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2026 Mystery Winter Afghan CAL… Week 6

2026 Mystery Winter Afghan CAL… Week 6

Welcome back to the 2026 Mystery Winter Afghan Crochet Along! This is Week 6 and we will be working on section 5!

This week you will make another Chevron Section and Joining your 9 squares

If you are just seeing this, I hope you will join in the fun… Just follow along each week and crochet the designed section… In 10 weeks you will have a beautiful afghan! So many ways to follow and get the weekly instructions! Please don’t miss out… Easy to catch up!

For all the participants… I can’t wait to see your version and finished project!!!

How the CAL Works

This CAL will be a 10 week project including this week. Each week I will post a section for you to complete. If you start late or miss a week, you will find all of the posts in the Crochet with Me Tab at the top of the website… You can also find each weeks post/link by clicking here or in the Crochet with Me tab at the top of the page along with all past week links… So check it out!

And there will be a $50 Amazon Gift Card Grand Prize at the end! Details Below

Easy to join… All you need to do is come back here each Tuesday for the weekly post… If you would like to get each post in full by email, you can enter your email in the Stay Connected section in the right sidebar.

Another great way to join the fun is to hop over to Facebook and join my Beatrice Ryan Designs CAL group… This group is dedicated to my CAL’s only… We post pics, help each other, and each week I post the new links in the group… For this CAL, there will be weekly prizes exclusive to the group members(details below)  

Don’t forget to add this project to your Ravelry Projects/Favorites! Click Here


Weekly Post Schedule

  • Week 1 – Today Feb. 10th 2026 – Materials and Information
  • Week 2 – Feb 17th 2026 Start Crocheting- Moss Stitch Chevron Section
  • Week 3 – Feb 24th 2026 Continue Crocheting The Squares
  • Week 4 – March 3rd 2026 Continue Crocheting Moss Stitch Chevron Section
  • Week 5 – March 10th 2026 Continue Crocheting Joining Sections
  • Week 6 – March 17th 2026 Continue Crocheting (Today)
  • Week 7 – March 24th 2026 Continue Crocheting
  • Week 8 – March 31st 2026 Continue Crocheting
  • Week 9 – April 7th 2026 Continue Crocheting
  • Week 10 – April 14th 2026 Finish Project
  • If participating to enter into the Grand Prize Giveaway of a $50 Amazon Gift Card, you will have 1 week to complete your project in full by April 21st(details and rules at the bottom of this post)

Some tips and housekeeping

This week we are making another Chevron Moss Stitch Section!… This is the 3rd Chevron Section!! And… We are finally joining in those 9 squares!!!

Although the border is a mystery, if you are going to follow along and make that border, the tails for changing colors on both sides don’t need to be woven in.

The project should be 48″ x 72″ when finished and blocked with the designed border.

*When Joining your squares to the 2 chevron sections, you can join any way you like… I used a simple sewing method. (see pic below)

**Make sure you don’t join to tightly. This will slightly pucker as you can see in the photo below, but you will block it to make it nice!

This is the sewing technique I used.

I sewed the squares Right Sides Up for both the squares and sections, starting with the bottom of the squares right to left, then the top of the squares right to left. The stitching was in the back loop of the corresponding square stitch then thru the back loop of the corresponding section stitch, next the back loop of the section corresponding stitch then thru the back loop of the corresponding square stitch and continued across . See the illustration above

You can see in the picture aboe that the sewn in squares slightly pucker… See below after blocking

Let’s get started on Week 6!

First, you will make a 3rd Chevron Section, then you will sew your squares in place. Make sure when joining in the squares your pieces are both right side facing!

Stitches used this week

Section 4 is the Chevron Pattern in the Moss or Linen Stitch in Color A

  • Ch – Chain
  • St – Stitch
  • Sp – Space
  • Sc – Single Crochet
  • Ch -Chain
  • Dec Sc – Decrease Single Crochet (Insert hook in 1st st/sp, draw up loop, insert hook in 2nd st/sp, draw up loop, yo and draw thru all 3 loops on hook

