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Winter owl in a red scarf C2C graph crochet pattern

Advanced · 8 colors · corner to corner (C2C)

C2C: worked in diagonal rows of small blocks.

PDF · US Letter · 9 pages · Change paper

Size
About 36 × 33¾ in (91 × 86 cm)
Skill
AdvancedUp to 25 color changes in one row.

Paper for the PDF

US Letter8½ × 11 inA4210 × 297 mm

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Winter owl in a red scarf on a snowy branch, worked corner to corner in blocks of chain 3 and 3 double crochet with a small ball for each stretch of color: 48 by 45 blocks in eight yarns on a tan ground.

The whole panel: 36 × 33¾ in (91 × 86 cm)

Graph

48 squares wide and 45 tall. One square is 1 block of ch 3 and 3 double crochet, worked on the diagonal. Row 1 is the square in the bottom right corner, and each row after it is the next diagonal of the graph, as far as the top left corner. A row's number stands at its lower end: along the bottom edge, then up the left edge. Right-side rows are read down the diagonal to that end, wrong-side rows back up from it.

  • A tan, no symbol 1,119 squares
  • B brown (the lighter of 2), cross 394 squares
  • C brown (the darker of 2), dot 272 squares
  • D peach, ring 158 squares
  • E red, slash 82 squares
  • F white, triangle 57 squares
  • G gold, bar 43 squares
  • H blue, plus 35 squares
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Drag the graph to move around it. The whole graph is printed in the PDF.

Gauge

About 5.3 blocks to 4 in (10 cm) each way in corner-to-corner blocks of ch 3 and 3 double crochet.

How to measure it

How to measure your gauge

The pattern also stops you to measure after row 6.

Work a test square first (8 rows)

A test piece to measure and pull out. It is not the start of the pattern.

Work the first 8 rows of the pattern in one yarn: a triangle with 8 blocks along each straight edge, about 6 in (15 cm). Count the blocks in 4 in (10 cm) along the middle of a straight edge.

  1. Swatch foundationWith A, ch 6.
  2. Swatch row 1 (RS, increase)1 A(1 block)
  3. Swatch row 2 (WS, increase)2 A(2 blocks)
  4. Swatch row 3 (RS, increase)3 A(3 blocks)
  5. Swatch row 4 (WS, increase)4 A(4 blocks)
  6. Swatch row 5 (RS, increase)5 A(5 blocks)
  7. Swatch row 6 (WS, increase)6 A(6 blocks)
  8. Swatch row 7 (RS, increase)7 A(7 blocks)
  9. Swatch row 8 (WS, increase)8 A(8 blocks)
The same graph in other yarn weights

The picture fixes the number of blocks, so a graph is resized by yarn and hook, not by counting. Each line gives the blocks to 4 in (10 cm) to expect at that yarn weight. Every size is about. The yarn amounts of this pattern are for its own gauge only.

YarnBlocks to 4 in (10 cm)HookSize, about
Light (3)6.24.5 to 5.5 mm31 × 29¼ in (79 × 74 cm)
Bulky (5)4.16.5 to 9 mm46¾ × 43¾ in (119 × 111 cm)

No yarn amount has been worked out for these, so they are not a choice on this page.

