Olivia’s Garden Square

I wanted to try my hand at designing a unique square pattern and the Olivia’s Garden square was the result!  It is featured in the Bouquet of Flowers CAL going on at Sunflower Cottage Crochet, where many designers are participating, each with their own square pattern.  Once all the squares are done, you will join the squares and do a border.

Inspiration for Olivia’s Garden Square

Olivia is one of my sisters-in-law and not only is she beautiful outside, but inside.  She’s delicate like a flower and super sweet, too.  I envisioned Olivia walking through a beautiful flower garden, with lots of greenery and frangrant roses.

Over this past summer (2021), Olivia was married at our local Rose Garden in Topeka and it was very beautiful.  When designing this square, I really kept thinking about her wedding and how beautiful and special it was.

Materials Needed

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You will need a few colors of yarn here, in order to get the full effect.  I used a dark and light green, pink, and a cream.  All in the #3 DK/Light weight yarn.  I used Stylecraft Special DK that I had on hand–none of the amounts of yarn needed were large and this could really be done with scrap amounts of DK yarn that you might have in your stash.

1. #3 DK/Light weight yarn in many different colors–your choice.  I used StyleCraft Special DK.
2. 4mm hook
3. Tapestry Needle
4. Scissors
5. Stitch Markers (you might need these to keep track of stitches in the leaf rounds)

Buoquet of Flowers CAL

Helen at Sunflower Cottage Crochet is hosting this lovely CAL (crochet along), where you can get several different square designs from many different designers!  This is a super fun and creative CAL that was a huge success last year (2021) in the Friendship Blanket CAL, read on to find out how this works.

Here’s how it works:

• Helen will release one new square pattern every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from February 28th until Mid-April.
• Most squares will be available for free on their release day and if it is not normally a free square, you will get a coupon code to get it free on its featured day.
• Head to Helen’s blog post here each day to see the latest square release.
• Instructions will be provided once all the squares are released.
• A border will be added once all the squares are joined.
• Helen will feature a button to click to download your PDF file, which will look like the following:
• If you cannot wait for the squares to be released one at a time, you can always purchase the bundle using my affiliate link by clicking the button here:

Take Me To The Buoquet of Flowers CAL Blog Post!

Here you go!  Click the button below to go to the main blog post.  This will take you to the latest square and for more information about the CAL in general!

Hand-Dyed Yarn by Yours Truly

If you’re looking for some special yarn to make this with, I now have hand-dyed yarns available!  Many shades and various weights of yarn, each one hand-dyed and unique.  Check out my Etsy shop or go to my blog post about my first few batches released!