Gauge

Linen or Moss Stitch Chevron

4″ x 4″ = 10 rows x 20 chs/sts which is one full peak

Chevron Section Instructions

With Color A Ch 189

Row 1: [(Sc(*first sc of row is in 2nd ch from hook),ch1,sk ch) 4 times, (sc,ch2,sc) in next ch(this is the peak), (ch1,sk ch,sc in next ch) 4 times, sk 2 chs(this is the valley)], repeat [to] across 10 times to the end, you will end with a sc in the last ch. = 10 peaks & 10 valleys (10 sc, 9 ch 1 & 1-ch 2 per peak/valley)

Row 2: Ch 1, turn, dec sc over 1st st and ch 1 sp, (ch1, sk st, sc in next ch 1 sp) 3 times, ch 1, sk st [(sc,ch2,sc) in peak ch 2 sp, (ch1,sk st, sc in next ch 1 sp) 4 times, sk 2 valley sts, (sc in sp, ch 1,sk st) 4 times], repeat [to] across to the last peak, (sc,ch2,sc) in peak ch 2 sp, (ch 1,sk st,sc in next sp) 3 times, ch 1, sk st, dec sc in last sp & st 10 peak/valley ( 8sc, 10 sc & 1 ch 2 for each peak/valley)

Rows 3-36ish – Repeat row 2 until you run out of the yarn in the Yarn Cake or until it is approx. 15″ Tip of Top peak to tip of the Bottom Peak.

That’s it for the Chevron Section… Now let’s sew your squares between Chevron Section 2 and Section 3!!

Go ahead and join them in between the sections in your favorite method or the sewing method I shared above. Just don’t make the joining tight… You can use either Color A or Color B.

You can lightly block now or at the end!


Above are Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5! It is coming along nicely!


Don’t miss your chance to win a prize!!!

More about the weekly prize drawings and Grand Prize:

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 April 22nd 2026 . To be eligible, you must email a picture and permission by 11:59pm pst on Tuesday April 21st 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.

Weekly Prize – Starting next week randomly throughout this CAL you also can have a chance to win a $10 Amazon Gift Card will be given away to one member in the Beatrice Ryan Designs CAL Group on Facebook. Each week a post will be made explaining the rules to enter. The entry time will only last part of the day… so stay tuned in the group!

Are you ready to have some fun?? Grab your yarn and hooks and meet me back here next week!


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

FacebookInstagramMy 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

2026 Mystery Winter Afghan CAL… Week 5

2026 Mystery Winter Afghan CAL… Week 5

2026 Mystery Winter Afgan CAL… Week 5 is here! This week we are halfway done… YAY!

Week 5

This week you will join 2 of the sections with one continuous stitch pattern!!! Not with the squares quite yet!!


If you are just seeing this, I hope you will join in the fun… Just follow along each week and crochet the designed section… In 10 weeks you will have a beautiful afghan! So many ways to follow and get the weekly instructions! Please don’t miss out… Easy to catch up!

For all the participants… I can’t wait to see your version and finished project!!!

How the CAL Works

This CAL will be a 10 week project including this week. Each week I will post a section for you to complete. If you start late or miss a week, you will find all of the posts in the Crochet with Me Tab at the top of the website… You can also find each weeks post/link by clicking here or in the Crochet with Me tab at the top of the page along with all past week links… So check it out!

And there will be a $50 Amazon Gift Card Grand Prize at the end! Details Below

Easy to join… All you need to do is come back here each Tuesday for the weekly post… If you would like to get each post in full by email, you can enter your email in the Stay Connected section in the right sidebar.

Another great way to join the fun is to hop over to Facebook and join my Beatrice Ryan Designs CAL group… This group is dedicated to my CAL’s only… We post pics, help each other, and each week I post the new links in the group… For this CAL, there will be weekly prizes exclusive to the group members(details below)  

Don’t forget to add this project to your Ravelry Projects/Favorites! Click Here


Weekly Post Schedule

  • Week 1 – Today Feb. 10th 2026 – Materials and Information
  • Week 2 – Feb 17th 2026 Start Crocheting- Moss Stitch Chevron Section
  • Week 3 – Feb 24th 2026 Continue Crocheting The Squares
  • Week 4 – March 3rd 2026 Continue Crocheting Moss Stitch Chevron Section
  • Week 5 – March 10th 2026 Continue Crocheting (Today)
  • Week 6 – March 17th 2026 Continue Crocheting
  • Week 7 – March 24th 2026 Continue Crocheting
  • Week 8 – March 31st 2026 Continue Crocheting
  • Week 9 – April 7th 2026 Continue Crocheting
  • Week 10 – April 14th 2026 Finish Project

Some tips and housekeeping

This week we are joining 2 of the chevron strips.

