Optional Additional Rounds

The crochet squares used in this Block a Week crochet-along have not all been written for the same yarn and hook size.  Most people find it easier to keep the same hook and yarn for all the squares, making some of the squares come out slightly smaller than others.

Using a 4 mm Clover Amour Crochet Hook (US G/6  UK 8) and double knit yarn, my finished squares have come out anywhere from 7.5″ to 8.5″.

Week 1’s Odyssey was the biggest, so I am adding rounds to match the size and stitch count of Odyssey.  My final rounds all have 164 or 168 st’s and 4 corner spaces (usually ch-2 corner spaces).  The exception to this is Harlequin Shells (Bonus Block 1), which has 172 st’s in the last round.  I’m not going to break my head about it.  I can fudge it one stitch either way :)

Below you will find a list of the additional rounds I have ended up adding.  Feel free to use/modify as you please.

If you need help identifying which square is which, have a look at this post, which contains photos of each square to date.  You can also access each individual tutorial by clicking on the name of the relevant square below.

Please Note

All the additional rounds start in a corner space, using a standing stitch.  You should be familiar with standing stitches by now as we have used them in virtually every square.  I have not done the whole join-your-yarn-by-making-a-blah-di-blah.  If the instructions tell you to start with (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in any corner space, for example, the first of those dc’s will be either a (sl st, ch 3) or a standing double crochet, whichever method you prefer.

No-one has helped me check the numbers below and there are so many of them that you are bound to find an error or seven.  If you do find an error, please let me know so that I can fix it.  Much obliged!

I hope you are all still enjoying the CAL!

Week 1:  Odyssey

Alternative Round 15

Starting in any ch-2 corner space around:  *(2 hdc, ch 2, 2 hdc) in the ch-2 corner space.  Hdc in the next 2 st’s.  Dc in the next 9 st’s.  Hdc in the next 2 st’s.  Sc in the next 11 st’s.  Hdc in the next 2 st’s.  Dc in the next 9 st’s.  Hdc in the next 2 st’s.*  Repeat from * to * 3 more times.  Join to the top of the first hdc with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  164 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners {41 st’s per side}

Week 2:  Popcorn Parade

No additional rounds, but I did change the final hdc round to a sc round.

Stitch Count:  168 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners {42 st’s per side}

Week 3:  Starburst Flower Square

Last Round:  152 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {38 st’s per side}

Optional Round 12

Starting in any ch-2 corner:  *(2 hdc, ch 2, 2 hdc) in the corner space.  Hdc in each of the 38 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first st with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  168 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {42 st’s per side}

Week 4:  Basket of Berries

No additional rounds

Last Round:  168 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {42 st’s per side}

Week 5:  Starfire

Last Round:  140 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {35 st’s per side}

Optional Round 12

Starting in any ch-2 corner:  *(3 hdc, ch 2, 3 hdc) in the corner space.  Hdc in each of the 35 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first st with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  164 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {41 st’s per side}

Week 6:  Blooming Lace

No additional rounds

At the End of Round 11 (dc):  160 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners {40 st’s per side}

Week 7:  Eight Pointed Flower

Last Round:  136 st’s and 8 ch-2 spaces {33 st’s per side and 1 st in each corner}

Optional Round 15

Starting in the first ch-2 space of any corner:  *(2 dc, 2 tr) in the first corner ch-2 space.  Ch 2.  (2 tr, 2 dc) in the second ch-2 space of the corner.  Dc in the next 33 st’s* x 4.  Join to the top of the first st with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  168 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners {42 st’s per side}

Week 8:  Cocoa Puff

Last Round:  148 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners {37 st’s per side}

Optional Round 13

Starting in any ch-2 corner:  *(2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the corner space.  Hdc in each of the 37 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first st with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  164 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {41 st’s per side}

Week 9:  Never Ending Love

Last Round:  148 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {37 st’s per side}

Optional Round 11

Starting in any ch-2 corner:  *(2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the corner space.  Hdc in each of the 37 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first st with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  164 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {41 st’s per side}

Week 10:  Butterfly Garden

Last Round:  156 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {39 st’s per side}

Optional Round 12

Starting in any ch-2 corner:  *(hdc, ch 2, hdc) in the corner space.  Hdc in each of the 39 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first st with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  164 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {41 st’s per side}

Week 11:  Wish Upon a Star

Last Round:  148 st’s and NO corner spaces

Optional Round 14

Starting in the second hdc of any 3-hdc corner:  *(3 hdc, ch 2, 3 hdc) in the corner stitch.  Hdc in each of the 36 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first st with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  168 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {42 st’s per side}

