2026 Stitch Sampler Scrapghan CAL – Part 13: Iris Stitch

Welcome to Week 13 of the 2026 Stitch Sampler Scrapghan Crochet Along! 🌸 We’re in the final stretch now, and this week we’re adding a light and airy favorite—the Iris Stitch.

This stitch is simple, elegant, and creates a beautiful open texture that gives your blanket a softer, breathable feel. It’s a perfect contrast to some of the more textured stitches we’ve worked and adds a delicate touch to our flower and garden–inspired design.

Crochet Along Schedule Reminder

This is a FREE crochet along with no official sign-up required. Each week, a new stitch section is released so you can add to your blanket little by little.

• 🗓 Starts: January 9, 2026
• 📅 New sections: Every Friday
• 🧵 Final week: Border to finish the blanket

Feel free to crochet at your own pace—catch up anytime!

GET ALL THE CROCHET ALONG DETAILS HERE

About the Iris Stitch

The Iris Stitch is made by working a combination of double crochet clusters and chains into the same space, creating a repeating, slightly fan-like pattern.

Why you’ll love this stitch:

• 🌸 Light and airy texture
• 🧶 Simple, easy-to-memorize repeat
• ✨ Works up quickly
• 💕 Adds a soft, delicate look to the blanket

This stitch gives your sampler a bit of “breathing room” and helps balance the denser, more textured sections.

Ready to Crochet Part 13?

Grab your yarn and let’s add the Iris Stitch to your sampler blanket! 🧶🌸
This soft, airy section is a beautiful addition and brings a lovely balance to the overall design.

We’re almost at the finish—I can’t wait to see your Week 13 progress! 💕

Part 13 – the Iris Stitch

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Materials
worsted weight acrylic (I used Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn)
H/5.0 mm hook
yarn needle
scissors

Level
easy+

Pattern notes & stitches to know
ch – chain
dc – double crochet
CL – cluster (*yarn over, insert hook into stitch, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through 2 loops* repeat from * to * one more time, yarn over, pull through all 3 loops)
CL V st – cluster v stitch (CL, ch 2, CL) in one stitch
rs – right side
ws – wrong side

· written in US terms

· ch 2 does not count as dc

· This stitch requires a starting chain that is a mult of 4

Scrapghan Tips

· This blanket will use different hook sizes depending on the stitch. Some stitches work up tighter than others. Even with changing hook sizes, the blanket will not have completely straight edges.

· Feel free to adjust your hook size according to how you crochet.

· This blanket requires a foundation row that is a multiple of 24 + 2.

· The starting chain requirement for this particular stitch is given in the pattern notes (this may or may not match what was used for the entire blanket). This is just a note given for use of this stitch in other projects, not for this blanket.

· Each part starts over at row 1 of that stitch. Be sure to place a stitch marker and the last stitch of each part to mark where the next part begins.

PART 13 – IRIS STITCH

Row 1 (ws): ch 2, turn, dc in first stitch, *skip 3 stitches, CL V st in next* repeat from * to * across to last stitch, dc in last (36 CL V st)

Row 2 (rs) – Row 5 (ws): ch 2, turn, dc in first stitch, CL V st in each ch-2 space across, dc in last (36 CL V st)

Fasten off.

Place a stitch marker in the last row of this section

See you next week for Part 14!

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