Celestial Landing Afghan Square Free Crochet Pattern

The Celestial Landing Afghan Square is a 12″ block that can be used for blankets, pillows, home decor and is only limited by your imagination.

“Celestial Landing” 12″ Afghan Square free crochet pattern by Kim Guzman, © May 2024. All rights reserved.
Technique: Regular Crochet.
Skill Level: Intermediate.

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Celestial Landing Afghan Square

Designer: Kim Guzman © 2022-24. All rights reserved.

The Celestial Landing Afghan Square is a 12″ block that can be used for blankets, pillows, home decor and is only limited by your imagination.

Est. Crochet Time: 2 hours hours

Est. Cost: $8

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Yarn

• Caron “One Pound”, 100% acrylic, 458g / 16 oz, 742m / 812 yds: used Aqua 25 yds, Cream 30 yds, Medium Gray 60 yards

Other Materials

• Suggested Crochet Hook Size J-10 (6mm) or hook needed to meet gauge
• Yarn Needle for weaving ends

Instructions

• Choose your colors. The sample is made in 3 colors. You can use as many colors as you want or make it in one color.
• Work Rounds 1-14.
• Fasten off and secure the loose ends. Block as desired.

Full Free Crochet Pattern Below

Complete pattern is available for free below. Scroll down a bit. A PDF download is also available for purchase. All funds from pattern purchases help keep this website going. Purchase at:

Ravelry

This is a free crochet pattern and the written instructions are below. If you prefer a printable download, a PDF is also available for purchase.

My Crochet Pattern Notes

This crochet square is made by working in the round from the center. My goal was to use some interesting and more intermediate stitchery magic. Popcorns, working over chain spaces and even a bit of Tunisian entrelac is what you’ll find with this one.

Moogly CAL 2024

I am so honored to be participating in Tamara’s yearly crochet along and this is my second time contributing a square. 24 of your favorite designers are contributing 12″ Crochet Blocks and Tamara is adding them to her crochet blanket, throughout the year.

This is Block 11 of the Moogly Afghan CAL. Here are some handy links to get you started in the crochet along:

• Tamara’s version with notes here.
• Read about the rest of the crochet along here.
• Participate in the Moogly Afghan CAL Facebook group.

Blocking A Crochet Square

To make sure all your squares are uniform and easy to seam, some light blocking is usually suggested. I affixed the four corners to a blocking board. And, although there are rust-proof pins, I don’t like to take chances and I use toothpicks instead. After a light steam, this block took about 5 minutes to dry.

If you want to use the steam from an iron, place a towel over your project then steam it while hovering over the towel. Don’t press down since this will remove all texture. The same goes for the steam. Don’t use too much steam if you want to maintain some of the body of the square. Too much and the acrylic will be too droopy. This is another case of you can add, but you can’t take it away so go slowly.

There’s Tunisian Crochet?

Yes, indeed. I’ve been publishing Tunisian crochet patterns since 1998 and, according to my Ravelry designer page, I have 196 Tunisian crochet patterns to date and growing all the time. As far as I can tell, that’s more Tunisian crochet patterns than any single designer on Ravelry! I have 650+ patterns total on Ravelry so I must be unconsciously designing around 1 in 3 Tunisian crochet designs.

Since Make It Crochet is less than 2 years old, I’m still building my new Tunisian crochet pattern library. Here are the latest and you can see all of the new ones at the Tunisian crochet category.

With all that background in Tunisian crochet, is it any surprise that I may sneak in a little sprinkle of it in my Moogly CAL square? No surprise at all. 🙂 But, don’t worry. It’s very little and you will use your regular hook.

See my list of my published crochet books and check availability on my About page.

Behind The Scenes

To ensure that what you’re seeing at Make It Crochet is an actual crochet pattern and actual crochet photography, I will be providing a new section for each post showing a Behind the Scenes photo. I know that you may be concerned about the recent influx of AI imagery and patterns in other places on the internet so I want you to have confidence in my site. All photographs at Make It Crochet are taken by my son, Christian Guzman.