Before you start

  • Row 1 is the block in the bottom right corner of the graph. Rows run on the diagonal to the top left corner. Odd rows are read from the right edge, later the top edge, down to the bottom edge, later the left edge; even rows are read back up. Each row's label names its two edges.
  • The picture reads the right way round on one face of the piece. If yours is mirrored, turn it over.
  • Find that face after row 2. Lay the three blocks down with the first block at the bottom right and the other two to its left and above it; turn the piece over and lay it the same way to see the other face. On the face you want, the block you worked first in row 2, the one begun with ch 6, is the one to the left of the first block. That face is your right side for the whole piece.
  • Right-handed: expect it to be the face toward you in row 1 and in every odd row, as the row labels say.
  • Each square of the graph is one block: ch 3 and 3 double crochet. Rows are counted in blocks. The colors of every row are written in the order you work them: "3 A" is 3 blocks in yarn A.
  • Row 1 is one block: dc in the 4th ch from the hook and in each of the next 2 chs. The 3 chains skipped stand at the side of the block and make its ch-3 sp.
  • Turn after every row. A row's label says how it is worked: increase, decrease or even.
  • An increase row has one block more than the row before. It begins with a new block: ch 6, turn, dc in 4th ch from hook, dc in next 2 chs. It ends with a block in the last ch-3 sp.
  • A decrease row has one block fewer than the row before. It begins with no new block: turn, sl st in each of the 3 dc of the last block made. It ends with a sl st in the last ch-3 sp.
  • An even row has as many blocks as the row before: one edge of the graph is finished and the other still grows. Its label says how it begins. An even row that begins with a new block begins as an increase row does and ends with a sl st in the last ch-3 sp. An even row that begins with slip stitches begins as a decrease row does and ends with a block in the last ch-3 sp.
  • Where a row begins with slip stitches, as every decrease row does, its first block is (sl st, ch 3, 3 dc) in the ch-3 sp of the block just slipped across.
  • Every other block of a row is (sl st, ch 3, 3 dc) in the ch-3 sp of the next block of the row before.
  • To change color, work the last yarn-over of the last dc of the block before in the new color, and make the next slip stitch with the new color.
  • Nothing is carried from row to row. Each stretch of color has a small ball or bobbin of its own: 108 in all. Drop a yarn on the wrong side where its color ends and pick it up again on the next row.
  • A star (*) after a run: begin that run with a new ball, leaving a tail of about 6 in (15 cm). A run with no star goes on with the ball of its color left hanging from the row below; where that ball hangs a block or two away, lay the yarn along the row and work over it. If more than one ball of that color hangs within reach, take the nearest.
  • A hash (#) after a run: its ball is not used again. When the run is worked, cut the yarn, leaving a tail of about 6 in (15 cm). A run with both marks (*#) is worked from a new ball that is cut when the run is done.
  • At most 26 balls hang from the work at one time: the row with the most color changes has 25.
  • This picture has 20 lone blocks: a block with no block of its own color to its left, to its right, above it or below it. 8 of them are alone in their diagonal row as well, and each of those is worked from a small ball of its own; the other 12 lie next to a block of their own color in their diagonal row and are worked from the ball of that run.
  • Close shades: B and C are both brown; A and D, D and F, A and F are close in shade. Choose yarns you can tell apart in your own light.
  • Left-handed. Work the same rows exactly as they are written. Expect your right side to be the face toward you in row 2 and in every even row: read RS as WS and WS as RS throughout, and drop yarns and weave in ends on the face toward you in the odd rows.

Instructions

US termsUK terms

  • A row lists its colors in the order you work them, each with its number of blocks.
  • The count at the end is what the row leaves.
  • Tick a row when it is done. Your place is kept in this browser.
How to read these rows

Never read a row’s list backwards. On the graph a right-side (RS) row runs down the diagonal and a wrong-side (WS) row up the diagonal. In UK terms dc is treble and sl st is slip stitch.