It will be in a fun way to fill in between the strips!!

You will use a HOOK H for this section… or go down a size from what you are using… It will not turn out right if you use the hook you have been using.

It will look kind of wavy or puckered. In the picture below, I have lightly blocked it to make it look correct.

*** Look at how the peaks and valley’s line up for this join. make sure you have yours the same**

Week 5

Stitches used this week

Section 5 is a joining and you will use color B

  • Ch – Chain
  • BL – Back Loop
  • St – Stitch
  • Sp – Space
  • Sc – Single Crochet
  • Hdc – Half Double Crochet
  • Dc – Double Crochet
  • Trc – Treble Crochet
  • Dec Trc – Yo 2 times, pull up loop in next 2 sts (5 loops on hook), Yo, draw thru 3 loops, yo, draw thru 2 loops two times.

First Section

Week 2

2nd Section

Week 3 CAL

3rd Section

week 4

Now let’s start the 4th Section!

week 5

With Color B and a H Hook

Line your peaks up like the week 5 picture

Start with a sl st to the 1st st on the righthand end point of the bottom piece(just like you would if your were adding another row to the strip). You will be working in each st and sp of the chevron strip.

Row 1. Ch 1, *sc in 8 sts/sps, sk st in valley, sc in next 8 sts/sps, (sc,ch1,sc) in ch 2 sp of peak*, repeat *to* across to end. = 178 sc & 9 ch 1 sp

Row 2. Ch 1, turn, sl st and [sc in st, hdc in next 2 sts, dc in next 2 sts, trc in next 2 sts, dec trc over the next 2 sts, trc in next 2 sts, dc in next 2 sts, hdc in next 2 sts, sc in next st, sl st in next st, sk ch 1 sp, sl st in next st], repeat [to] 8 more times, sc in next st, hdc in next 2 sts, dc in next 2 sts, trc in next 2 sts, dec trc over the next 2 sts, trc in next 2 sts, dc in next 2 sts, sc & sl st in last st. 170 sts

Row 3. Ch 1 turn, sc in each st across. = 170 sc

FO

Repeat rows 1-3 on second strip, Do Not FO

Row 4. Joining the 2 strips… Line up stitches to match from row 3 on both pieces(wrong sides together), *sl st in BL st of the strip closest to you, then sl st in FL st of the adjacent strip on the far side from you*, repeat * to * across. Basically you are joining by sl st in the loops of each piece that are closest to each other, The bl is directly next to the fl.

FO

The back side will have more of a ridge in the center of this join.

Now you can lightly steam block it now to make it flat or wait until the end.

up close

More about the weekly prize drawings and Grand Prize:

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 April 22nd 2026 . To be eligible, you must email a picture and permission by 11:59pm pst on Tuesday April 21st 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.

Weekly Prize – Starting next week randomly throughout this CAL you also can have a chance to win a $10 Amazon Gift Card will be given away to one member in the Beatrice Ryan Designs CAL Group on Facebook. Each week a post will be made explaining the rules to enter. The entry time will only last part of the day… so stay tuned in the group! 

Are you ready to have some fun?? Grab your yarn and hooks and meet me back here next week!


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

FacebookInstagramMy 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

Fade to Green Poncho

Fade to Green Poncho

Fade to Green Poncho!!! Fun and fashionable… Free Crochet Pattern! Self-phasing yarn and a second luscious green yarn make up this easy to make crochet project!

Fade to Green Poncho

This FREE Pattern uses basic crochet stitching! Some yarn and a hook is all you need to get started on the Fade to Green Poncho. The self-phasing yarn by Caron Cloud Cakes is soft as can be along with Caron Simply Soft Yarn to tie it all together! The free crochet pattern starts below… But you can also purchase this fun pattern as a PDF on Ravelry!