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Finished Size

12″ x 12″ square.

Yarn

Caron “One Pound”, 100% acrylic, 458g / 16 oz, 742m / 812 yds: used Aqua 25 yds, Cream 30 yds, Medium Gray 60 yards.

“One Pound” is classified as a worsted/aran weight (size 4) yarn and is currently available in 46 shades.

Available at Yarnspirations. Yarnspirations is located in Canada. This yarn is also available at most of the standard craft yarns stores in the US.

Other Materials

Suggested Crochet Hook Size J-10 (6mm) or hook needed to meet gauge.
Yarn Needle for weaving ends.

Gauge

This design is made for any weight yarn so gauge (tension) isn’t as important as it is to make the fabric you like.

Using different weights of yarns will require different yardages. To get closest to the 12″ crochet square shown, after round 4, the measurement across is about 3.5″, after round 5, the measurement is about 5.5″ and after round 7, the measurement is about 7″.

Special Stitches

Back Post Single Crochet (BPsc): With hook in back of work, insert hook to the side of the indicated half double crochet, move hook around the front of the stitch and out the other side of same stitch with the hook now again on the back of work, yarn over, pull loop through, yarn over, pull through 2 loops on hook, to complete the single crochet.

Treble Crochet Popcorn (tr-popcorn): Work 4 treble crochet in stitch indicated, pinch final loop with two fingers of non-hook hand, remove hook, place hook in top of first treble crochet, pull through pinched loop.

Other Abbreviations

This crochet square pattern is written in US crochet terminology.

ch=chain; dc=double crochet; dtr=double treble crochet; hdc=half double crochet; lp(s)=loop(s); rep=repeat; sc=single crochet; sk=skip; sl=slip; sp(s)=space(s); st(s)=stitch(es); tr=treble crochet; yo=yarn over.

Any numbers after the colon at the end of an instruction are stitch counts. Use the stitch count to check your work.

Free Crochet Pattern Instructions

Round 1: With aqua, ch 2, 8 sc in second ch from hook, tighten beginning strand, sl st to first sc: 8 sc.

Round 2: Ch 1, hdc in same sc, ch 1, *sl st in next sc, ch 1, hdc in same sc, ch 1, rep from * around, sl st to joining sl st: 8 hdc points.

Round 3: Working in back of hdc point, sl st to any back strand of the hdc, ch 1, BPsc (see Special Stitches above) around post of same hdc, ch 3, [BPsc around next hdc, ch 3] around, sl st to first sc, fasten off aqua: 8 ch-3 sps.

Round 4: Join cream with sl st in any ch-3 sp, ch 2 (counts as first dc here and throughout), 4 dc in same ch-3 sp, 5 dc in each remaining ch-3 sp around, sl st to top of beginning ch 2, fasten off cream: 40 dc.

Round 5: Join gray with sl st to any first dc of 5-dc group, †ch 4, sk 1 ch, [insert hook in next ch, yo, pull lp through] 3 times, insert hook in next dc from round 4, yo, pull lp through, (5 lps on hook), [yo, pull through 2 lps on hook] 4 times, 1 lp remains on hook, *[insert hook under next horizontal bar, yo, pull lp through] 3 times, insert hook in next dc from round 4, yo, pull lp through, [yo, pull through 2 lps on hook] 4 times, 1 lp remains on hook, rep from * 2 times more, [sl st in next horizontal bar] 3 times, sl st in next dc from round 4 (petal made), rep from † 7 times more with final sl st in same sl st as joining, fasten off gray: 8 large petals with a sl st between each of them.

