Beginning MooglyCAL2025, and Wrapping Up MooglyCAL2024

We made it through another year, and it's time at last to finish up MooglyCAL2024 and get ready for MooglyCAL2025! We had an amazing year full of gorgeous, wildly varied squares, fantastic designs, and wonderful crocheters all supporting each other.

Now, it's time to show off what we made in 2024, and plan MooglyCAL2025! In this post, you can see my finished 2024 afghan, and get the schedule and information you need to join in for the coming year!

Disclaimer: Materials provided by Yarnspirations; this post includes affiliate links.

Finishing MooglyCAL2024

As always, we've had 24 amazing designs by 24 talented designers! Every year I learn a new tip, trick, stitch, or technique - usually a few! It's such a joy to get to try all these patterns.

You can get the complete list of links to the squares on the post for Block 24! Or if you like to be able to see them all visually on one page, check out the MooglyCAL2024 Pinterest board!

And here's my finished blanket! This year I was smart enough to weave in the ends of each square (well, 22 of them) as I went. So assembling, bordering, and weaving in all my ends was finished in a couple of afternoons.

For joining, I used the Flat Braid Join technique and the White yarn. Because this year's blanket is so colorful, I decided to keep the border simple. For the first round I used the White, working a sc in each st and 2 sc in each ch-2 space, with (sc, ch 2, sc) in each corner. For the second round of the border, continued with the White and another round of sc. I like the "perforated" look it gives, and I think it suits the overall assembly!

On to MooglyCAL2025!

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How the MooglyCAL works

If 2025 will be your first MooglyCAL, then welcome and we're so happy you're here! This is a year-long crochet along, featuring 24 afghan squares or blocks, designed by 24 different professional crochet designers. It started in 2014, and has been getting better every year! Is it the longest-running online crochet-along ever? I think it just might be!

The squares are released every 2 weeks with a post on Moogly, where I share my notes, my version, and helpful links and tutorials. There is a link to the new square at the bottom of my notes, where you can get it directly from the designer!

You can make them all, or pick and choose, add extras - it's up to you! There is nowhere you need to sign up to join, but there is a fantastic Facebook group for the CAL (lots of pattern help there!) and a MooglyCAL2025 Pinterest board you can follow if desired!

Want to Get Notifications in Your Inbox?

You can sign up for the free Moogly weekly newsletter at the very bottom of this page - there's always a link to the latest MooglyCAL post included!

The Yarn for MooglyCAL2025

And once again, this year I'll once again be using Red Heart With Love - it's my favorite for throws and blankets! Again this year, I've given the designers the option to choose With Love or Caron One Pound. Both are 4-Medium weight and are a good substitute for each other. And this way, they will have more colors to choose from - as do you!

And somehow, I still have more stashbusting to do! This year, I decided to focus on my jewel tones. There's a lot less here now... I'm all out of White for one! I might actually have to restock for the first time in a while.

Of course, you should pick your own colors - however few or many you want! If you want 12" squares, make sure the yarn is a 4-Medium. If you prefer to use a DK or "3" weight yarn, the squares will likely be about 10" square.

On average, a 12" crochet square uses 150 yds of yarn. To make all 24 squares, plus have extra for joining and borders, I recommend purchasing 4420 yds of yarn total. How you distribute this is up to you! Some people use one color for the whole blanket, others a whole bunch, and some even just pull from stash making a crazy colored blanket! It's up to you!

The Hook for MooglyCAL2025

For the hook, I will be using a Susan Bates US-J, 6.0 mm Twist and Lock hook for the Moogly Crochet Along, and all the designers will use the 6.0 mm hook of their preference. You can use a smaller hook if you tend to crochet loosely, or a larger hook if you tend to crochet tightly. But I do recommend that you use the same hook throughout the CAL, as that makes final joining easier, as your loops will be closer to the same size.

The Patterns for MooglyCAL2025

As always, there will be 24 new patterns by 24 fab designers! We have a lot of names from last year, but we always add a couple new ones as others drop out! They are a surprise (to you - not me, haha!) until the square is announced. They are all hand-picked by me, and they have promised that their CAL patterns will remain forever free. If they close down their blogs, then the patterns are to be uploaded to Ravelry.