Week 12:  Kaleidoscope Blossom

Last Round:  148 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {37 st’s per side}

Optional Round 17

Starting in any ch-2 corner:  *(2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the corner space.  Dc in each of the 37 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first st with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  164 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {41 st’s per side}

Week 13:  Veronica’s Rose

Last Round:  120 st’s, 36 ch-1 spaces, and 4 ch-2 corners {39 st’s and ch-1 spaces per side}

Optional Round 13

Starting in any ch-2 corner:  *(dc, ch 2, dc) in the corner space.  Dc in each of the 39 st’s and spaces across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first st with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  164 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {41 st’s per side}

Week 14:  Autumn Clusters

Last Round:  160 st’s and NO corner spaces  {40 st’s per side}

Optional Round 13

Starting in the second sc of any 3-sc corner:  *(hdc, ch 2, hdc) in the corner stitch.  Hdc in each of the 39 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first st with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  164 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {41 st’s per side}

Week 15:  More V’s Please

Last Round:  156 st’s and NO corner spaces  {39 st’s per side}

Optional Round 12

Starting in the central hdc of any 3-hdc corner:  *(2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the corner stitch.  Dc in each of the 38 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first st with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  168 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {42 st’s per side}

Week 16: Lace Petals

Last Round:  152 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {38 st’s per side}

Optional Round 12

Starting in any ch-2 corner space:  *(2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the corner space.  Dc in the BLO of each of the 38 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first st with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  168 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {42 st’s per side}

Week 17:  WinterRose

No Additional Rounds.

At the end of Round 15 (of 19):  164 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {41 st’s per side}

Week 18:  Kata

Last Round:  140 st’s and NO corner spaces  {35 st’s per side}

Optional Round 11

Starting in the first sc of any 2-sc corner:  *Make 2 dc’s in the first corner sc.  Ch 2 and make 2 dc’s in the second corner sc. Ch 2 and skip the next 2 st’s.  (Make a 4-dc puff stitch in the next st, ch 3 and skip 3) seven times.  Make a 4-dc puff in the next st.  Ch 2 and skip the next 2 st’s* x 4.  Join to the first st with a sl st.

Stitch Counts:

• Total:  32 puff stitches, 16 dc’s, 12 ch-2 spaces (including corner spaces), and 28 ch-3 spaces
• Per Side:  8 puff stitches, 4 dc’s, 7 ch-3 spaces, and 2 ch-2 spaces, not including corner ch-2 spaces

Optional Round 12

Starting in any corner ch-2 space:  *(2 hdc, ch 2, 2 hdc) in the corner space.  Skip the next dc and hdc in the next dc.  (3 hdc’s in the next space, hdc in the stitch right above the next puff stitch (which will be the first ch st after the puff stitch) eight times.  Make 3 hdc’s in the last space.  Hdc in the next 2 dc’s* x 4.  Join to the top of the first st with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  168 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {42 st’s per side}

Week 19:  Lemony Lime Citrus Square

Last Round:  160 st’s and 4 ch-3 corners  {40 st’s per side}

Optional Round 12

Starting in any ch-3 corner space:  *(sc, ch 2,sc) in the corner space.  Sc in each of the 40 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first st with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  168 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {42 st’s per side}

Week 20:  Mandala Square

Last Round:  144 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {36 st’s per side}

Optional Round 14

Starting in any ch-2 corner space:  *(3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in the corner space.  Dc in each of the 36 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first st with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  168 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {42 st’s per side}

Week 21:  Winter Dream

Last Round:  148 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {37 st’s per side}

Optional Round 12

Starting in any ch-2 corner space:  *(2 dc, ch 2,2 dc) in the corner space.  Dc in each of the 37 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first st with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  164 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {41 st’s per side}

Week 22:  Crown Jewels

No additional rounds.

Last Round:  168 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners {42 st’s per side}

Week 23:  See How They Run

Last Round:  152 st’s  {37 st’s per side, excluding central corner hdc}

Optional Round 13

Starting in the central hdc of any 3-hdc corner:  *(2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the corner stitch.  Dc in each of the 37 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first st with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  164 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {41 st’s per side}

Week 24:  Grandma’s Heart

The instructions for the tutorial already include an optional Round 12.

At the End of Round 12:  164 st’s and 4 ch-1 corners  {41 sc’s per side}

Week 25:  Addie Square

No additional rounds.

