A year ago, a group of us Finnish crochet designers started to work on a blanket crochet-along. The timing was to celebrate Finland’s 100 years of independence. I don’t think any of us would have guessed how widely the project would spread! Now that soon one-third of the squares have been published, there are thousands of people taking part in the CAL. Just check out the map where those who have wanted to have marked their town or area.
Links to my two patterns: Kalevala sea (Kalevalan meri) and Bird home (Lintukoto).
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There are 19 Finnish crochet designers who have created patterns for altogether 28 different squares. They are based on the Finnish national epic Kalevala. The project is free to all. There are several suggested colourways for you to choose from. Of course, many people just create their own.
I’m one of the designers and there are two of my squares in the project. It has been a long process with all the proofreading, testing and translations to 8 languages. It will be great to see all the different colours people will create using my patterns!
Join us!
Edited: Even though the CAL has now ended, it is not too late to crochet the blanket. The patterns will be available indefinitely.
Here’s the official Kalevala CAL site and here a link to the international Facebook group. In the group, you can see lots of photos of the finished squares from all around the world. You can chat with others doing the project and get help if you need it.
Here you see two types of my favourite crochet hooks. When you crochet a lot, it is important to use a hook that fits well in your hand! I make lots of crochet videos and in them I like to use colourful hooks.
Pin the Kalevala crochet blanket project:
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Great, hope you will join the CAL 🙂
Can I join the cal?
The CAL is now coming to an end but all the patterns will continue to be available, linked on the main page http://www.arteeni.fi/kalevacal . Also the Facebook group where you can share photos of your work and ask questions will stay open.
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Your comment had gone to the spam, only noticed it now. My theme is Divi by Elegant theme, with all the colours changed by myself.
This blanket looks beautiful! I’m afraid it might be too difficult for me; is this an intermediate or advanced?
There are different levels of crochet in the various squares. A couple are considered easy, most are intermediate and a few are advanced. If you go through the list of the squares at the Arteeni site https://www.arteeni.fi/kalevalacal, you could also select to make the easier ones. When you open up any of the patterns and go a bit down on the page, you will see the level it is. Hope you will make a blanket, they are beautiful!
Hallo haak dames
Ik zoek me helemaal gek naar de patronen ! Op de officiële site staat alleen nm 1 , op YouTube zit geen geluid 😔. Ik wil zo graag beginnen wie kan mij helpen aan de patronen van deze deken ??? Groetjes Anneke Vermeijden uit Nederland 🙏
The Kalevala patterns from 2017 have moved to this address https://arteeni.fi/fi/pages/kalevalacal
Very late for this but I would love to make this CAL. However, searching and searching for the patterns has only found a few. Are they all together and if so, where? I have already spent an hour but only 5 found.
Help!
Thank you.
Hello, it would seem to me that they are all on this one page, starts a bit further down on the page, links to all the patterns in many languages: https://arteeni.fi/en/pages/kalevalacal