MONTHS OF THE YEAR MOSAIC CAL

The last month of 2025 is upon us and time to wind up the year was. I always use this time to reflect on the months gone by and count my blessings - so that I can start the new year by being grateful rather than making resolutions. What are your year-end rituals?

I am bringing up the rear on the Months Of The Year Mosaic CAL, hosted by Elimee Designs. This is a year long project, which gives new a pattern each month to reflect the season. So, for the last 11 months there have been patterns varying from mittens to tulips to ice-creams to falling leaves and many more. Being December and festival time, I chose the Nordic Star. All these patterns are in Overlay Mosaic Crochet, where you work one row and one colour at a time. Nichola started on this process almost 1.5 years ago- getting us designers to create the charts, make the samples and then she made the entire blanket to show us what it would look like all together. You have to agree her choice of colours and final piece are impeccable.

If Overlay Mosaic sounds strange and foreign to you, don't worry! Nichola breaks it all down and makes it really simple to work. In case you haven’t tried mosaic crochet before, this is the perfect time to dive in. Mosaic crochet looks intricate and impressive, but it is easier than you think. The technique is quite amazing and uses the most basic crochet stitches – single crochet and double crochet – to create bold and colourful patterns.

Let me give you a brief idea how this all works. The CAL has run for the entire year of 2025. New sections of the blanket were released on the 1st of every month. Go to Elimee Designs' page to find the details for the featured section. The link to each designer's page can be found on the host page. The designers are hosting the pattern chart on their blog, which will be viewable for free. No coupon codes or downloads are required to access the pattern chart. The button on the host page will take you to the designer’s blog.

If working from a webpage and switching from page to page, is not your thing, you can buy the eBook. The eBook contains all the patterns charts, and written pattern instructions. You can purchase it at any time.

My pattern for the blanket is the Nordic Star. It is the 12th and last section of the blanket and will be available on the 1st of December 2025. As easy as Mosaic crochet is to work, it is not as easy to design. And therein lies the challenge. Making sure that all the stitch combinations work and that the pattern looks as what it is supposed to. Sometimes what is drawn on paper needs to rejigged when working the piece, to make sure the picture looks good.

The interesting part with the this CAL is that although it is designed for a blanket, you are not restricted to that. You could make a runner with the pattern by adjusting the number of repeats of each design or you could just make each individual design as a set of place mats. The options are plenty. Don't miss the opportunity to make something gorgeous with minimal effort.

Because of the way Mosaic Crochet is worked, there are yarn tails at the beginning and end of every row. If you are not inclined to weave in these multiple ends, there are two other ways to finish. Either they can be worked into the design and left as tassels or work the envelope border, giving it a professional and neat finish.

Three ways to get the pattern -

1. The graph for my pattern is available below and will be free to access. (Available from 1st December)

2. If how ever you want an ad-free pdf to download, you can access it through my Ravelry Store. (Available from 1st December)

3. Or buy the eBook.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!