a picture of your completed afghan to [email protected] by the 2nd of May 2025 and permission to use your photo! I will reply with a number to verify I have received your entry, then use a random number generator on May 3rd to choose the winner and publish a post with all fan pics and the name of the winner!!!
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Happy Crocheting!!!
Elena
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