Serenum MAL
Celebrate Summer with the Scheepjes Serenum MAL!
Celebrate blue skies and warm summer days with the Serenum MAL by Natalia Kononova from Outstanding Crochet blog! With the 'One Size Fits Most' crochet pattern and any of the 5 more delicate, natural and responsible Scheepjes yarns, you can create your own personalised statement item and shine all summer long!
The Design
In the new Scheepjes Make-A-Long, the versatile Serenum design takes centre stage, offering an uplifting project that will add a much needed splash of sunshine to any wardrobe. This crochet pattern features a cardigan that, with a simple adjustment, can also be worn as a sweater. This means that your effort to crochet a garment is doubly rewarded! The loose-fitting sweater / cardigan design consists of a block stitch body with a border of sunny crocheted mandala motifs.
About the Make-A-Long
The Serenum MAL will be held from 30 June - 21 July in the Official Scheepjes Facebook groups, providing a unique opportunity for intermediate to advanced crocheters to learn more about the block stitch and refine their overlay crochet skills. You will be provided with all the resources and support you need to have an enjoyable MAL, and maybe even learn a thing or two! In addition to the extensively detailed patterns, the designer Natalia will offer you further support, together with the highly skilled moderators and admins and worldwide Scheepjes community, by being available in the Official Scheepjes International and Dutch Facebook groups (almost 110,000 members in total!). Further information and video tutorials will be available in the weekly blog posts on Natalia’s blog OutstandingCrochet.com.
Pattern Availability
The crochet pattern for the Serenum design is available with a 20% discount from 9 June 2021 until 27 Juli, the end of the MAL, via Ravelry and Etsy (in English (US) and Dutch).
Choose Your Yarn
Scheepjes Cotton 8 (featured in photo, modelled on size M)
100% Cotton; 50g/170m
Makes size 132cm / 52" actual garment body circumference.
Yarn A: 722 x 1 ball
Yarn B: 671 x 2 balls
Yarn C: 723 x 8 balls
Yarn D: 720 x 7 balls
Scheepjes Bamboo Soft
50% Bamboo, 50% Cotton; 50g/150m
Makes size 138cm / 54 3/8" actual garment body circumference.
Yarn A: Any colour yarn x 1 ball
Yarn B: Any colour yarn x 2 balls
Yarn C: Any colour yarn x 9 balls
Yarn D: Any colour yarn x 8 balls
Scheepjes Our Tribe
70% Superwash Merino Wool, 30% Polyamide; 100g/420m
Makes size 132cm / 52" actual garment body circumference.
Yarn A: Any colour yarn x 1 ball
Yarn B: Any colour yarn x 1 ball
Yarn C: Any colour yarn x 4 balls
Yarn D: Any colour yarn x 3 balls
Scheepjes Whirlette
60% Cotton, 40% Acrylic; 100g/455m
Makes size 126cm / 49 5/8" actual garment body circumference.
Yarn A: Any colour yarn x 1 ball
Yarn B: Any colour yarn x 1 ball
Yarn C: Any colour yarn x 3 balls
Yarn D: Any colour yarn x 3 balls
Scheepjes Whirl & Whirlette
60% Cotton, 40% Acrylic
Scheepjes Whirl 215 g = 1000 meter
Scheepjes Whirlette 100 g = 455 meter
Makes size 126cm / 49 5/8" actual garment body circumference.
Yarn A: Any colour Whirlette x 1 ball
Yarn B: Any colour Whirlette x 1 ball
Yarn C: Any colour Whirlette x 1 ball + Any colour Whirl x 1 ball
Yarn D: Any colour Whirlette x 3 balls
About the Designer
Originally from Russia, Natalia Kononova lives with her husband and son in Pennsylvania in the United States. From here she is taking the world by storm as an ambassador for wearable crochet, with overlay crochet as one of her favourite crochet techniques. Designing has now become a full-time job and her website outstandingcrochet.com is well stocked with a wide range of gorgeous patterns for garments, bags and jewellery.
Scheepjes has invited her back to do a second MAL after her highly popular ‘Meadow Bag MAL’ last year and her Angelica Bag Pattern was recently was featured in YARN Bookazine 11.
Read her first blog post about the Serenum MAL.