CatKitBob Designs

Crochet and Knit Design, and Tech Editing by Jacqui Goulbourn

2022 Block A Month Crochet Along

The Block a Month Crochet Along has operated on Ravelry forums for over 13 years. The moderators want to ensure the CAL is accessible to as many crafters as possible. As such, as one of the moderators, I will be posting details of the CAL squares here, and on the Catkitbob_Crochet Instagram page as they are announced.

January Main: Hope Springs

We are honoured to kick off 2022 with another new square from Polly Plum. Hope Springs is available for free on Polly’s Every Trick on the Hook website, or as a paid additional content, no-ads pdf on Ravelry.

january Members Choice: simbelMyne

Our second 12 inch square of the month, voted for by the members of the Ravelry group is Simbelmyne, also by Polly Plum. This square from a few years ago is available from Polly’s website.

JANUARY 6 inch: granny loves a baby

A nice simple introductory square from the archives, Granny Loves a Baby by Donna Mason-Svara is a Ravelry download.

Two colour crochet square in a repeating stitch pattern radiating out from the centre. — February main square: distraction granny

This medative repeating square from Rhondda at Oombrawka Designs is our latest brand new design for you. It is available for free on the blog, and as an ad-free pdf Ravelry download.

White 6 petal lacy crochet flower on a green background — February member choice: Cow parsley

The members have voted for Cow Parsley by moderator Lettice Rose to be our additional 12 inch square this month. The pattern is available as a Ravelry download.

small green and white crochet square using post stitches on the middle of each side — february 6 incH: Rowing square 1

This 6 inch is a design by Desire Fourie. It is available as a Ravelry download or via a private Facebook group for a Lapghan made from 3 Rowing square designs.

Image from instagram in 3 panels showing 2 different colour combinations of a crochet square with a floral effect — March main square: Marzenbecher

Inspired by the German Spring Snowflake flower (‘Leuconum vernum’) is this pretty design from group member Loewenzahm.
It is available on Sandra’s blog .

Crochet square on its point on a dark background. Crochet motifs include popcorns in the floral centre and in the border — March members choice: square 102

In 2021 Veronika Liachovic set herself an incredible target for publishing self designed crochet squares numbering rather than using worded names. Square 102 has been chosen by members this month.
The pattern is available with round by round photos on her website.

March 6 INCH: FLOWER Granny Squares

A pretty little square from Kylee Keller to increase your stock of 6 inch designs. This is available for free from her website.

April main Square: ALETA

Ineke Mooijenkind of Something Crochet has kindly given us this pattern for the April feature in our CAL. It is available as a Ravelry download only.

Blue, white and grey crochet square with petal like centre, cluster stitches and front post texture. — April members choice: The Calytrix

This pretty square from Creative Kogi was the favourite of the members this month. The pattern is available from Kogi’s site.

A small brown and blue crochet square starting in a circle and becoming a square. — April 6 inch: Saturn

Another one of Diana Krenz’s Solar System small squares, Saturn is the 6 inch selection this month. It is available as a Ravelry download.

MaY Main Square: Duvet Days

May sees the return of moderator Lettice Rose to the design seat. This is a pretty square, that isn’t too taxing - perfect for those laid back duvet days. It is available as a Ravelry download.

Crochet square with a raised floral centre worked in shades of pink and grey — May members choice: Lova Square

Continuing the pretty theme, this floral centrepiece square from Lina Kittel has an elegant simplicity to it. Again it is available as a Ravelry download.

Smaller crochet square worked in orange and blue for a tiger stripe like effect — May 6 inch: Tigerstripe

A first time feature for blogger Mich Hooker. He has cleverly combined clusters into a tiger stripe effect. Another Ravelry Download.

a cross shaped centre intersected by eye motifs form the basis of this crochet square worked in pink, purple, blue and black — June Main Square: OSIRIS

With Egyptian influences, this new 12 inch from Sarah Falconer holds the interest on every round.
It is available as a Ravelry download.

Multi coloured crochet square on a floral tablecloth background. The central motif is at 45 degrees to the main square. — June Members choice: Savannah

There is nearly always a Polly Plum square in our members monthly vote, and this one has topped the chart this month.
Savannah is available on Polly’s website.

Small crochet square in white, yellow, pink and blue. — June 6 Inch: V-Square

This pretty little square by Kate Veselunka of Itwasyarn is available as a Ravelry download.

Crochet square featuring Pink popcorns, and red garlands on a neutral canvas — JULY Main Square: Showstopper

Melinda Miller has been designing new squares for the CAL for almost as long as the CAL has been running, and we are delighted that she has continued to design for us again this year.
There are full instructions and round by round photos on Melinda’s website.

July Members Choice: Queenie

Yet another Polly Plum square is voted onto the CAL - this one being her latest design Queenie (originally part of the Moogly CAL).
Again this can be found on Polly’s website, Every Trick on the Hook.

July 6 Inch: Sunflower granny Square

This cute little square by Lullaby Lodge is available for free from their web-site, or a paid pdf version on Ravelry.

Floral lacey crochet square worked in purple and blue floral effect — August main Square: Sweet Delusion

We are pleased to welcome back A Yarn of Serendipity to the CAL with a new design for us. A free version is available on Pam’s website, or a paid pdf version on Ravelry.

Floral effect crochet square pictured in 2 sizes, a smaller one in shades of pink, and a larger one in blue — August members choice: Vintage lily

A collaborative square between Ilse Beulens and Lina Kittel was chosen by members to be our second larger square for August. This pattern is a free Ravelry download.

blue and green crochet rounds linked by white pops of colour — SEPTEMBER MAIN: WESTMINSTER

An under appreciated square from the archives by the Crochet Goose, this is a Ravelry download.

Blue and white floral crochet square on a black background — September Members choice: dream square

Originally part of a different CAL in 2019, the members voted for this design by Something Crochet. It is available as a Ravelry download.

september 6 inch: Alice

A smaller square by one half of the team behind Vintage Lily. This is also a Ravelry download.

October main square: abagail

A brand new square from Diana Krenz that I had the pleasure of testing.
Abigail is available as a Ravelry download.

Octobers members choice: Victor

From the archives, the members have chosen Victor by Polly Plum to be the additional square this month.
It is available as always from Polly’s website.

October 6 inch: Texture in the round

This mini textured square from Aurora Suominen is available from her blog.

November Main square: Kaleidoscope

We were delighted to make this brand new square from Black Sheep Creations our square for November.
This is available as a free Ravelry download.

November Members Choice: Autumn on my mind

Originally designed for our 2018, this Melinda Miller square has made a reappearance as the most voted this month.
The pattern is available for free on her blog, or ad-free and paid on Ravelry.

November 6 inch: square with 3D flower

There is a lot packed into this smaller square by Veronika Liachovic.
It is available for free on her website.

December main square: Yuletide Lights

My personal contribution to this year’s CAL is this seasonal mixture of berries and lights. It is available on Ravelry and Payhip.

december 6 inch: winter bliss square

Rounding off the smaller squares is this snowflake from The Perfect Knot. Again this is a Ravelry download.

And we are doing the CAL all over again in 2023 ……..