Magic Winter Mosaic CAL – The finished blanket

In my last post, I introduced Ana’s new design, the Magic Winter Mosaic CAL where I explained my colour choices and the inspiration behind them.

In case you missed it, you can read my post here.

At the time, I was still working on the border of my blanket. Now it’s finished, marking the end of another big project for me.

I opted for a two-coloured double border – using only Vintage Peach for the back layer and a combination of Silver and Vintage Peach for the front layer.

Made with a 4 mm hook, my blanket measures about 121 x 146 cm (48 x 57 inches).

All in all, I think I captured the sunrise-on-a-frozen-winter-morning look quite well. And I am totally happy with the result!

My yarn amounts

In total I needed 12 balls of Stylecraft Special DK.

My colour placement

If you like my colour scheme and would like to recreate it, you can download my colour placement guide here. It lists the colours used row by row.

My thoughts about Magic Winter Mosaic

Magic Winter is a lovely winter-themed blanket design that can, of course, be crocheted in all sorts of colour combinations. The pattern uses the overlay mosaic technique and, for smaller sections, a combination of overlay mosaic and tapestry crochet. Of course, both techniques are explained in the pattern.

Although I found that the blanket was quick and easy to crochet, the tapestry sections took me a bit longer.

Combining tapestry crochet with overlay mosaic takes a bit of practice. Especially when working the double crochet stitches, you’ll need to get the hang of carrying the yarn.

But the special tapestry technique is only used in a few rows of the snowmen section. Besides, you can also choose to skip it altogether and just crochet the sections in standard overlay mosaic. It’s entirely up to you!

But before you decide against it, just look at the scarfs and hats of the snowmen and those little hearts in the trees… it’s definitely worth a try!

The Magic Winter Mosaic CAL run throughout November and December 2023. The pattern is still available on Ravelry.

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My Magic Winter blanket is still one of my favourite blankets and gets plenty of use during the colder months.