Crochet Boxed Block Stitch Tutorial with Video – Day 19 of Advent Calendar MCAL 2024
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Learn how to use the boxed block crochet stitch. This tutorial includes step-by-step photo tutorial, written instructions, and a video tutorial.
I hope you’ve been enjoying all the stitch tutorials! Welcome back to this year’s Advent Calendar Mystery Crochet Along. As you already know, each day, from today until December 24th, I am releasing one stitch tutorial on all odd days and 1 free pattern on all even days for Christmas gifts right here on my blog. Each day will be a fun holiday surprise for yarn lovers!
If you’re just joining us, in the last stitch tutorial, you learned linked half double crochet stitch, but today you will be learning the crochet boxed blocked stitch. If you’ve ever made a granny square, you can absolutely achieve this boxed block stitch. It works up in a similar fashion and is just as fun as a traditional granny square.
If you have a love for granny square and want to learn a few variations of granny squares or you just LOVE granny square crochet patterns, you should try these tutorials and/or patterns:
- Traditional Granny Square
- Solid Granny Square
- Waffle Stitch Granny Square
- Linked Crochet Daisy Granny Square Blanket
- Granny Square Bum Bag
- 10 Trending Granny Square Patterns
It’s important to practice the crochet boxed block stitch, especially when tomorrow’s Advent Calendar Mystery CAL pattern is revealed. You’ll either get free-to-view access to the Pillow and the Triangle Shawl. If you want BOTH, grab the ebook here to get all 24 patterns with the 12-stitch tutorials instantly.
All Advent Calendar Mystery CAL Stitches + Patterns
This Holiday Season is very special! The Advent Calendar Mystery Crochet Along includes 12 free stitch tutorials (with videos) and 12 free crochet gift patterns. But there are actually 24 patterns. But you don’t know which odd day each stitch tutorial and which 1 of 2 stitch-related patterns gets published on the following even days.
But you can get all of them (12 stitches and 24 patterns) with instant access right now as an AD-FREE and PRINTER-FRIENDLY ebook. Use the code GIFTS10 to save $10 until December 24th, 2024 HERE!!!
Now let’s start this crochet boxed block stitch tutorial with a video tutorial, written instructions and step-by-step pictures.
Video Tutorial of the Crochet Boxed Block Stitch
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Crochet Boxed Block Stitch Written Tutorial
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Instructions for the Crochet Boxed Block Stitch
Before you start crocheting the Pillow and the Triangle Shawl, (only ONE of these two will get published for FREE tomorrow via the Advent Calendar MCAL), let’s first go through the stitch tutorial and learn how to crochet this stitch.
Instructions:
To make a swatch to practice this stitch, crochet the following:
Color A
R1: Make a magic ring, 1 ATC (stacked sc st), 2 dc, ch 2, * 3dc, ch 2, repeat from * until the end, sl st, drop yarn, do not turn
Color B
R2: start in ch2sp, *[1 sc, ch 3, 1 sc] in the corner ch2sp, ch 3, repeat from * until the end, sl st, cut yarn
Color A
R3: reattach loop and start in corner, ch3sp, [1 ATC, 2 dc] in the same space, *3 dc in the next ch3sp, in the corner ch3sp place [3dc, ch 2, 3 dc], repeat from * all around, finish in first corner with 3 dc, ch 2 and sl st, drop yarn
Color B
R4: join in corner ch2sp, *[1 sc, ch 3, 1 sc] in the corner ch2sp, **ch 3, 1 sc between next 2 dc blocks (one block has 3 dc sts), repeat from ** until the corner, repeat from * until the end, sl st, fasten off.
Color A
R5: reattach loop and start in corner, ch3sp, [1 ATC, 2 dc] in the same space, *3 dc in each ch3sp, in the corner ch3sp place [3dc, ch 2, 3 dc], repeat from * all around, finish in first corner with 3 dc, ch 2 and sl st, drop yarn
Repeat R4-5 for the pattern
Get practicing this crochet boxed block stitch and you will be ready to crochet one of these patterns (get both in the ebook here) published for free as part of the Advent Calendar Mystery CAL.
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If you like fun Crochet Stitch Tutorials, you might like these also:
- Corner to Corner Diagonal Box Stitch Tutorial (C2C)
- Crochet Star Stitch Tutorial
- Treble Filet Crochet Tutorial
- Linked Half Double Crochet Tutorial
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