If a pattern pops up that isn't to your liking, feel free to skip it! You can go back to the previous years' CALs and find a substitute you'd like to try or pick one of your own from the thousands of beautiful afghan squares out there. There is often a lot of inspiration for these in the Facebook Group! We are grateful to all the designers for their hard work and generosity!

The easiest way to visually browse past year's patterns is via their Pinterest boards: MooglyCAL2024, MooglyCAL2023, MooglyCAL2022, MooglyCAL2021, MooglyCAL2020, MooglyCAL2019, MooglyCAL2018, MooglyCAL2017, MooglyCAL2016, and MooglyCAL2015.

This year's squares will be on a new board: MooglyCAL2025 Pinterest Board

PLEASE NOTE: The designers all hold individual copyrights for their patterns. They may choose to make videos of their patterns, and you can certainly request them from the designers. In addition, there are videos linked in the notes for specific stitches and techniques to help you with the pattern.

In other words - you don't have to already know how to read patterns to participate in this CAL, but you do need to be willing to learn how!  

The Schedule for MooglyCAL2025

The squares are released every two weeks throughout the year, on Thursday mornings at 10am Central US time. We begin in January, and the last square debuts one day early - the day before American Thanksgiving!

This gives you a chance to grab the pattern before the holiday, and the entire month of December to join and edge your blanket.

Here is the MooglyCAL2025 Schedule:

January 9 and 23
February 6 and 20
March 6 and 20
April 3 and 17
May 1, 15, and 29
June 12 and 26
July 10 and 24
August 7 and 21
September 4 and 18
October 2, 16, and 30
November 13 and 26

What Can You Make with the MooglyCAL2025

What can you do with 24 afghan squares? CLICK HERE to see some fantastic possibilities! Here are the most common blanket options:

4 blocks x 6 blocks - 4' x 6' afghan
3 blocks x 4 blocks - Two 3' x 4' baby blankets
add an extra square - 5' x 5' afghan

Finishing Your MooglyCAL2025 Blanket or Project

Finally, the joining and edging patterns are up to you! CLICK HERE for joining methods and then check out these great border and edging options!

Windows Border: https://stg-moogly-etsy.kinsta.cloud/windows-border/
Border #71: https://stg-moogly-etsy.kinsta.cloud/every-which-way-crochet-borders-pattern-71/
Popcorn Border: https://stg-moogly-etsy.kinsta.cloud/popcorn-border/
Polka Dot Border: https://stg-moogly-etsy.kinsta.cloud/polka-dot-border/
Scalloped Shell Border: https://stg-moogly-etsy.kinsta.cloud/scalloped-shell-stitch-border/
Triangle Edging: https://stg-moogly-etsy.kinsta.cloud/triangle-crochet-edging/
Peppermint Border (starts around minute 24): https://stg-moogly-etsy.kinsta.cloud/peppermint-swirl-pillow/
Even more Borders: https://stg-moogly-etsy.kinsta.cloud/living-edge-10-free-crochet-edging-patterns/

How to Join the MooglyCAL2025!

So what do you need to do next? First, be sure to join the Facebook group and follow the Pinterest board if desired! Then, sign up for the free Moogly newsletter to make sure you don't miss a square!

After that, it's time to go get your yarn! If you choose a yarn that doesn't have dye lots, you can purchase it as you go through the year. But most yarns you'll want to get matching dye lots for, so I recommend buying it all at once if possible.

Finally, look for the first square to debut here on Moogly on January 9, 2025! I can't wait to share it with you! As you make your squares, feel free to share photos in the Facebook group, or on social media - and don't forget to use the tags #MooglyCAL2025, #mooglyblog and #yarnspo!

Thanks so much for crocheting along with me! I can’t wait to see all the beautiful blankets you crochet this year! You can follow Moogly on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tik Tok, and Instagram, and don’t forget to sign up for the free newsletter at the top of the page - every issue includes a link to the latest CAL square! Thank you to Yarnspirations for providing the materials for this crochet along.