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Size:

One Size Fits Most

Materials:

Color A -2 Caron Simply Soft Skeins in Army Green (315 Yards ea) = 630 total yds

Color B – 1 Caron Cloud Cake in Fir (720 Yards) = 720 total yds

G – Hook

Scissors, Place Markes and Yarn Needle

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You can also use something like Red Heart Ombre in Apple paired with something like Red Heart Super Saver in Medium Thyme… If you like to shop Amazon Click Here

Stitches:

  • St – Stitch
  • Ch – Chain
  • Sk – Skip
  • Sp – Space
  • Sc – Single Crochet
  • Hdc – Half Double Crochet
  • Dc – Double Crochet
  • Blsc – Back Loop Single Crochet
  • Fdsc – Foundation Single Crochet
  • V St – Dc, Ch 1, Dc all in the same St or Sp
  • PM – Place St Marker
  • FO – Finish Off

Instructions:

*You will PM in center st of each point, move marker each round to keep track of your center points

Color A

Round 1: 94 Fdsc, Join to form ring, being careful not to twist your stitch ring. (you can also ch 95, sc in 2nd ch from hook and each across) = 94 sc

Round 2: Ch 4(counts as dc + 1ch now and throughout), dc in same st, * sk 2 sts, Vst in next st*, repeat *to* 14 more times, 3dc in next st(pm in center st), Vst in next st, sk 2 sts, repeat *to* 15 more times, 3dc in next st(pm in center st), join with sl st in 3rd ch of beginning ch. = 32 Vsts & 6 dc

FO

Color B *I started on the outside of the Caron Cake using the lightest color*

Round 3: Turn, Join Color B in ch sp of 1st V st to the left of 3dc group, ch 4, dc in same sp, *Vst in next Vst across to center st of ch 3 group(you should have a marker in this st), (Vst, dc, Vst) in st*, repeat *to* one more time, join with sl st in 3rd ch of beginning ch. = 36 Vsts & 2 dc

FO

Color A

Round 4: Turn, join Color A in 1st Vst to the left of center dc, ch 4, dc in same sp, *Vst in each Vst across to center dc, (Vst, dc, Vst) in st*, repeat *to* one more time. Join with sl st in 3rd ch of beginning ch. = 40 Vsts & 2 dc

FO

Color B

Round 5: Turn, join Color B in 1st Vst to the left of center dc, ch 4, dc in same sp, *Vst in each Vst across to center dc, (Vst, dc, Vst) in st*, repeat *to* one more time. Join with sl st in 3rd ch of beginning ch. = 44 Vsts & 2 dc Do Not FO

Round 6: Turn, sl st in Vst, ch 4, dc in same sp, *(Vst, dc, Vst) in center st, Vst in each Vst across*, repeat *to* across, join with sl st to 3rd ch of beginning ch 4. = 48 Vsts & 2dc.

FO

Color A

Round 7: Turn, join Color A in 1st Vst to the left of center dc, ch 4, dc in same sp, *Vst in each Vst across to center dc, (Vst, dc, Vst) in st*, repeat *to* one more time. Join with sl st in 3rd ch of beginning ch. = 52 Vsts & 2 dc

FO

Color B

Round 8: Turn, join Color B in 1st Vst to the left of center dc, ch 4, dc in same sp, *Vst in each Vst across to center dc, (Vst, dc, Vst) in st*, repeat *to* one more time. Join with sl st in 3rd ch of beginning ch. = 56 Vsts & 2 dc Do Not FO

Round 9: Turn, sl st in Vst, ch 4, dc in same sp,*(Vst, dc, Vst) in st, Vst across to center st*, repeat *to* one more time, join with sl st to 3rd ch of beginning ch4. = 60 Vsts & 2 dc Do Not FO

Round 10: Turn, sl st in Vst, ch 4, dc in same sp, *Vst in ea Vst across to center st, (Vst, dc, Vst) in st*, repeat *to* one more time, Vst in last 2 Vsts, join with sl st to 3rd ch of beginning ch 4. = 64 Vsts & 2 Dc

FO

Color A

Round 11: Turn, join Color A in 1st Vst to the left of the center st, ch 4, dc in same sp, Vst in each Vst and (Vst, dc, Vst) in each center st, join with sl st to 3rd ch of beginning ch 4. = 68 Vsts & 2 dc

FO

Color B

Round 12: Turn, join Color B in 1st Vst to the left of the center st, ch 4, dc in same sp, Vst in each Vst and (Vst, dc, Vst) in each center st, join with sl st to 3rd ch of beginning ch 4. = 72 Vsts & 2 dc Do Not FO

