Corner to Corner Afghan Project
Corner to Corner Afghans is really popular right now. They are easy to follow and create. What appeals to everyone is the speed at which they can be done. You start off at one point and work diagonally across. When you get to the halfway point and want to start decreasing your rows, you will find yourself speeding up tremendously. It's like going slow up the hill of a roller coaster and then getting to the top and zipping down the other side.
NEW - Updated Sept 2021 to included Half Double Crochet Patterns for Rectangles, Squares and border. See below.
On behalf of Red Heart, this video was created to help Red Heart's followers to be able to do the pattern. This pattern was created by Catherine Watson.
In this project, you will realize your afghan doesn't have to be square. We immediately think Corner to Corner means square. In the video tutorial, I will show you how to create both square and rectangular versions. I will show you how to change colour without ugly knots as well.
Alternative Corner to Corner Half Double Crochet
You can also half double crochet instead of double crochet for corner to corner. There is a small change to make that happen. Included above are the diagrams for rectangle, square and border.
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Mikey's Version
In the video, you saw Mikey do an introduction using a Purplish version of this afghan. Remember, Mikey followed the directions as per the original pattern. He opted not to do a border.
- Mikey used Red Heart Boutique Midnight. 8 balls of Aura and 4 Balls of Moonlight.
- His afghan measured 44" square.
- He used a size of 6.0 mm, Crochet Hook.
In Mikey's version, he didn't strategize the stripes. He just changed the colour of the yarn ball at his own whim. Play with this idea with slow transitioning colour yarn like what Mikey did. You may be amazed by how it comes out.
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Cortney says
I have read so many patterns for this afghan and could not figure it out. This tutorial was AMAZING! Thank you so much! I am now happily at work on a baby afghan. Thanks again! You really made this easy to follow!
Edie Hippern says
I really do not like using dc so if I want to do this all in hdc using five chain instead of six should work. Am I right or would this fool up the 3dc?
Mikey says
Sounds right. Try it. 😀
Jody says
I just began crocheting,again, after 35 years! This was the perfect pattern to get me back on my "bike"!! I made a rectangular one for my son, who is currently in the Airforce, in Europe. The directions were so easy for me to understand. I used the video to learn this. Thank you, Mikey!
Lisa says
Hi Mikey i need your help i have orders for 4 c2c blankets, is there a way to figure out how many skein i will need for a certain size? They would like 42 inches x 52 inches. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Mikey, The Crochet Crowd says
I would look for patterns others have done with the Corner to Corner and see what they are prescribing. I would use that as an example for what you think you might need. There is a Corner to Corner Afghan on Red Heart that is similar in size. Look for it and see what they suggest. 😀
alyssa says
Make 1 square. Take it out, measure the length it took to make.
36in = 1 yard.
So Number of blocks x inches your square was. Then divide by 36. (Check yarn yards) divide by how many yards are in your skein.
I sometimes buy 1 extra to be safe.
For example - My c2c is 50 squares by 50 squares. So, 2500 total squares. 2500x17in(yarn length for 1.square) =42500 inches needed. 4500 inches divided by 36 (#of inch in a yard) =1180.5 yards. Then take the amount of yards in 1 yarn that you're using and divide yard length needed by how many yards in your skein. For example my yarn has 170yards. I need 1180.5 yards. So I will need to buy 7 skeins total.
I know that sounds complicated so I'll lay out the formula and you can enter your own numbers.
Inches Length of yarn to make 1 square x Amount of squares total = Inches needed for entire blanket.
Total of Inches needed divided by 36= Yards needed to complete blanket.
Amount of Yards needed divided by Yards in your yarn skein= Amount of skeins needed to make your blanket.