  1. FoundationWith A, ch 6. Row 1 is one block, worked into these chains.
  2. Row 1RSIncrease, read from the right edge down to the bottom edge.1 A*leaves (1 block)
  3. Row 2WSIncrease, read from the bottom edge up to the right edge.2 Aleaves (2 blocks)
  4. Row 3RSIncrease, read from the right edge down to the bottom edge.3 Aleaves (3 blocks)
  5. Row 4WSIncrease, read from the bottom edge up to the right edge.4 Aleaves (4 blocks)
  6. Row 5RSIncrease, read from the right edge down to the bottom edge.5 Aleaves (5 blocks)
  7. Row 6WSIncrease, read from the bottom edge up to the right edge.6 Aleaves (6 blocks)
  8. Stop and measure now, after row 6.One straight edge of the triangle, from the first block to the end of the row: about 4½ in (11 cm). If it is longer, the whole picture will be larger: start again with a smaller hook, or keep going and expect a larger piece. If it is shorter, a larger hook.
  9. Row 7RSIncrease, read from the right edge down to the bottom edge.3 A2 C*2 A*leaves (7 blocks)
  10. Row 8WSIncrease, read from the bottom edge up to the right edge.2 A1 C1 B*1 C*3 Aleaves (8 blocks)
  11. Row 9RSIncrease, read from the right edge down to the bottom edge.3 A1 C#2 B1 C2 Aleaves (9 blocks)
  12. Row 10WSIncrease, read from the bottom edge up to the right edge.2 A1 C3 B4 Aleaves (10 blocks)
  13. Row 11RSIncrease, read from the right edge down to the bottom edge.4 A1 C*3 B1 C2 Aleaves (11 blocks)
  14. Row 12WSIncrease, read from the bottom edge up to the right edge.2 A1 C3 B1 C5 Aleaves (12 blocks)
  15. Row 13RSIncrease, read from the right edge down to the bottom edge.5 A2 C3 B1 C2 Aleaves (13 blocks)
  16. Row 14WSIncrease, read from the bottom edge up to the right edge.2 A1 C3 B1 C1 F*1 C*#5 Aleaves (14 blocks)
  17. Row 15RSIncrease, read from the right edge down to the bottom edge.6 A2 F1 C3 B1 C2 Aleaves (15 blocks)
  18. Row 16WSIncrease, read from the bottom edge up to the right edge.2 A1 C3 B1 C2 F1 C*6 Aleaves (16 blocks)
  19. Row 17RSIncrease, read from the right edge down to the bottom edge.7 A1 C2 F1 C3 B1 C2 Aleaves (17 blocks)
  20. Row 18WSIncrease, read from the bottom edge up to the right edge.2 A1 C3 B1 C2 F1 C8 Aleaves (18 blocks)
  21. Row 19RSIncrease, read from the right edge down to the bottom edge.9 A1 C2 F1 C3 B1 C2 Aleaves (19 blocks)
  22. Row 20WSIncrease, read from the bottom edge up to the right edge.2 A1 C3 B1 C2 F1 C10 Aleaves (20 blocks)
  23. Row 21RSIncrease, read from the right edge down to the bottom edge.11 A1 C2 F1 C3 B1 C2 Aleaves (21 blocks)
  24. Row 22WSIncrease, read from the bottom edge up to the right edge.2 A1 C3 B2 C1 F#1 C#6 A2 H*4 A*leaves (22 blocks)
  25. Row 23RSIncrease, read from the right edge down to the bottom edge.5 A1 H7 A2 C1 B*1 C*3 B1 C2 Aleaves (23 blocks)
  26. Row 24WSIncrease, read from the bottom edge up to the right edge.2 A1 C3 B1 C3 B1 C1 A#2 C*3 A*#2 H#5 Aleaves (24 blocks)
