CATGHAN CAL – WEEK #11 – Holly

So, I know what you’re thinking…

Are we really talking about the holidays in July?

Well, not exactly. We’re looking towards the future holiday season with this festive kitty cat, surrounded by sprigs of Holly. This one was lots of fun to design. With the cat’s red bow, I envision that this cat was a present for some lucky person during the holiday season. 

Some of my pattern testers used a variegated green yarn for the green portion of the holly overhead, making this an even easier pattern to work with! If you don’t have variegated though, I’ve written the pattern using different shades of green. 

I wish I’d get a cat for Christmas! At least I can enjoy all the fun kitties on this Catghan in the meantime!

Happy crocheting!

<3 Julianne

If you haven’t already posted a picture on social media, the official hashtag for this CAL is: #CatghanCAL2019

If you are just starting to work on your squares for the CATGHAN CAL, I suggest starting with Week One’s PEEKAMEW square and work alongside me in the YouTube Video for that week. Week Two’s Mouse Watching square also has a video as well. Once you work your way through those two, I have no doubt you’ll be ready to work on the more difficult squares (in regards to color changing only, the stitches are the same).

** I have new videos up on my YouTube channel that explain: How to tie in loose ends and create the single crochet border around each square. **

This pattern was lovingly tested by the wonderful crocheters over on the Facebook Group: CAL – Crochet A Long. Stop by, join the group, and crochet with us!

While this Catghan CAL posts will always be here for free on my blog, for convenience, I’ve also created one giant PDF file for those who would like to purchase a copy of all the files together in one place. No searching through posts necessary. Plus, it’s over there now, should you want to work ahead of the group rather than wait for each week’s new square. You can purchase this pattern for a small fee here on Ravelry or now over in my Etsy Shop.

Holly
C2C Catghan 2019

Chart:

Color Key:

Pattern: 

Increasing:

Row 1: Y 

Row 2: Y2 

Row 3: Y3 

Row 4: R, Y3 

Row 5: Y3, R2 

Row 6: R2, Y4 

Row 7: Y3, R3, B 

Row 8: B, R4, Y3 

Row 9: Y4, B3, R, B 

Row 10: B, R, B4, Y, G3 

Row 11: G, R, Y2, B5, R, B 

Row 12: B, R, B3, W, B2, Y2, O2 

Row 13: R, G, Y2, B2, W2, B3, R, B 

Row 14: B, R, B4, X, B3, Y, G3 

Row 15: G, Y3, B5, X, B3, Y2 

Row 16: Y2, B3, X, B6, Y, G3 

Row 17: O2, Y2, B10, Y3 

Row 18: Y3, B2, W, B3, Y7, R, G 

Row 19: R, G3, Y6, B2, W2, B, Y4 

Row 20: Y4, B2, X, B2, Y7, G, O2, G 

Corner (Begin Decreasing):

Row 21: R, G3, Y7, B4, Y4 

Row 22: Y4, B4, Y4, G3, R, G2 

Row 23: G3, O2, Y5, B3, Y4 

Row 24: Y4, B3, Y4, G4, O 

Row 25: R2, G, R, Y5, B2, Y4 

Row 26: Y2, G, Y, B2, Y2, G6 

Row 27: G2, R, G2, Y3, B, Y4 

Row 28: Y, G, Y2, B, Y2, G, O2, G2 

Row 29: G2, R, Y5, O, G, Y 

Row 30: G, Y, G, Y2, O, G4 

Row 31: G4, Y3, R, G 

Row 32: G2, Y3, G, O2 

Row 33: G4, Y2, O 

Row 34: G4, R, G 

Row 35: G4, R 

Row 36: O, G, O, G 

Row 37: G, R, G 

Row 38: G2 

Row 39: R 

Week #12 Color Chart Preview: