Winter Wonderland Mosaic

Updated on July 12, 2026

I originally published this post at the beginning of November 2021, shortly before the Winter Wonderland Mosaic CAL started.

Besides initial information about the CAL, I also shared an early look at my own blanket and the colour palette I had chosen for it. Unfortunately, my blanket was not completed at this time, so I could only give rough estimates of the amount of yarn I needed.

Meanwhile, the CAL has long been over and this post has become somewhat outdated over the years. So I updated the article to give it a new structure and to summarise all the information that is still relevant today.

Winter Wonderland Mosaic

Winter Wonderland is still one of my favourite blanket projects and has remained one of the most popular colour combinations I’ve shared on the blog.

The blanket was designed by Ana Morais Soares from One Skein of Love and hosted as a crochet-along in her Facebook group in November and December 2021.

The design features fourteen winter- and Christmas-inspired overlay mosaic patterns.

Back in 2021 I was part of Ana’s testing team and I’m still happy that I was able to be part of the creative process.

Yarn and colours

Ana’s original design uses Hobbii Winter Glow in different shades of green combined with a plain cream yarn. Winter Glow is a wool / acrylic blend and classified as a #4 yarn weight (Aran / worsted weight). It is a variegated yarn that has a loosely spun structure with small irregularities in thickness. This gives her blanket not only beautiful colour variations but also an interesting texture.

I decided to crochet my version in Stylecraft Special DK using a completely different colour scheme.

I received a lot of lovely comments about this colour palette and I am still grateful for all the love and enthusiasm you have shown to my colour choice!

I found the inspiration for it in a beautiful mood board created by Pippin Poppycock.

Yarn amounts

Unlike when I first published this post in November 2021, I can now provide precise yarn amounts I needed. You will find all the details in this post

Winter Wonderland – Round-up

Furthermore, after I posted my blanket – which was still a work in progress – in several Facebook groups in 2021, I was often asked how much yarn one would need to crochet the blanket in a different yarn weight. These questions were the reason I decided to write this post

How much yarn will I need if …?

In this article I am talking about my personal journey when it comes to yarn substitution. And it also might help you to calculate the amount of yarn you’ll need when substituting one yarn for another.

Colour placement guide

If you’d like to recreate my version of the Winter Wonderland blanket you can easily use my complete row-by-row colour placement guide. You can download a pdf-file at the end of this post.

You’ll also find a colour placement list for each individual CAL part in the follow-up posts. Or feel free to use my colour placement guide as inspiration for your own colour palette.

Get the colour placement guide

Download my row-by-row colour placement guide for the Winter Wonderland blanket.

Get the pattern

Winter Wonderland pattern on Ravelry

Winter Wonderland pattern on Etsy

Get a yarn pack

Yarn packs in my colourway are available at Mary Maxim

More posts in the Winter Wonderland series:

Winter Wonderland – My colours Part 1
Winter Wonderland – My colours part 2
Winter Wonderland – My colours part 3
Winter Wonderland – My colours part 4
Winter Wonderland – My colours part 5
Winter Wonderland – My colours part 6
Winter Wonderland Round up