  27. Row 25RSIncrease, read from the right edge down to the bottom edge.10 A1 C1 E*2 C3 B2 C3 B1 C2 Aleaves (25 blocks)
  28. Row 26WSIncrease, read from the bottom edge up to the right edge.2 A1 C3 B1 C1 G*1 C*#3 B1 C1 E1 F*1 C10 Aleaves (26 blocks)
  29. Row 27RSIncrease, read from the right edge down to the bottom edge.10 A1 C1 E*1 F1 E1 C#3 B2 G1 C3 B1 C2 Aleaves (27 blocks)
  30. Row 28WSIncrease, read from the bottom edge up to the right edge.2 A1 C3 B1 C2 G1 C*3 B1 E#1 F1 E1 F*1 C10 Aleaves (28 blocks)
  31. Row 29RSIncrease, read from the right edge down to the bottom edge.10 A1 C1 E*1 F1 E1 F#1 C*3 B1 C1 G#2 C3 B1 C2 Aleaves (29 blocks)
  32. Row 30WSIncrease, read from the bottom edge up to the right edge.2 A1 C3 B1 C1 B*#2 C#4 B1 C1 E#1 F2 E1 C6 A2 H*2 A*leaves (30 blocks)
  33. Row 31RSIncrease, read from the right edge down to the bottom edge.3 A1 H6 A1 C3 E1 F#1 C8 B1 C3 B1 C2 Aleaves (31 blocks)
  34. Row 32WSIncrease, read from the bottom edge up to the right edge.2 A1 C3 B1 C9 B1 C4 E1 C#5 A#2 H#3 Aleaves (32 blocks)
  35. Row 33RSIncrease, read from the right edge down to the bottom edge.11 A4 E1 C4 B3 D*3 B*1 C3 B1 C2 Aleaves (33 blocks)
  36. Row 34WSIncrease, read from the bottom edge up to the right edge.2 A1 C3 B1 C3 B5 D3 B1 C3 E1 C*11 Aleaves (34 blocks)
  37. Row 35RSIncrease, read from the right edge down to the bottom edge.11 A2 C3 E1 C2 B2 D#2 B*#2 D*2 B2 C3 B1 C2 Aleaves (35 blocks)
  38. Row 36WSIncrease, read from the bottom edge up to the right edge.2 A1 C3 B1 C1 G*1 C*#1 B7 D1 B#1 C1 F*2 E1 C1 B*1 C*11 Aleaves (36 blocks)
  39. Row 37RSIncrease, read from the right edge down to the bottom edge.11 A1 C2 B1 C1 E#1 F1 E*1 C1 D#2 B*#1 D*#1 B*#3 D*1 B2 G1 C3 B1 C2 Aleaves (37 blocks)
  40. Row 38WSIncrease, read from the bottom edge up to the right edge.2 A1 C3 B1 C2 G1 C*1 B7 D1 C2 E1 F#1 C3 B1 C11 Aleaves (38 blocks)
  41. Row 39RSIncrease, read from the right edge down to the bottom edge.11 A1 C4 B1 C3 E1 C1 D#1 B*#2 D*#2 B*#1 D*1 B1 C1 G#2 C3 B1 C2 Aleaves (39 blocks)
  42. Row 40WSIncrease, read from the bottom edge up to the right edge.2 A1 C3 B1 C1 B*#2 C#2 B6 D1 C1 F*2 E1 C5 B1 C11 Aleaves (40 blocks)
  43. Row 41RSIncrease, read from the right edge down to the bottom edge.11 A1 C2 B3 D*1 B*1 C1 E#1 F1 E*1 C4 D#1 B*#1 D*5 B1 C3 B1 C2 Aleaves (41 blocks)
  44. Row 42WSIncrease, read from the bottom edge up to the right edge.2 A1 C3 B2 C5 B5 D1 C2 E1 F#1 C1 B4 D2 B1 C#11 Aleaves (42 blocks)
  45. Row 43RSIncrease, read from the right edge down to the bottom edge.5 A2 H*5 A*2 B5 D1 B1 C3 E1 C1 D#2 B*#1 D*5 B1 C#1 F*1 C*3 B1 C2 Aleaves (43 blocks)
  46. Row 44WSIncrease, read from the bottom edge up to the right edge.2 A1 C3 B1 C2 F5 B4 D1 C1 F*2 E1 C1 B2 D2 G*2 D*1 B1 C*5 A1 H6 Aleaves (44 blocks)
