Skill Level
Intermediate
Size
About 29 x 38 in. (73.5 x 96.5 cm)
41 x 53 squares
Materials
- Lion Brand® Vanna’s Choice® (Art. #860)
- #099 Linen 6 balls (A)
- #180 Cranberry 1 ball (B)
- #172 Kelly Green 1 ball (C)
- #174 Olive 1 ball (D)
- #116 Orion Blue 2 balls (E)
- #135 Rust 1 ball (F)
- #113 Scarlet 1 ball (G)
- Lion Brand® crochet hook size H-8 (5 mm)
- Lion Brand® large-eyed blunt needle
Gauge
- 6 (chain 3, 3 dc) squares = about 4 in. (10 cm).
- 1 square = about 0.67 in. (1.7 cm).
- BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE.
Technique Explanations
C2C The corner-to-corner (C2C) technique of crocheting is made by starting in one corner of a pixel graph (the lower right corner) and following the graph row by row diagonally to the other corner (the top left corner).
How to Start Your C2C Blanket
Row 1: Begin in the bottom right corner of the graph. Chain 6. DC in 4th chain from hook. DC in last 2 chains. You now have a chain-3 space and a total of 3 DC stitches. This completes your first square and Row 1.
Row 2: Chain 6. DC in 4th chain from hook. DC in last 2 chains. Turn your work. At this point turning consists of just flipping over the first square. Slip stitch to join to the chain-3 space from the first square. Chain 3. Make 3 DC in the same chain-3 space. This completes your second 2 squares and Row 2.
Continue by chaining 6, DC in 3rd chain from hook and in last 2 chains, turn and join with slip stitch to chain-3 space in last square made from previous row.
Increase Rows The first part of the graph is worked by making increases on both edges. You will start each row by chaining 6, making a DC in the 4th chain from hook and then a DC in each of the remaining 2 chains.
Increase and Decrease Rows The second part of the graph is worked by making increases on one edge and making decreases on the other edge.
How to Decrease at the Beginning of a Row Slip stitch in the 3 double crochet stitches from last square made. Slip stitch to join to the chain-3 from last square made. Chain 3. Make 3 DC in chain-3 space. Continue making squares as you have been doing (slip stitch to join to chain-3 space then chain 3 and work 3 DC in the same chain-3 space).
How to Decrease at the End of a Row Make squares as you have been doing up to the last chain-3 space. Slip stitch in the last chain-3 space but do not work chain 3 and 3 DC in that last chain-3 space. Turn and proceed with the next row.
Decrease Rows The third part of the graph is worked by making decreases on both edges. At the beginning of each row, instead of chaining 6 as you would do when increasing, you will turn your work and slip stitch across the 3 DC’s in the last square made. Join with slip st to the chain-3 then chain 3 and work 3 DC in the same chain-3 space. At the end of the row, end with a slip stitch in the last chain-3 space; do not work chain 3 and 3 DC in that last chain-3 space.
How to Change Colors To join a new color, pull the new color yarn through as you make your slip stitch to join over your chain-3 space. Do not fasten off the old color. Leave the strand hanging and still attached to the ball.
By not cutting the yarn each time you change colors, you’ll have fewer loose ends to weave in later. Just keep the balls not being used on the wrong side of your work. Carry the yarn strand up from the previous row and pull it up to your hook when you need to join that color back into your project.
When you begin to have a lot of color changes, it helps to divide the yarn balls by winding into multiple smaller balls.
How to Read the Graph
Print out the graph. Start in the lower right corner and mark off each square as you go. Each square in this C2C graph = chain 3 + 3 DC. The first square in the corner is Row 1. You will work diagonally back and forth (down one row and back up the next). Row 2 of the graph will be read diagonally from left to right and Row 3 from right to left.
Blanket
Work in C2C technique, changing yarn color following chart.
Fasten off.
Finishing
Edging
From RS, join E with sl st anywhere along outside edge of Afghan.
Rnd 1: Ch 1, working around outer edge of afghan, work 1 sc in each DC and base ch, 3 sc in each ch-3 sp, and 3 sc in each corner; join with sl st in first sc.
Rnds 2 and 3: Ch 1, sc in each st around working 3 sc in center st at each corner; join with sl st in first sc.
Fasten off.
Weave in ends.
Abbreviations
ch = chain
ch-sp(s) = chain spaces previously made
DC = double crochet
rnd(s) = round(s)
RS = right side
sc = single crochet
sl st = slip stitch
st(s) = stitch(es)
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