Octagon–i-cal was what kept going round and round in my mind as I started to work on the design for this year’s crochet a long, so I guess this one had to be octagonal in shape.

The meaning of the number 8 is harmony, peace, and balance, something that we all need to embrace in this day and age.

8 is also the symbol of resurrection and regeneration and is like the infinity symbol showing us that there is never an end, only a continual journey through life, and I am thrilled that we are all going to come together for another part of our journey.

There is a central mandala, and the design then changes to an octagon.

PDF Downloads

♥ Each week you will find the pdf to download from my website, there will be links posted in the Facebook group Helen’s Hookaholics, and a special file with links to all the information you will need.

I recommend becoming a member of my website, either free or monthly, as every pattern you download will be saved in your dashboard so that you can come back to it as many times as you like.

To download the pattern you will need to scroll to the bottom of the post for the relevant part until you see Choose an Option.

Click the down arrow – select the terms or language you wish to work from and add to basket.

From basket go to check out and ensure you are signed in, or if checking out as a guest you only need to enter your email address to have the download link emailed to you, also as you complete the check out an order window opens with the download link underlined on the right, so you can download immediately. 

♥ There will be a choice of US terms and UK terms in both photo tutorial and written only pattern and, also full video tutorial support in US terms.

Octagonical has been translated by an amazing team, to help people from all over the world to join together to create this beautiful blanket.

This introduction has also been translated to help everyone understand how to enjoy this Crochet A-Long.

Click to download pdf in your chosen language.

Introducing Octagonical Danish– Dansk  Anja Hoberg – Tina Risager Holst.

Introducing Octagonical Dutch– Netherlands  Simone Ypkemeule – Josephine Schuurman. 

Introducing Octagonical French– Français  Marie Tremblay – Valerie Favreau –  Marie Eve Poncet.

Introducing Octagonical German – Deutsch Astrid Seidel – Ursula Prandtstetter – Mona Llau. 

Introducing Octagonical Hebrew – עברית Sarit Grinberg – Iris Fait – Tami Sultan Nudelman – Tali Shchori – Rozi Rozalia Brand. 

Introducing Octagonical Italian – Italiano Olga Selis, Elena Mandelli, Silvana Albanese Tabacchi. 

Introducing Octagonical Russian – русский   Anastasia Moroz, Daria Nassiboulina. 

Introducing Octagonical Spanish – Español  Rosanna Maggi Churin, Gema Blasco. 

Introducing Octagonical Swedish – Svenska Liebe Linn, Moa Cleve.

Introducing Octagonical Urdu – اردو  Rubia Khawaja, Zouja E Ammar. 

♥ Thank you so much for your time and hard work to enable so many people from all around the world to join us in this CAL.

How much yarn will you need?

There will be three yarn packs available from Deramores and Woolwarehouse, two are Stylecraft Special Double Knitting, and one is the gorgeous new Stylecraft Naturals cotton bamboo.

Each of the yarn packs has plenty of yarn to make the colour way to the finished size using the hook size recommended.
However we all have slightly different tension so I do recommend making a very small test square just to make sure that you will achieve the recommended results and have plenty of yarn.

To make a test square and check your tension, and to see which hook size works best for you, please see this tutorial Tension and Gauge. 

I always encourage you to create your own colour way to personalise your blanket, either for you or the lucky person who receives it as a gift.
There is a colouring sheet to download a little further down.

The total amount of yarn needed is: 
Normal Double Knit yarn – #3 weight – 8-ply – approx. 4048 metres – 4418 yards – 4mm G hook – Finished size 170cm / 67 inches.

Naturals – approx. 3528 metres – 3852 yards – 3.5mm hook. Finished size: 142cm / 56 inches.

Aran – Worsted – #4 weight – 10-ply – approx. 5224 metres – 5713 yards – 5 mm H hook. Finished size  185cm / 73 inches.

How much yarn you need depends on how many colours you chose to use.
Please see the details of the yarn packs below to give you an idea.
The Balance Yarn Pack uses 15 different colours and the Harmony Yarn Pack only uses 5 colours – there will be spare yarn in every colour.

To help you to choose your own colours Raelene Berry has produced this fabulous colouring sheet for you.

Octagonical colouring sheet

Here are some of the beautiful examples made by my fabulous testing team along with links to their Ravelry project page to share with you the yarn and colours they used.

Mellissa’s Ravelry page.

Jane’s Ravelry page.

Terena’s Ravelry page.

Mirjam’s Ravelry page

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