Looking for a bright and playful addition to your next mosaic crochet blanket? The Mosaic Sunshines blanket strip brings that clean summer-morning feeling, with bold sunshine motfis and little rays of light dancing across the background. This mosaic crochet sunshine pattern makes perfect start for the Great Summer Mosaic CAL. But you can work it into any project to add warmth and whimsy!

Do you ever wish you could bottle the sunshine and save it for a rainy day? Well, now you can stitch it in overlay mosaic crochet! This blanket strip captures the essence of bright sunlight, crisp air, and the start of a really good day. The design radiates joyful energy that will lift your mood, no matter the weather or the season.

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What You’ll Love About The Mosaic Crochet Sunshine Pattern

• Bright, clean, and summery mosaic crochet sunshine design
• Worked in overlay mosaic crochet using just one color at a time
• Free easy-to-follow mosaic crochet chart on the blog
• Optional written instructions available in the eBook
• Perfect mood-lifting section in the Great Summer Mosaic CAL or any project

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Where to Get the Mosaic Sunshine Crochet Blanket Strip Pattern

The chart for the Mosaic Sunshines Blanket Strip will always be available for free on this blog. To get the written mosaic crochet pattern, you can purchase the eBook, which includes charts and written instructions for this and 9 other summery blanket strips and a border!

OR

Scroll down to view the chart for free on the blog!

Free Chart for the Mosaic Sunshines Blanket Strip

Skill Level: Adventurous Beginner/Intermediate

Materials

• Yarn: Brava Baby DK#3 yarn from Crochet.com (100% Acrylic; 273 y/250 m per 3.5 oz/100 g skein)
  • White (Color A) – 2457 yards/9 skeins for the whole blanket
  • Yellow (Color B)- 546 yards/2 skeins for the whole blanket
    • If you are making the Great Summer Mosaic Blanket, you can purchase a yarn kit for the full blanket from Crochet.com.
  • Substitutions: Your favorite DK/Light worsted #3 yarn
• Hook: G / 4mm for main blanket
  • H / 5mm for border
• Scissors
• Yarn needle

Gauge

18 stitches x 18 rows = 4” x 4” in square
A swatch of the pattern

Finished Measurements

This strip measures approximately 6″ tall x 45″ wide, based on a four-repeat-wide sample. The full blanket is about 45″ x 65″.

Stitch Abbreviations (US Terminology)

• BBS – Beginning Border Stitch
• BLOsc – Back Loop Only Single Crochet
• ch – Chain
• dc – Double Crochet
• EBS – Ending Border Stitch
• FLOdc – Front Loop Only Double Crochet
• Fsc – Foundation single crochet
• RS – Right Side
• sc – Single Crochet
• You’ll find a video tutorial for overlay mosaic crochet basics here and a playlist for the CAL here.

Special Stitches

Click for a video Playlist for this Blanket

Overlay Mosaic Technique

If unfamiliar, be sure to read this blog post with the basics.

OR

Watch this video for a full tutorial on a swatch of a simple mosaic pattern.

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Beginning Border Stitch (BBS)

A standing sc through the post (or the ‘v’) of the stitch below, ensuring that both legs of the stitch on the WS are to the outside of the blanket. (For right-handed crocheters the legs would be secured to the right of the stitch and vice versa for left-handed crocheters.) Click here for a video tutorial.

Back Loop Only Single Crochet (BLOsc)

Insert hook in back loop of indicated st, yo and pull up a lp, yo and draw through both lps on hook.

Front Loop Only Double Crochet (FLOdc)

Yo, insert hook in front loop of st below the indicated st, yo and pull up a lp, yo and draw through two lps on hook, yo and draw through remaining two lps on hook.

Ending Border Stitch (EBS)

A sc through the post (or the ‘v’) of the stitch below, ensuring that both legs of the stitch on the WS are to the outside of the blanket. (Similar to BBS, but the back legs of the stitch are secured to the opposite side.) Click here for a video tutorial.

Pattern Notes

• Pattern is worked from right to left on Right Side only. (If you are left handed, feel free to work from left to right according to the chart below).
• Every row is worked in a different color.
• Fasten off at the end of each row.
• Every row begins with a beginning border stitch.
• Every row ends with an ending border stitch.
• Sc are worked in BLO of the previous row, unless otherwise noted.
• Dc are worked in FLO of stitch 2 rows below, skipping the stitch behind unless otherwise noted.
• You may choose to repeat the pattern as many times as you wish. Make sure your Foundation Row is made up of any multiple of 48 plus 3 extra stitches. I will be using 4 repeats (or 8 sunshines total). So my foundation row is (4×48) + 3 = 195 stitches).
• The patterns include a chart and written instructions below. You may want to refer to each.
• The colors on the chart indicate how the finished project will look.
• Please join the CAL group inside the Crochet Collective and share pictures and questions that arise.

Mosaic Crochet Chart for the Mosaic Crochet Sunshine Blanket Strip

If you make this pattern be sure to post pictures on social media and tag @juniperandoakes and use the hashtag #juniperandoakes. I would love to see your work!

Action Items:

• Subscribe to the J&O newsletter.
• Join the Crochet Collective to share your progress and ask questions
• Gather your yarn & hooks
  • Brava Baby DK from Crochet.com (or DK/light weight yarn)
  • Size E/3.5mm Hook
• Learn the basics of overlay mosaic crochet.
• & then visit the CAL page on the each Tuesday and Friday to get the FREE chart for the next section!

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The Fine Print

This pattern and its images are the property of Juniper and Oakes ©2024. The pattern is for your personal use only. Please do not copy/paste, distribute, or alter and claim as your own. You may sell products made by this pattern, but please credit @juniperandoakes.

Please post pictures on social media and tag @juniperandoakes and use the hashtag #juniperandoakes. You can also post pictures in the Juniper + Oakes Crochet Community Facebook Page.

Let me know if you run into a problem. I respond quickly and will help any way I can to clarify any confusion or challenging stitches.