Em Cabal Square

I don’t want to miss to show you my Em Cabal Square. I tested this pattern – designed by Pam Knighton-Haener from A Yarn of Serendipity – some weeks ago.
The Em Cabal Square was a special design for the Ravelry BAMCAL2023 – Block-A-Month Crochet-A-Long, a group on Ravelry.
Every month, 3 different squares are featured in this group. They are chosen by the mods and / or the members and you can decide to crochet one (or more) of them. At the end of the year you will have a lovely blanket. What a great idea!

Em Cabal is the square for October. It is a 12 inch square with 39 stitches per side. The skill level is beginning advanced. As all of Pam’s patterns it has great stitch explanations and helpful pictures for each round.

For my test version I used Drops Safran (160 m / 50 g) and Cotton Kings 8/4 (170 m / 50 g) and a 2,75 mm hook. Both yarns are 100 % cotton – soft and nice to work with.

I followed Pam’s colourway and used

• A – Drops Safran, # 60, Moss Green
• B – Cotton Kings, # 41, Spring Green
• C – Drops Safran, # 71, Marzipan
• D – Drops Safran, # 11, Strong Yellow

First I was not sure, if the two green yarns would work together but I am very happy with the result. Although, the square also looks great in a single colour!

Somehow the pattern reminds me a bit on Florentine Tiles. What do you think?

The pattern is available in Pam’s Ravelry store.