Are you ready to start crocheting this years 2026 Mystery Winter Afghan CAL?? Week 2 is the beginning of the crocheting! This years project is made in sections, easy peasy!
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! Week 1 was the Material/Info post…
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 find WEEK 1 Material/Info List and all the fun ways you can participate by clicking here or in the Crochet with Me tab at the top of the page… 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(today)
- Week 3 – Feb 24th 2026 Continue Crocheting
- Week 4 – March 3rd 2026 Continue Crocheting
- Week 5 – March 10th 2026 Continue Crocheting
- 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
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
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.
If you are worried about the size, make sure to check your gauge.
This is written in US terms
You will use the full cake of yarn for this section or approx 15″ from top peak to a bottom peak
*Every now and then make sure each side of the peak and valley still have a total of 5 stitches each.
Most important… Have fun!
Stitches used this week
Section 1 is the Chevron Pattern in the Moss or Linen Stitch in Color A – I am using Caron Cinnamon Swirl Cake in Latte… You can use a solid, self-striping or scrapghan
- 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
Let’s Crochet!!!
** I modified the first row and chain count to make it more clear and correct on 2-20-26)
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, You now have completed your first section of the 2026 Mystery Winter Afghan CAL!!! I hope you have enjoyed it!
Come back next week for the next section! It will be something different and fun!
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
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
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