Rounds 13-15: Turn, sl st in Vst, ch 4, dc in same sp, Vst in each Vst and (Vst, dc, Vst) in each center st, join with sl st to 3rd ch of beginning ch 4. = 84 Vsts & 2 dc at the end of round 15

FO After Round 15

Color A

Round 16: Turn, join Color A in 1st Vst to the left of the center st, ch 4, dc in same sp, Vst in each Vst and (Vst, dc, Vst) in each center st, join with sl st to 3rd ch of beginning ch 4. = 88 Vsts & 2 dc

FO

Color B

Rounds 17-21: Repeat round 12, then round 13 four times, = 108 Vsts & 2 Dc after round 21

FO

Color A

Round 22: Turn, join Color A in 1st Vst to the left of the center st, ch 4, dc in same sp, Vst in each Vst and 3 dc in each center st, join with sl st to 3rd ch of beginning ch 4. = 108 Vsts & 6 dc

FO

Color B

Round 23: Repeat round 12. = 112 Vsts * 2dc

Rounds 24-28: Repeat round 13. = 132 Vsts & 2dc at the end of round 28

FO at the end of round 28

Color A

Round 29: Repeat round 22. = 132 Vsts & 6 Dc

FO

Color B

Round 30: Repeat round 12 = 136 Vsts & 2 Dc

Round 31: Turn, sl st in Vst, ch 4, dc in same sp, Vst in ea Vst, 3dc in each center st, join with sl st to 3rd ch of beginning ch 4. = 136 Vsts & 6dc

Round 32-35: Repeat rounds 30 & 31 = 133 Vsts & 6 dc at the end of round 35

FO at the end of round 35

Color A

Round 36: Turn, join Color A in 1st Vst to the left of center st, ch 4, dc in same sp, *Vst in each Vst across to center 3 sts, dc in 1st st, 3dc in next st, dc in 3rd st*, repeat *to* around, join to 3rd ch of beginning ch 4. = 144 Vsts & 10 dc

Do Not FO

Edging

*Even rounds are now the wrong side

Round 37: Ch 1, turn, *hdc in each st and ch 1 sp across to center dc, 3 hdc in center st* Repeat *to* around to beginning hdc, join with sl st. = 448 hdcs

Round 38: Sl st over to center st, ch 1, sc in middle st, blsc in each st across to the next middle st, 3 sc in middle st, blsc across in ea st to next middle st, 2 sc in middle st, join with sl st to 1st sc. = 6 sc & 446 blsc

Round 39: Turn, sl st in center st, ch1, [3 hdc in center st, *sk st, hdc in next st, hdc in previous sk st(this creates an x)*, repeat *to* across to next center st], repeat [to] one more time, join with sl st to top of 1st hdc. =450 hdc

Round 40: Ch 1, turn, *blsc in each st across to center st, 3 blsc in center st*, repeat *to* one time, sc in blsc in last st, join with sl st to beginning sc. = 454 blsc

Round 41: Ch 1, turn, *hdc in each st across to middle st, 3 hdc in center st*, repeat *to*, hdc across to beginning, join with sl st to beginning hdc. = 458 hdc

Round 42: Sl st to center st, do not turn, ch 1, [3sc in st, *sl st in next st, dc in next st*, repeat *to* across to center st], repeat [to] once more, join with sl st to beginning sc. = 228 sl st, 228 dc & 6 sc

FO

Neckline

Round 1: With Color A and RS facing, join with sl st to any st, ch 1, sc in each st around to center valley st, sk valley st, continue sc in each stitch until the next valley st, sk valley st and finish sc to beginning, join with sl st to beginning sc. = 92 sc

Round 2: Ch 1, turn, *sl st in next st, dc in next st*, repeat *to* around, join to beginning sl st. = 46 dc & 46 sl st

FO

Now you have completed your Fade to Green Poncho! I hope you enjoy your new project!

Fade to Green

Don’t forget to take care of you hands when you crochet… One thing I make sure to do is use a good quality hand cream… Massage it in for hand health when you take a break from crocheting!

I love this one!! Available on Amazon currently for only $5.98 and free prime shipping! Click here for yours!


Also, Don’t forget to follow me on my social media sites for more fun!

FacebookInstagramMy CAL Facebook Group, and Pinterest

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!!

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