Rozeta Scheepjes CAL 2019: Introduction

Hey! I know you have been impatiently waiting for the new Scheepjes CAL to be announced. And believe me, I have been waiting for this very moment even more impatiently. After almost two years of secret work finally here it is. Rozeta CAL! My pride, my dream and probably my most epic design!

What is the Rozeta CAL

Rozeta CAL is a rectangular blanket inspired by stained glass Gothic windows and magic of Northern Lights. Two different techniques were used to design this blanket: tapestry and overlay crochet. Round “flower” mandala is first framed with textured border and then squared up with corners. A rectangular tapestry panel is added at the bottom of the blanket. And finally, a stained glass border is crocheted around entire piece.

Inspiration

I’ve been a part of Scheepjes bloggers tribe for 4 years now (can you imagine it’s been 4 years already?!), and every year I enjoyed seeing and being a part – in a way – of annual Scheepjes CAL’s. I was observing from a distance and admiring all stunning designs and skills put into creating them.

Before Scheepjes approached me with a new CAL offer two years ago, I already had a few design ideas in mind which, I thought, would work nicely as crochet-a-longs. But after I felt brave enough to take this challenge and responsibility, I made quite a few swatches and apparently none of my ideas worked…

It felt like Rozeta was waiting for me from the very beginning. A picture of a stunning cathedral window literally “jumped” on me one day from Pinterest. And from that very moment I knew for sure I wanted to design a large stained glass mandala.

Word “Rozeta” is a Czech term in architecture describing large round stained glass window usually placed above the entrance of the buildings.

After first small test samples were finished, I thought that Our Tribe yarn would be perfect for this design. Its soft and beautiful color changes reminded me of Northern Lights which I have never seen in real life, but have been dreaming of. And suddenly I felt that it would be great to create my own “northern lights”, like looking at them through a beautiful “rozeta” window in different times of the day.

Here are several close-up to show magic colour changes and texture. And hopefully you’ll feel the drape of Rozeta blankets.

Not that I got a chance to create a design of my dream, I also developed a special colorway of Our Tribe yarn especially for Rozeta CAL – it’s called Lilla 2.

Our Tribe colorways were then “translated” into a brighter version with Colour Crafter yarn. I tried to keep the same look (each Our Tribe shade is presented with two Colour Crafter shades), with even bigger splash of colourful happiness! Both versions are very soft and drapey, and Colour Crafter blankets are a little bit bigger in size. I am in love with both!

Grab a complete Rozeta pattern in one printable pdf with progress pictures on Ravelry HERE (and Etsy HERE). Print friendly copy of the complete pattern without pictures is also available for download.

Official Rozeta CAL Kits

There are 2 kits (Our Tribe and Colour Crafter) each available in 4 colour ways: Dawn, Twilight, Dusk and Midnight.

Colour Crafter: Price Dawn, Twilight, Dusk: €39 / £29.99 / $45, price Midnight: €35 / £25.99 / $40
Our Tribe (luxury): Price Dawn, Twilight, Dusk: €99 / £89 / $115, price Midnight: €89 / £79 / $105

All kits contain a Rozeta CAL special edition label, a wooden decorative ornament, a skein of embroidery thread, an embroidery needle and a letter from the designer. The Our Tribe kit also contains a Special Edition Scheepjes Project Bag.

Kits will be on sale via most Scheepjes retailers from September 18th 2019:

local Scheepjes Shops (support your local stockists)
Wool Warehouse* (International)
Black Sheep Wools* (International)
Deramores* (International)
Caro’s Atelier* (Netherlands and Europe)

Finished Blanket’s size

Rozeta blanket comes in one size:

Our Tribe - approx. 118 x 148cm/ 46.5 x 58.3” after blocking
Colour Crafter - approx.145 x 175cm/ 57 x 69” after blocking

Dates and Pattern release

Rozeta CAL begins on the 9th of October 2019 (following pre-CAL week on the 2nd of October, 2019) and it will run for 11 weeks - until mid December.

Each pattern piece will be made available as a downloadable pdf on Wednesdays 13:00 Dutch time / 12:00 UK time. You can access these from the official Scheepjes Facebook Groups or via the Scheepjes website: International CAL Group, Dutch CAL Group, Scheepjes Website

Pattern Support

I will follow Rozeta along and post mini photo tutorials for every week to help with the most difficult stitches and places. But please, note that in order the pattern is not revealed with progress pictures, there will be no complete photo-tutorial available.

However, Esther Dijkstra will provide detailed video tutorials at It’s All in a Nutshell every week (UK terms and Dutch).

Translations

Official PDFs will be available in English (UK and US terms), Dutch and German.

In coming weeks more information about Rozeta CAL will be published on my blog and in Scheepjes Facebook groups. So stay tuned not to miss the details!

 

UPDATE: Grab a complete Rozeta pattern in one printable pdf with progress pictures on Ravelry HERE (and Etsy HERE).

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