Christmas Mood

Christmas Mood is a festive **multicolor** crochet pattern featuring Christmas lights and ornaments, with **diagonal stitches** adding an extra element of challenge. The pattern includes both **Overlay Mosaic Crochet** and **Interlocking Filet Crochet**, with separate instructions for each technique. Both **solid** and **non-solid** versions are included. In the solid version, the background is filled with rows of dc stitches worked side by side, while the non-solid version has a mesh-like appearance. The design offers many color possibilities. **The lights** and **Christmas decorations** can be worked in additional colors using **intarsia**, without cutting the yarn. The corresponding stitches are highlighted in the pattern. Three coloring pages are included to help you plan your color combination. *You can also make the entire design in just two colors by ignoring the additional color-change notes.* You can work the blanket from the **bottom up**, either with the border included or with the border added separately in the round. Finished Size: Without border: 231 × 295 sts / 114 × 146 windows With border: 243 × 307 sts / 121 × 153 windows *The pattern does not include a blanket worked in the round from the center, due to the complexity of color changes in the first rounds.* Skill level: **Advanced** The pattern includes written instructions, printable charts, step-by-step photos, and links to video tutorials. Yarn & Gauge Yarn: Sport weight, e.g. Scheepjes Stone Washed (50 g / 130 m / 142 yds) Hook: 3.25–3.5 mm, or size needed to meet gauge Gauge: 11 sts × 11 rows = 5 cm (2”) in pattern Approximate yarn amounts for the solid version, without the border: C1: ~2,590 m / 2,832 yds C2: ~2,510 m / 2,745 yds Lights: ~140 m / 153 yds Baubles / decorations: ~170 m / 186 yds The non-solid version requires less background yarn. The border requires approximately 290 m / 317 yds of C1 and 300 m / 328 yds of C2. Yarn amounts are approximate and will vary with yarn, hook size, and tension.