Mystified Square

Last updated: 12 May 2026

I’m happy to finally be able to show you my version of the Mystified Square.
It is the new design from Pam Knighton-Haener / A Yarn of Serendipity. The pattern has just been published. AND: it has been chosen by the Ravelry BAMCAL group as their block of the month for November.

Ravelry BAMCAL

Do you know the BAMCAL on Ravelry?
BAMCAL stands for Block-A–Month Crochet-A–Long. This crochet-along is organised every year by a group on Ravelry.

The CAL runs throughout the year. Three different Afghan squares are featured each month. Two of these, measuring 6 and 12 inches respectively, are chosen by the moderators. A third square is chosen by the group members in a poll.

All patterns are free – at least for the month they are chosen. You can decide to make one or all of the squares – it’s up to you. At the end of the year, you can combine all your squares into a blanket. Alternatively, you can make anything else you can think of.

I absolutely love this idea! Maybe I should join in next year?

Mystified Square – The Pattern

The Mystified Square is designed for Aran / worsted weight yarn (#4). But it will also work very well with other yarn weights. Of course, using a different yarn weight will affect the final size.

With worsted weight yarn, the finished square will be 11 or 12 inches (28 or 30,5 cm). This depends on whether a 4.5 or 5 mm crochet hook is used.

The pattern is classified as mid-intermediate. It uses various stitches, including some special ones. But no worries, they are all very well explained. And a picture tutorial helps with each round.

The design comes in two colourways, each with 5 different colours. Of course, you can also create your own colour scheme. I bet the Mystified Square would also look great in just one colour!

The pattern is available on Ravelry. You will find a link at the end of this post..

My Test Version

I already tested this pattern for Pam some weeks, or rather months, ago. I think it was in early August.
Of course, everything had to be kept secret until the pattern was finally published. Hard time :-)

As always, I did not use the suggested Aran yarn. I still don’t like working with it and feel a bit uncomfortable using a 5 mm hook. So, this time I decided to use up some Hobbii Rainbow Cotton 8/6 (a #3 yarn) from my stash.

I followed colourway 2, but replaced the colours as follows

• Hobbi Rainbow Cotton 8/6 (50 g / 105 m)
  • A – 065, Apricot (discontinued?)
  • B – 73, Pearl Gray
  • C – 047, Dark Old Rose
  • D – 049, Peach (discontinued?)
  • E – 012, Volcano Gray

Unfortunately it looks like two of my colours are already discontinued. At least I couldn’t find them in the actual Hobbii shop.

I like the way the colours come together. I just realised that they’re a bit tricky to capture in photos. The Dark Old Rose in particular is a little reluctant to show its true beauty…

Using a 3,75 mm hook my square turned out to be about 25 cm / 10 inch.

I really enjoyed working on this pattern and am happy with the result!

Pattern Link

Mystified Square on Ravelry

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Are you going to try the pattern? If so, have fun 💕