Sanctum crochet pattern out now…

Sanctum is a mosaic crochet blanket that came to mind after many travels around the world. No matter in which country or city I set foot on the ground, I always visit a church or cathedral for the architectural highlights. Besides, you often find very ancient art and details in buildings like these. Although there are many famous ones, like Notre Dame in Paris, the Sagrada Familia in Spain, and Vatican City, they all share similar connections. And some of them I have tried to capture in this blanket.

Yarn Requirements:
The pattern is made with Scheepjes Stonewashed. Stonewashed comes in 50-gram balls and measures 135 meters. The yarn consists of 78% cotton and 22% cotton. I used one base color, 803 Black Onyx. And a Scheepjes Stonewashed/Riverwashed color pack. I used 55 colors out of the color pack. You will use approximately 7-9 grams of each color from the color pack, totaling 1200-1300 meters of yarn.
Colors are divided into the following order:

Color A: 803 Black Onyx – 10 balls needed, including the small ball out of the color pack. (1300 – 1350 meters)

Color B: 57 colors of the Scheepjes Stonewashed/Riverwashed color pack. See more info on the use and order of these colors under here. – (1200-1300 meters)

The mini balls from the Scheepjes Stonewashed/Riverwashed color pack will be used in a specific order, from 1 to 55. Each Color is used for two Rows of Color B. The amounts used depend a little on the number of rows to crochet – sometimes you need a little more, and sometimes a little less. In certain parts, 3 Rows are crocheted with one color B – this is clearly stated in the pattern. Color Seine and Severn aren’t used in the patterns as I did not find them matching enough with other colors.

1	Rose Quartz	30	New Jade
2	Tourmaline	31	Moonstone
3	Rhodochrosite	32	Amazonite
4	Mekong	33	Larimar
5	Ganges	34	Green Agate
6	Red Jasper	35	Blue Apatite
7	Carnelian	36	Turquoise
8	Mississippi	37	Danube
9	Avon	38	Rhine
10	Nile	39	Wheaton
11	Mersey	40	Yarra
12	Coral	41	Colorado
13	Morganite	42	Steenbras
14	Murrey	43	Eisack
15	Ural	44	Corundum Ruby
16	Enstatite	45	Garnet
17	Yellow Jasper	46	Lepidolite
18	Beryl	47	Deep Amethyst
19	Citrine	48	Lilac Quartz
20	Lemon Quartz	49	Crystal Quartz
21	Pedirot	50	Smokey Quartz
22	Narmada	51	Obsidian
23	Amazon	52	Brown Agate
24	Po	53	Boulder Opal
25	Tiber	54	Axinite
26	Malachite	55	Pink Quartzite
27	Congo
28	Fortnite
29	Canada Jade

You could also choose a single Color or a gradient instead of all 55 colors. In this way, you would need the total meters for Color B.

When I designed this pattern, the colorpack was still available; however, it seems the pack has been discontinued, as has the Riverwashed yarn from Scheepjes. My advice, when not having a colorpack anymore in your possession, would be to use the new Scheepjes Stone washed Flow – a gradient type of yarn that has the same conditions and is already changing colors on its own. In this way, you would have the same color flow throughout the pattern, but you don’t have to switch between small balls of color all the time. 

Crochet hooks needed:
I recommend a 4.0mm for the entire pattern and a 5.0mm for the border.

Size: The finished size of the blanket will be 90cm/ 36 inches in width and 120cm/ 48 inches in height.

-If you want to extend your blanket, add 14 sts for each repeat in width. Height can be obtained by repeating several Parts.

• The pattern is made by using the mosaic technique, using front and back loops. Loose ends will be worked away in an envelope border, and there is no need to weave all of these in.
• The pattern holds charts, photos, and written instructions to guide you along. It is a large pattern that you can follow by reading or just using the charts. No video is available for this pattern.

Where to get the pattern? As usual, you will find it in my Ravelry and Etsy store. After purchase, you can download a PDF file in all available languages, which are Dutch and English (US).

Sanctum on Ravelry

Sanctum on Etsy

I know you all have been waiting a long time for this design, and it’s finally here! I do hope you will enjoy this wonderful pattern full of fun parts to crochet. It is a shame the colorpack of Stone washed / Riverwashed isn’t available any longer, still I do hope you will find your way using the Scheepjes stonewashed Flow – or perhaps a lot of scrap yarns you still have waiting to be used. In the end, you could use any type of yarn to make this and be creative with color transitions. Good luck!