Last Round:  168 dc’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {42 dc’s per side}

Week 26:  Firenze Square (No Longer a Free Pattern)

Last Round:  140 hdc’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {35 hdc’s per side}

Optional Round 14

Starting in any corner ch-2 space:  *(2 hdc, ch 2, 2 hdc) in the ch-2 corner space.  Skip the first st and hdc in each of the remaining 34 hdc’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first hdc with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  152 hdc’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {38 hdc’s per side}

Optional Round 15

Starting in any corner ch-2 space:  *(3 hdc, ch 2, 2 hdc) in the ch-2 corner space.  Skip the first st and hdc in each of the remaining 37 hdc’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first hdc with a sl stl.

Making 3 hdc’s before the ch-2 and skipping the first hdc of each side will help rectify the “slant” of the corners in the previous rounds.

Stitch Count:  168 hdc’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {42 hdc’s per side}

Week 27:  Dalliance

Last Round:  148 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {37 st’s per side}

Optional Round 14

Starting in any ch-2 corner space:  *(2 hdc, ch 2, 2 hdc) in the corner space.  Bpdc in each of the 37 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first st with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  164 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {41 st’s per side}

Week 28:  Katharine’s Rose

Last Round (Round 18):  152 dc’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {38 dc’s per side}

Alternative Round 18

Starting in any ch-2 corner space:  *(3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in the corner space.  Dc in the next 6 st’s, hdc in the next 5 st’s, sc in the next 12 st’s, hdc in the next 5 st’s, dc in the last 6 st’s* x 4.  Join to the top of the first st with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  160 dc’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {40 st’s per side}

Optional Round 19

Starting in any ch-2 corner space:  *(sc, ch 2, sc) in the corner space.  Sc in each of the 40 st’s across.* x 4.  Join to the top of the first st with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  168 sc’s and 4 ch-2 corner spaces  {42 st’s per side}

Week 29:  Mystery Anticipation Square

Last Round:  152 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {38 st’s per side}

Optional Round 19

Starting in any ch-2 corner space:  *(2 sc, ch 2, 2 sc) in the corner space.  Bpsc in each of the 38 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first st with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  168 bpsc’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {42 st’s per side}

Week 30:  Cygnus Square

Last Round:  152 sc’s  {37 sc’s per side, not including the central corner sc}

Optional Round 13

Starting in the central sc of any corner:  *(2 tr, ch 2, 2 tr) in the corner sc.  Bptr in each of the 37 sc’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first tr with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  164 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {41 st’s per side}

Please Note:  If you look closely at the photo of my last round (in this post), you will see that I actually made my corners as (3 tr, ch 2, 2 tr).  This was an experiment that didn’t work.

Week 31:  Water Lily Square (No Longer a Free Pattern)

Last Round:  8 sc’s, 68 hdc’s, and 76 ch-1 spaces  {2 sc’s, 17 hdc’s, and 18 ch-1 spaces per side (not including the corner ch-1 space)}

Optional Round 14

Starting in any corner ch-1 space:  *(3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in the corner ch-1 space.  Make 2 dc’s in each of the 18 ch-1 spaces across* x 4.  Join to the first dc with a sl st.

Stitch count:  168 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {42 dc’s per side}

Week 32:  The Crocodile Flower Square

Round 13:  152 sc’s and 4 ch-2 corner spaces  {38 sc’s per side}

Optional Round 14

Starting in any corner ch-2 space:  *(2 sc, ch 1, 2 sc) in the corner ch-2 space.  Make a sc in the blo of each of the 38 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the first sc with a sl st.

Stitch count:  168 st’s and 4 ch-1 corners  {42 sc’s per side}

Week 33:  Flower Burst Square

Round 11: 140 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners  {35 dc’s per side}

Optional Round 12

Starting in any corner ch-2 space:  *(3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in the corner ch-2 space.  Make a bptr in each of the 35 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first dc with a sl st.

Stitch count:  164 st’s and 4 ch-2 corner spaces  {41 st’s per side}

Week 34:  Embracing Variety Square

Round 11:   144 dc’s, 4 popcorns, and 4 ch-2 corner spaces  {36 dc’s and 1 popcorn per side}

Alternative Round 12

Starting in any corner ch-2 space:  *(2 hdc, ch 2, 2 hdc) in the corner ch-2 space.  Hdc in each of the 37 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first hdc with a sl st.

Stitch count:  164 st’s and 4 ch-2 corner spaces  {41 st’s per side}

Week 35:  Peppermint Mocha Frappe

Round 11:   164 dc’s and 4 ch-2 corner spaces  {41 dc’s per side}

Optional Round 12

See Photo Tutorial

Stitch count:  172 sl st’s

Week 36:  Frostbloom

Round 15:   156 dc’s and 4 ch-2 corner spaces  {39 dc’s per side}

Optional Round 17

Starting in any corner ch-2 space:  *(sc, ch 1, sc) in the corner ch-2 space.  Bphdc in each of the 39 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first hdc with a sl st.

