MAL 2022 Christmas Tangle Blanket

MAL / 2022 - Christmas Tangle

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The Christmas Tangle Blanket MAL features the clever interlocking crochet technique and is a fun festive intermediate-level project created especially for this Scheepjes MAL by designer Astrid Schandy. There are two colourways to choose from using the main featured yarn: Scheepjes Catona. In the first, the background is snowy white with rainbow fairy light motifs, and in the second the green background represents a Christmas tree with jewel-coloured lights. Astrid will also provide swatches of alternative colourways to inspire crafters preferring to choose their own palette.

Timeline

Each MAL week starts on a Wednesday around noon on the following dates:

Week 1	5 October
Week 2	12 October
Week 3	19 October
Week 4	26 October

Pattern

Available in English (both UK and US terms) and Dutch via Ravelry.

Regular price USD12 (subject to variation based on local currency and taxes). Code ScheepjesMAL valid 5 Oct - 1 Nov 2022 entitles purchaser to a 30% discount.

On 28 September a free potholder pattern, including tutorial videos, will be released to practice the interlocking technique! Three colours of yarn are needed, which are not included in the amount for the final blanket.

Materials

Scheepjes Catona (100% Mercerised Cotton; 50g/125m)

Measures approx. 140 x 170cm using 3mm hook

Snowy Rainbow Colourway:

Yarn A Bulb Cord: 527 Midnight x 21 balls
Background: 105 Bridal White x 17 balls
Lightbulb C1: 390 Poppy Rose x 1 ball
Lightbulb C2: 389 Apple Green x 1 ball
Lightbulb C3: 281 Tangerine x 1 ball
Lightbulb C4: 208 Yellow Gold x 1 ball
Lightbulb C5: 384 Powder Blue x 1 ball
Lightbulb C6: 519 Freesia x 1 ball
Lightbulb C7: 282 Ultraviolet x 1 ball

Jewel Green Colourway:

Yarn A Bulb Cord: 525 Fir* x 21 balls
Background: 412 Forest Green x 17 balls
Lightbulb C1: 249 Saffron x 1 ball
Lightbulb C2: 261 Capri Blue x 1 ball
Lightbulb C3: 251 Garden Rose x 1 ball
Lightbulb C4: 113 Delphinium x 1 ball
Lightbulb C5: 192 Scarlet x 1 ball
Lightbulb C6: 253 Tropic x 1 ball
Lightbulb C7: 256 Cornelia Rose x 1 ball

*Other shades that can be successfully substituted for this colourway are 244 Spruce and 515 Emerald

Alternative colourways

To visualize the possibilities of different colourways, three examples were made using the following Scheepjes Catona colours:

Option	Yarn A	Background	Lightbulb
Left	527 - Midnight	105 - Bridal White	390 - Poppy Rose
Middle	244 - Spruce	515 - Emerald	208 - Yellow Gold
Right	242 - Metal Grey	074 - Mercury	513 - Apple Granny

Alternative yarn options

Scheepjes Scrumptious

Measures approx. 140 x 170cm using 4mm hook

Yarn A: any colour x 10 balls
Background: any colour x 8 balls
Lightbulbs C1-C7: 2 balls total (or 7 balls for different Lightbulb colours)

Scheepjes Cotton 8

Measures approx. 130 x 160cm using 3mm hook

Yarn A: any colour x 15 balls
Background: any colour x 12 balls
Lightbulbs C1-C7: 4 balls total (or 7 balls for different Lightbulb colours)

Scheepjes Terrazzo

Measures approx. 140 x 170cm using 4mm hook

Yarn A: any colour x 17 balls
Background: any colour x 13 balls
Lightbulbs C1-C7: 4 balls total (or 7 balls for different Lightbulb colours)

About the designer

Astrid first picked up a hook in 2016 and discovered interlocking crochet a couple of years later. She found the technique so addictive that she has used it exclusively ever since. A lack of available patterns led to her creating her own designs and before long her first blanket pattern was introduced to a Facebook CAL, where she impressed as a guest designer. Astrid is a busy single mom of three, working a full-time job alongside designing. Being a closet mathematician, she is fascinated by algorithms, fractals and geometry, which feature heavily in her designs. Without using any software, each pattern is extensively worked out until every detail is perfected, before even touching the hook and yarn. It is a process that takes months, and results in a very special relationship between designer and pattern. When Astrid publishes, she feels bereft, as if a bird has flown the nest. The delight of seeing her patterns created by others soon replaces that feeling though. Her cherished birds are brightening many other nests!

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To warm your hooks and your hands for the upcoming MAL using the interlocking crochet technique, Astrid Schandy has provided us all with a fabulous potholder, matching the Christmas Tangle Blanket!

The example shows three different colourways, but basically anything goes with so many available Scheepjes Catona colours. And that's without the option with the alternative yarn options Cotton 8, Scrumptious and Terrazzo!

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Materials

The examples are made with Scheepjes Catona in these specified quantities:

	Colourway 1	Colourway 2	Colourway 3	Amount needed
Yarn A	527 - Midnight	244 - Spruce	242 - Metal Grey	35g
Background	105 - Bridal White	515 - Emerald	074 - Mercury	25g
Lightbulb	390 - Poppy Rose	208 - Yellow Gold	513 - Apple Granny	6g

Pattern and support

The pattern is available for free on Ravelry.

Tutorials videos were made to really help you on your way, they can be found on Astrid's YouTube channel.

For additional support, please join our Facebook-group full of specialists, supporters and all levels of fellow crafters.

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We're finishing the Christmas Tangle MAL in style with a complementary bonus pattern: a Christmas Lights Chain!

To keep things fresh, we're making a sidestep from the interlocking crochet to create three-dimensional Christmas lights using the amigurumi technique.

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Pattern

The pattern is updated to the original Ravelry pattern!

The different yarns used to make the Christmas Tangle MAL are all suitable to create a Christmas Lights Chain. The image below shows the differences that occur in size.

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MAL / 2022 - Christmas Tangle

Information

Practice Potholder

Bonus Pattern