  47. Row 45RSIncrease, read from the right edge down to the bottom edge.6 A#2 H#4 A1 C#1 B2 D1 G1 C*1 G*2 D1 B1 C1 E#1 F1 E*1 C1 D#1 B*#1 D*5 B1 C*2 F1 C3 B1 C2 Aleaves (45 blocks)
  48. Row 46WSEven, begins with a new block, read from the bottom edge up to the top edge.2 A1 C3 B1 C2 F2 C5 B2 D1 C2 E1 F#1 C2 B1 D1 G#2 C1 G#1 D2 B12 Aleaves (45 blocks)
  49. Row 47RSEven, begins with slip stitches, read from the top edge down to the bottom edge.11 A1 C*1 B2 D3 C2 D2 B1 C3 E1 C1 D#5 B1 C#1 A*1 C*2 F1 C3 B1 C#2 Aleaves (45 blocks)
  50. Row 48WSEven, begins with a new block, read from the bottom edge up to the top edge.3 A3 B1 C2 F1 C2 A6 B1 C1 F*2 E1 C3 B#1 D1 G*2 C#1 G*1 D2 B1 C10 Aleaves (45 blocks)
  51. Row 49RSDecrease, read from the top edge down to the left edge.9 A1 C2 B2 D1 G#1 F*#1 G2 D2 G*1 B*1 C1 E#1 F1 E*1 C5 B1 C*2 A1 C2 F1 C2 B1 C*2 Aleaves (44 blocks)
  52. Row 50WSDecrease, read from the left edge up to the top edge.2 A1 C#1 B#1 C2 F1 C3 A1 C4 B1 C2 E1 F#1 C2 B2 G2 D#2 G#2 D3 B1 C#8 Aleaves (43 blocks)
  53. Row 51RSDecrease, read from the top edge down to the left edge.8 A4 B5 D1 B*2 G2 B1 C3 E1 C3 B1 C#4 A1 C1 F#3 C#2 Aleaves (42 blocks)
  54. Row 52WSDecrease, read from the left edge up to the top edge.4 A#2 C#5 A3 B1 C1 F*2 E1 C3 B#1 G#2 B4 D1 B4 C*#7 Aleaves (41 blocks)
  55. Row 53RSDecrease, read from the top edge down to the left edge.10 A1 C*1 B#3 D#3 B3 D*1 B*1 C1 E#1 F1 E*1 C2 B1 C*10 Aleaves (40 blocks)
  56. Row 54WSDecrease, read from the left edge up to the top edge.10 A1 C1 B#1 C#2 E1 F#1 C1 B4 D6 B1 C10 Aleaves (39 blocks)
  57. Row 55RSDecrease, read from the top edge down to the left edge.10 A1 C5 B5 D1 B1 C3 E2 C10 Aleaves (38 blocks)
  58. Row 56WSDecrease, read from the left edge up to the top edge.10 A1 C#3 E1 C1 B2 D2 G*2 D*4 B1 C10 Aleaves (37 blocks)
  59. Row 57RSDecrease, read from the top edge down to the left edge.10 A1 C3 B2 D1 G1 C*1 G*2 D1 B1 C3 E10 Aleaves (36 blocks)
  60. Row 58WSDecrease, read from the left edge up to the top edge.9 A1 C*2 E1 C2 B1 D1 G#2 C1 G#1 D3 B1 C10 Aleaves (35 blocks)
  61. Row 59RSDecrease, read from the top edge down to the left edge.10 A1 C2 B2 D3 C2 D2 B1 C#1 E#1 C9 Aleaves (34 blocks)
  62. Row 60WSDecrease, read from the left edge up to the top edge.3 A2 H*4 A*2 C3 B1 D1 G*2 C#1 G*1 D2 B1 C10 Aleaves (33 blocks)
  63. Row 61RSDecrease, read from the top edge down to the left edge.10 A1 C1 B2 D1 G#1 F*#1 G2 D2 B1 C6 A1 H3 Aleaves (32 blocks)
  64. Row 62WSDecrease, read from the left edge up to the top edge.2 A#2 H#6 A1 C2 B2 D#2 G#2 D1 B1 C10 Aleaves (31 blocks)
  65. Row 63RSDecrease, read from the top edge down to the left edge.10 A1 C1 B5 D2 B1 C10 Aleaves (30 blocks)
  66. Row 64WSDecrease, read from the left edge up to the top edge.10 A1 C2 B4 D1 B1 C10 Aleaves (29 blocks)
  67. Row 65RSDecrease, read from the top edge down to the left edge.3 A2 H*5 A*1 C1 B#3 D#2 B1 C10 Aleaves (28 blocks)