Stitch count:  164 st’s and 4 ch-2 corner spaces  {41 st’s per side}

Week 37:  Prince Protea Square

No Additional Rounds

Week 38:  May Pole

Round 16:   152 dc’s and 4 ch-2 corner spaces  {38 dc’s per side}

Optional Round 17

Starting in any corner ch-2 space:  *(2 sc, ch 1, 2 sc) in the corner ch-2 space.  Bpsc in each of the 38 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first sc with a sl st.

Stitch count:  168 st’s and 4 ch-2 corner spaces  {42 st’s per side}

Week 39:  Easter Day Square

Round 11:  100 sc’s and 84 ch-1 spaces  {25 sc’s and 21 ch-1 spaces per side – including central corner sc}

Optional Round 12

Starting in the central sc of any 3-sc corner:  *(2 sc, ch 2, 2 sc) in the central corner sc.  Sc in the next sc.  (Make 2 sc’s in the next ch-1 space, sc in the next ch-1 space, make 2 sc’s in the next ch-1 space) seven times.  Skip the next sc and sc in the next sc, which will be the first sc of the 3-sc corner* x 4.  Join to the top of the first sc with a sl st.

Stitch count:  164 st’s and 4 ch-2 corner spaces  {41 st’s per side}

Week 40:  Spring Fling Square

Round 11:  148 st’s and 4 ch-2 corner spaces  {37 dc’s per side}

Optional Round 12

Starting in any ch-2 corner space:  *(2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the ch-2 corner space.  Dc in the blo of each of the 37 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first st with a sl st.

Stitch count:  164 st’s and 4 ch-2 corner spaces  {41 st’s per side}

Week 41:  Fountain of Roses Square

Round 14: 144 st’s and 4 ch-2 corner spaces  {36 st’s per side}

Optional Round 15

Starting in any ch-2 corner space:  *(3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in the ch-2 corner space.  Skip the first (hidden) stitch and dc in each of the remaining 35 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the top of the first dc with a sl st.

Stitch count:  164 st’s and 4 ch-2 corner spaces  {41 st’s per side}

Week 42:  Super Sampler Square

Round 16: 144 st’s {36 sc’s per side – including central corner sc’s}

Optional Round 17

Starting in any ch-2 corner space:  *(sc, ch 2, sc) in the central sc of any 3-sc corner.  Make a bpsc in each of the 35 st’s across.* x 4.  Join to the top of the first sc with a sl st.

Stitch count:  148 st’s and 4 ch-2 corner spaces  {37 st’s per side}

Optional Round 18

Starting in any ch-2 corner space:  *(2 sc, ch 2, 2 sc) in the ch-2 corner space.  Sc in each of the 37 st’s across.* x 4.  Join to the top of the first sc with a sl st.

Stitch count:  164 st’s and 4 ch-2 corner spaces  {41 st’s per side}

Week 43:  Sadie Square

Round 13: 164 hdc’s  {40 hdc’s per side – not including central corner hdc}

Alternative Round 13

Starting in any central corner dc:  *(2 sc, ch 2, 2 sc) in the central corner dc.  Sc in each of the 38 st’s across.* x 4.  Join to the top of the first sc with a sl st.

Stitch count:  168 sc’s and 4 ch-2 corner spaces  {42 sc’s per side}

Week 44:  Flower Wreath Square

Round 16: 140 dc’s  {35 dc’s per side}

Optional Round 17

Starting in any ch-2 corner space:  *(3 hdc, ch 2, 3 hdc) in the ch-2 corner space.  Bphdc in each of the 35 st’s across.* x 4.  Join to the top of the first hdc with a sl st.

Stitch count:  164 hc’s and 4 ch-2 corner spaces  {41 hdc’s per side}

Week 45:  Purifying Puritans

No Additional Rounds

Bonus Blocks

Bonus Block 1:  Harlequin Shells Square

No additional rounds.

Change Round 11 (last round) to a dc round instead of a sc round.

Last Round:  172 st’s and 4 ch-2 spaces.  {43 st’s per side}

Bonus Block 2:  Posie Field

Alternative Round 14

Using the same instructions for Round 14 as in the pattern, just change the stitches to hdc or dc instead of sc’s.

Stitch count:  164 st’s and 4 ch-2 corners {41 st’s per side}

Bonus Block 3:  Princess Square

Alternative Round 13

Starting in any ch-2 corner space:  *(2 sc, ch 2, 2 sc) in the ch-2 corner space.  Sc in each of the 37 st’s across* x 4.  Join to the first sc with a sl st.

Stitch count:  164 sc’s and 4 ch-2 corner spaces  {41 sc’s per side}

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