Round 6: Join cream with sl st to first top row edge of any petal, ch 1, 2 sc in same row edge as joining, sc in next 2 row edges, 2 sc in last row edge (6 sc across top of petal), *ch 1, tr-popcorn (see Special Stitches above) in top of dc below sl st between petals, ch 1, 2 sc in first row edge of next petal, sc in next 2 row edges, 2 sc in last row edge, rep from * around, ch 1, tr-popcorn (see Special Stitches above) in top of dc below sl st between petals, ch 1, sl st to first sc, fasten off cream: 8 popcorn, 48 sc.

Round 7: Join aqua with sl st to any first sc of 6-sc group, ch 1, sc in same sc as joining, sc in next 5 sc, *[2 sc in ch-1 sp] 2 times, sc in next 6 sc, rep from * to last 2 ch-2 sps, [2 sc in ch-1 sp] 2 times, sl st to first sc, fasten off aqua: 80 sc.

Round 8: Join gray with sl st to any first sc of 6-sc group, ch 1, sc in same sc as joining, sc in next 9 sc, *hdc in next sc, dc in next sc, tr in next sc, 2 dtr in next sc, ch 2, 2 dtr in next sc, tr in next sc, dc in next sc, hdc in next sc, sc in next 12 sc, rep from * to last 10 sc, hdc in next sc, dc in next sc, tr in next sc, 2 dtr in next sc, ch 2, 2 dtr in next sc, tr in next sc, dc in next sc, hdc in next sc, sc in last 2 sc, sl st to first sc.

Round 9: Ch 1, sc in each st to ch-2 sp, *5 sc in ch-2 sp, sk 1 dtr, sc in each remaining st to ch-2 sp, rep from * 2 times more, 5 sc in ch-2 sp, sk 1 dtr, sc in each remaining st, sl st to first sc, fasten off gray: 104 sc.

Round 10: Join aqua with sl st to any third sc of 5-sc corner, ch 1, sc in same sc as joining, *sc in next 25 sc, 3 sc in third sc of corner, rep from * 2 times more, sc in next 25 sc, 2 sc in same sc as joining, sl st to first sc: 112 sc.

Round 11: Ch 2, dc in next 2 sc, *[ch 3, sk 3 sc, dc in next 3 sc] 4 times, ch 3, sk third sc of 3-sc corner, dc in next 3 sc, rep from * 2 times more, [ch 3, sk 3 sc, dc in next 3 sc] 4 times, ch 3, sk third sc of 3-sc corner, sl st to top of beginning ch 2, fasten off aqua: 20 ch-3 sps.

Round 12: Join cream with sl st to any skipped sc of corner of round 10, ch 2, working around/enclosing the ch-3 sp here and throughout, 4 dc in same sc as joining, *[ch 3, sk next 3 dc, dc in next 3 skipped sc of round 10] 4 times, ch 3, sk 3 dc, 5 dc in skipped sc of corner of round 10, rep from * 2 times more, [ch 3, sk next 3 dc, dc in next 3 skipped sc of round 10] 4 times, ch 3, sk 3 dc, sl st to top of beg ch 2, fasten off cream: 20 ch-3 sps.

Round 13: Join gray with sl st to any third dc of 5-dc corner, ch 1, 3 sc in same dc as joining, sc in next 2 dc, *[dc in next 3 skipped dc of round 11, sc in next 3 dc] 4 times, dc in next 3 skipped dc of round 11, sc in next 2 dc, 3 sc in center dc, sc in next 2 dc, rep from * 2 times more, [dc in next 3 skipped dc of round 11, sc in next 3 dc] 4 times, dc in next 3 skipped dc of round 11, sc in last 2 dc, sl st to first sc.

Round 14: Ch 2, dc in each st around with [2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc] in each second sc of 3-sc corner, sl st to top of beginning ch 2, fasten off: 148 dc with 4 ch-2 sps.

Finishing

With yarn needle, weave in all ends securely. Block as desired. I used a light steam blocking with a handheld steamer while affixed to a blocking board with toothpicks at the corners.

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