  68. Row 66WSDecrease, read from the left edge up to the top edge.6 A2 H*2 A*1 C5 B1 C#6 A1 H3 Aleaves (27 blocks)
  69. Row 67RSDecrease, read from the top edge down to the left edge.2 A#2 H#6 A5 B1 C3 A1 H6 Aleaves (26 blocks)
  70. Row 68WSDecrease, read from the left edge up to the top edge.5 A#2 H#3 A2 C3 B1 C*#9 Aleaves (25 blocks)
  71. Row 69RSDecrease, read from the top edge down to the left edge.9 A2 B2 C11 Aleaves (24 blocks)
  72. Row 70WSDecrease, read from the left edge up to the top edge.12 A1 C1 B1 C*#8 Aleaves (23 blocks)
  73. Row 71RSDecrease, read from the top edge down to the left edge.8 A1 B#1 C12 Aleaves (22 blocks)
  74. Row 72WSDecrease, read from the left edge up to the top edge.12 A#2 C#7 Aleaves (21 blocks)
  75. Row 73RSDecrease, read from the top edge down to the left edge.20 Aleaves (20 blocks)
  76. Row 74WSDecrease, read from the left edge up to the top edge.19 Aleaves (19 blocks)
  77. Row 75RSDecrease, read from the top edge down to the left edge.18 Aleaves (18 blocks)
  78. Row 76WSDecrease, read from the left edge up to the top edge.17 Aleaves (17 blocks)
  79. Row 77RSDecrease, read from the top edge down to the left edge.16 Aleaves (16 blocks)
  80. Row 78WSDecrease, read from the left edge up to the top edge.4 A2 H*9 A*leaves (15 blocks)
  81. Row 79RSDecrease, read from the top edge down to the left edge.9 A1 H4 Aleaves (14 blocks)
  82. Row 80WSDecrease, read from the left edge up to the top edge.3 A#2 H#8 Aleaves (13 blocks)
  83. Row 81RSDecrease, read from the top edge down to the left edge.12 Aleaves (12 blocks)
  84. Row 82WSDecrease, read from the left edge up to the top edge.11 Aleaves (11 blocks)
  85. Row 83RSDecrease, read from the top edge down to the left edge.10 Aleaves (10 blocks)
  86. Row 84WSDecrease, read from the left edge up to the top edge.9 Aleaves (9 blocks)
  87. Row 85RSDecrease, read from the top edge down to the left edge.8 Aleaves (8 blocks)
  88. Row 86WSDecrease, read from the left edge up to the top edge.7 Aleaves (7 blocks)
  89. Row 87RSDecrease, read from the top edge down to the left edge.6 Aleaves (6 blocks)
  90. Row 88WSDecrease, read from the left edge up to the top edge.5 Aleaves (5 blocks)
  91. Row 89RSDecrease, read from the top edge down to the left edge.4 Aleaves (4 blocks)
  92. Row 90WSDecrease, read from the left edge up to the top edge.3 Aleaves (3 blocks)
  93. Row 91RSDecrease, read from the top edge down to the left edge.2 Aleaves (2 blocks)
  94. Row 92WSDecrease, read from the left edge up to the top edge.1 A#leaves (1 block)
  95. EndFasten off, leaving a 6 in (15 cm) tail.

Finishing

  • Weave in every end along blocks of its own color.
  • This pattern has no border: the size, the yarn amounts and the ends counted are for the blocks alone.

In all: 92 rows; 2,160 blocks; 688 color changes, at most 25 in a row; 108 small balls; 216 ends to weave in.

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