overlay mosaic crochet pattern

Please Note: This is NOT a beginner overlay mosaic pattern. If you'd like a great introduction to overlay mosaic Love Always and Hopscotch are great for beginners and contain no diagonal stitches! The 2025 Mosaic CAL is also a great intro to overlay mosaic (and is a great free way to try out overlay mosaic if you never have and are unsure if you'll enjoy it). The CAL contains some diagonals, but is a good introduction to working those stitches.  

Seaside Holiday

Pattern Notes

• This pattern is worked row by row (no turning). You change colors every row between the background color, which is always the odd rows, and the “design” color which will always be even rows.
• Graphs for this pattern are included in a separate file. All ends are encompasses in an envelope border, with no end sewing required (knots are used to begin and end each row) save for a couple for the border.
• Finished size on cover using a 5.5mm hook and worsted weight yarn is xx by xx inches (xxx by xxx cm). A smaller blanket can be made using DK yarn (#3 on the label - called light worsted, 8ply or DK) and a 4.5mm hook. Going by the worsted yarn amounts below, you will have more than enough yarn if you are using DK.
• Yarn amounts given below were taken using a 5.5mm and Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn, which is a worsted weight yarn (with a 10% cushion). I Love this Yarn colors used for the blanket on the cover were: Sea Muse (10 balls, background color), Limelight (3 balls, turtles), Tropical Pink (2 balls, abstract), Mango (2 balls, starfish), and Toasted Almond (4 balls, border).

Background Color (odd rows):  2,512 yards (2,296 meters) total

Turtles: 1,031 yards (942 meters) total

Abstract: 384 yards (351 meters) total

Starfish: 496 yards (453 meters) total

Envelope Border (yarn amounts for 4 rounds)—

Front Border + Closing Round: 565 yards (517 meters)

Back Border: 556 yards (508 meters)