This is the pattern listing for the 2026 Rose City Yarn Crawl Mystery Crochet Along! Early Bird sales begin October 15th!

The 2026 Mystery Crochet pattern is a Phoenix inspired wrap in celebration of this year’s Rose City Yarn Crawl theme - mythical creatures!

Release Dates:

October 15, 2025: Pre-Clue Release with Early Bird preview swatch guide. Early Bird preview swatch guide ends October 22nd. Purchases made starting October 23rd will include the pre-clue.

January 14th: Clue 1
January 21st: Clue 2
January 28th: Clue 3
February 4th: Clue 4
February 11th: Clue 5

Be sure to purchase the pre-clue during our Early Bird week for a special pattern preview swatch guide! The preview swatch guide will help you get started on your mystery pattern swatch and give you a little hint at techniques to come in the pattern. Our early bird week starts October 15th and ends October 22nd.

This year’s mysteries are once again 5 clues with each clue releasing weekly for 5 weeks. We’ll kick off Clue 1 on Zoom with designer, Danielle Wallace, to get started together in January and again for a final wrap party in February.

The Zoom schedule and registration link will come with your pre-clue purchase. Registration for each Zoom meetup is required to join.

Clues will be delivered to your Ravelry library each week starting on January 14th, 2026.

The 2026 Rose City Yarn Crawl will be March 5th - 8th, 2026.

Be sure to join the conversation in our Ravelry group and tag your project on Instagram at #RCYCMCAL2026