Go Big or Gourd Home CAL Home

Welcome to the #gobigorgourdhomecal home page! This page has all that you need to know about this CAL! This is where you will come to find each part of each pattern participating in this orangalicous CAL! You will first find a little bit about each designer and their design. You will find the schedule for the CAL and how the CAL will work. Here on this page, you will find all of the tools needed for all of the patterns and the abbreviations needed.

Pattern Bundle

If you don’t want to wait or want to have a printable PDF version of all our patterns we got you! We have a pattern bundle available for you! You can get it with an affiliate link from one of our designers! Here are each of our affiliate links. Click on one of our pictures and gut your amazing Go Big or Gourd Home CAL Bundle!

Designer Bio’s-

While we are waiting for the big day of the CAL starting let’s get to know the designers in this Gourdgious CAL and all their dets! Make sure to check out all of their things!

The CrochetWizzard- Cydnee Hepworth

Cydnee has been designing since 2019. Her first design was an Easter set and things have just grown from there! She designs to create cute toys for her adorable sons that she loves with all her heart! She is working to continue to grow her business and to make sure that her patterns continue to be enjoyed by all! She hopes that one day she can support her family with her crochet.

Her design Pumpernichole the Pumpkin Lady is a fun little lady that is a part of a beautiful family of 3. She loves to dance and spend time with her little baby! She has wonderful no-sew features.

Facebook and Instagram- @crochetwizzard

crochetwizzard.com

Coco Knitted Creations- Carolann Rutkowski

Carolann learned to knit in 2016 and to crochet during the pandemic in 2020. That is when she fell in love with amis and started her crochet design business. This art is her passion and her crochet business is a dream come true. Every purchase makes a huge difference and she is grateful for every single one.

It’s spooky season witches, Luna is always ready for fall, pumpkins and spooky nights. Join Luna this season for all the spooky shenanigans!

Facebook and Instagram- @cocoknittedcreations

cocoknittedcreations.com

cbfiberworks- Chanel Beauchamp

Hi, y’all! I’m Chanel and I’m the designer behind cbfiberworks. I picked up crochet in 2016 for an art class and it quickly spiraled into a passion that helped ease my anxiety. As a sculptor, I was immediately drawn to amigurumi and began creating my own designs. Now I’m dedicated to sharing my amigurumi patterns and knowledge to helping others find stress and anxiety relief through crochet.

The elusive Jack o’ Jelly only comes out when those first leaves begin to change, but when it does it loves playing tricks on the other jellyfish! It likes to pretend to be a pumpkin and then scare unsuspecting creatures!

Facebook and Instagram- @cbfiberworks

cbfiberworks.com

CAL Info-

Number of Patterns: 3

Patterns: Pumpernichole the Pumpkin Lady, Pumpkin Luna Unicorn, and Jack o’ Jelly

Start Date: August 1st, 2022

Total Duration: 24 days

Duration Per Part: 3 days for patterns 1 and 2 and 2 days for pattern 3.

This is a CAL or Crochet Along, where we will as a group make each of these patterns together at the same time at our own locations. This however is a collaborative CAL where there are 3 patterns to enjoy instead of just 1! How amazing is that!! 3 times the fun!! Don’t worry we have a super fun little image that has a schedule for the duration of each pattern below.

Below you will find a link to each part! It will be updated for each part the day it’s scheduled at 8am MST.

Pattern Bundle

Schedules-

US Terminology-

Abbreviations-

Rd(s)- Round(s)
MR- Magic Ring
MC: Magic Circle
St(s)- Stitch(s)
Sl St- Slip Stitch
Sc- Single Crochet
Hdc- Half Double Crochet
Dc- Double Crochet
Tr – treble crochet
Inc- Increase
Dc Inc- Double Crochet Increase
Dec- Invisible Decrease
- In front loops only pick up the next two loops, yarn over, and pull through 2 loops.
P- Picot
- Ch 3, sl st in the 3 ch from the hook.
FO- Fasten Off
BLO- Back Loop Only
FLO- Front Loop Only- for closing up holes.

Now that we provided all of this information lets talk about the different parts for each pattern. You will need to come back to this page to get the links to each of the parts for each of the patterns.

Pattern Bundle

Pattern Part Links-

For this pattern all 3 parts will be added to the same post, so you will use the same link for all 3 parts.

Parts

Part 2- Aug 21st

Part 3- Aug 23rd

Pattern Bundle

We would love to see each of your parts for all of the patterns! Make a post on Instagram and tag us at @gobigorgourdhomecal. When you do that we will share your post in our stories for all to enjoy with you! Make sure you keep coming back here for each of the different parts for all of the patterns! Use this hashtag to share your different parts, #gobigorgourdhomecal!

Make sure you are following all of the designers to stay in on the know for all of their fun things! @crochetwizzard, @cocoknittedcreations, and @cbfiberworks

Here are some of the upcoming events on the books so far! @crochetwizzard has an amazing CAL coming up on Sept 19th her Mystery Christmas Advent Calendar CAL! This will be a longer CAL, but totally worth it in the end! @cocoknittedcreations has an amazing CAL coming up in December! She hasn’t disclosed what it will be yet. And both are doing a Collaborative CAL with a couple of other designers starting on January 8th for the Adorable World of Arctic Animals CAL. So stay tuned for all of these amazing events coming up!