Finishing in Full Bloom: The Orange Flower Squares | Garden Medley CAL
We’ve made it to the final motif of the Garden Medley Blanket Crochet Along! This week’s square is the Orange Flower, a warm, cheerful design that perfectly ties the whole blanket together. The mix of rust and curry gives it such a cozy glow, and it feels like the perfect note to end on before we move into joining everything next week.
If you’re just joining in, make sure you’ve read the main CALpost here for information on materials, color choices, and the full release schedule.
About This Square
You’ll be making two of these squares for your blanket. It’s an easy, relaxing motif to finish on. After all the detail of the earlier squares, this one feels like a nice, chill project to wind down the CAL.
Get the Full Pattern
If you’d rather work ahead, you can grab the complete Garden Medley Blanket pattern now as a printable PDF. It includes all 12 charts, full written instructions, joining and border tutorials, and a coloring page to plan your palette.
👉 Click here to get the full pattern
And if you love this look, take a peek at the Bloom and Buzz Bundle, it includes two matching cushions and a coordinating wall hanging that go perfectly with this blanket.
Materials & Notes
You’ll need the following materials to complete your Orange Flower square:
Hook: 5 mm (or size needed to meet gauge)
Yarn: Amigo XL from Hobbii (Worsted weight, 100% Acrylic)
A – Ecru: 262 yards / 240 m
C – Curry: 20 yards / 18 m
D – Rust: 162 yards / 150 m
Extras: scissors, yarn needle, stitch markers, yarn bobbins, and a bobbin holder
Video Tutorials
If this is your first time doing colorwork or you’d like a refresher, these videos will help you get started:
- How To Read A Chart
- How To Do Intarsia Colorwork
- Foundation Single Crochet Tutorial
- How To Work With Multiple Bobbins
- 5 Tips For Crocheting A Graphgan
- 5 More Tips For Crocheting Graphgans
- How To Weave In Ends On A Colorwork Project
Tip of the Week
Once you’ve nearly finished all your motifs, it’s the perfect time to start planning your blanket layout. Lay all your squares out on the floor or a big table and take a photo from above, it’s the easiest way to see how your colors and motifs flow together.
Don’t be afraid to experiment with the arrangement. Sometimes swapping two squares around can completely change the balance of the whole blanket. Once you’ve found a layout you love, take another quick photo to use as a reference when joining everything together later.
There’ll be a recommended layout in the next post when we cover joining and borders, but it’s fun to play around with your own design in the meantime.
Introduction
This pattern can be worked either by following the written instructions or the color chart.
Reading The Chart
The first row of the pattern is worked in FSC. For every following row, work a SC into every stitch. At the end of every row, ch 1 (not counted as a stitch) and turn. The ch 1 at the end of each row is not shown on the chart. The chart is worked flat. Read odd-numbered rows from right to left, and even-numbered rows from left to right. Each square equals one SC (or FSC for the first row).
Right and Wrong Sides
This pattern is worked back and forth in rows of single crochet. Both sides look nearly identical, but the RS and WS labels are used to keep the chart orientation consistent. The chart is read from the bottom right corner upward.
- Right-handed crocheters: Odd-numbered rows are the Right Side (RS)
- Left-handed crocheters: Even-numbered rows are the Right Side (RS)
This keeps everyone’s chart orientation consistent so the finished design faces the correct direction, no matter which hand you crochet with.
Color Changes
- To change colors, work last st with the current color until 2 loops remain on the hook, yarn over with the new color, and pull through.
- Use bobbins to add new yarn, do not carry the yarn that is not in use under stitches.
- When using the same color twice in a row, add multiple bobbins of color as necessary.
Chart
Written Pattern
A – Ecru
C – Curry
D – Rust
Row 1: (A) 39 FSC, ch 1, turn.
Rows 2-5: (A) 39 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 6: (A) 18 SC, (D) 3 SC, (A) 18 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 7: (A) 16 SC, (D) 7 SC, (A) 16 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 8: (A) 15 SC, (D) 8 SC, (A) 16 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 9: (A) 15 SC, (D) 9 SC, (A) 15 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 10: (A) 14 SC, (D) 10 SC, (A) 15 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 11: (A) 15 SC, (D) 10 SC, (A) 14 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 12: (A) 9 SC, (D) 22 SC, (A) 8 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 13: (A) 7 SC, (D) 25 SC, (A) 7 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 14: (A) 6 SC, (D) 27 SC, (A) 6 SC, ch 1, turn.
Rows 15-17: (A) 6 SC, (D) 27 SC, (A) 6 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 18: (A) 6 SC, (D) 12 SC, (C) 4 SC, (D) 11 SC, (A) 6 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 19: (A) 6 SC, (D) 10 SC, (C) 6 SC, (D) 10 SC, (A) 7 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 20: (A) 7 SC, (D) 9 SC, (C) 8 SC, (D) 9 SC, (A) 6 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 21: (A) 6 SC, (D) 8 SC, (C) 10 SC, (D) 7 SC, (A) 8 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 22: (A) 8 SC, (D) 7 SC, (C) 10 SC, (D) 7 SC, (A) 7 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 23: (A) 8 SC, (D) 6 SC, (C) 10 SC, (D) 6 SC, (A) 9 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 24: (A) 8 SC, (D) 7 SC, (C) 10 SC, (D) 7 SC, (A) 7 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 25: (A) 6 SC, (D) 8 SC, (C) 10 SC, (D) 8 SC, (A) 7 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 26: (A) 6 SC, (D) 10 SC, (C) 8 SC, (D) 9 SC, (A) 6 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 27: (A) 5 SC, (D) 11 SC, (C) 6 SC, (D) 11 SC, (A) 6 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 28: (A) 6 SC, (D) 12 SC, (C) 4 SC, (D) 12 SC, (A) 5 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 29: (A) 5 SC, (D) 28 SC, (A) 6 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 30: (A) 6 SC, (D) 28 SC, (A) 5 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 31: (A) 5 SC, (D) 28 SC, (A) 6 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 32: (A) 7 SC, (D) 26 SC, (A) 6 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 33: (A) 7 SC, (D) 25 SC, (A) 7 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 34: (A) 8 SC, (D) 22 SC, (A) 9 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 35: (A) 13 SC, (D) 12 SC, (A) 14 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 36: (A) 15 SC, (D) 10 SC, (A) 14 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 37: (A) 14 SC, (D) 10 SC, (A) 15 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 38: (A) 16 SC, (D) 9 SC, (A) 14 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 39: (A) 15 SC, (D) 8 SC, (A) 16 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 40: (A) 18 SC, (D) 5 SC, (A) 16 SC, ch 1, turn.
Rows 41-44: (A) 39 SC, ch 1, turn.
Row 45: (A) 39 SC.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Share Your Square
That’s it for the Orange Flower square, the final motif in the Garden Medley Blanket CAL! Your blanket is soooo close to being complete, and I’m excited to see how everyone’s versions come together.
Next week, we’ll be moving on to joining and borders, where I’ll share the recommended layout and my favorite way to seam the squares together without sewing. Until then, weave in any remaining ends and block all of your sqaures.
Don’t forget to tag your progress photos with #GardenMedleyCAL so I can see your work and share it with the community.
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