Hello and welcome to Part 3 of the Mystery Sparkle Make-a-Long! I hope you’ve had fun making the Sparkle Star and Sparkle Bauble over the past two weeks. I’ve absolutely loved seeing your projects pop up online, and I hope the patterns were easy to follow. This week, we’re switching things up and exploring something completely different. Let me introduce the Origami Square!
How to Get the Pattern
If you already own the Mystery Sparkle MAL ebook, simply refresh your Ravelry library and today’s pattern will appear.
If this is your first time hearing about the MAL, you can read all the details about how to join HERE on my blog and purchase the ebook HERE on Ravelry.
About the Origami Square
Today’s design has nothing to do with paper craft—but its structure reminded me so much of the Japanese origami art that the name stuck. Although you’ll crochet a flat square, the construction is built from small triangles, and when arranged in stripes, they create a beautiful graphic motif.
With clever color placement, the pattern even forms little fir trees! One square shows two trees, but you can “grow your forest” by adding more stripes with triangles.
Just like the real origami does not involve cutting or gluing, the Origami Square becomes a continuous, meditative project with no ends to weave. When made in one color. But of course, if you choose multiple colors, you’ll have a few ends, but many can be woven in as-you-go.
After the design of the Origami Square was finished, I played along, making several more samples to see how the pattern can be improved, and how the square will look with different yarns.
For two squares, I used the same yarn as in the rest of the Mystery Sparkle MAL—a mix of Scheepjes Catona and Catona Shine. One square uses only two colors for a minimalistic look; another version features six colors with each stripe worked in two different shades.
Then I became curious about a monochrome version and tried Scheepjes Stone Washed from my stash. The result? Soft, drapey, and absolutely lovely—with zero (almost) ends to weave!
Endless Possibilities
The Origami Square is an infinity design you can grow to any size. The stitch pattern is based on a multiple of 11 stitches, so you can start at any width you like. Adding more stripes with triangles lets you increase the length—or even transform your square into a rectangle.
I truly hope someone turns this into a blanket. If you do, please share it online with the hashtag #origamicrochetsquare and tag me—I would LOVE to see your creations!
What’s Included
Just like the previous MAL patterns, the Origami Square includes:
- Full written instructions in English (US terms)
- Detailed photo tutorial
- Step-by-step video tutorial
I hope you enjoy working on this week’s design as much as I enjoyed creating it.
See you next week for the final part of the Mystery Sparkle MAL! The last pattern will be released on December 20th, 2025.
With love,
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