Teaching Myself Corner to Corner Crochet
Follow my journey to teaching myself corner-to-corner crochet!
Teaching Myself Corner to Corner Crochet
Even though I’ve been crocheting for quite some time, there are still some techniques that I never got around to learning. One of those techniques is corner-to-corner (C2C) crochet. It’s a popular stitch that’s been on my radar for a while, but I’ve just never taken the plunge—until now!
This Week’s Crochet Adventure: C2C
This week, I’m teaching myself corner-to-corner crochet. It’s a technique that creates a lovely, textured fabric by working in diagonal rows. I’ve seen so many beautiful C2C projects and have been inspired by the creativity and versatility this stitch offers. I can’t wait to see what I can create once I get the hang of it.
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Following Tonya’s Tutorials
In this series, I’ll walk you through my process of learning C2C—I’ll be following some amazing tutorials from my friend, Tonya, over at Nana’s Crafty Home. She’s got some really great resources that break down the process in a way that’s easy to understand, so I’m confident they’ll guide me through this new adventure. If you’re also looking to learn C2C, I highly recommend checking out her tutorials!
Join Me on This Learning Journey
Learning something new can be both exciting and a bit intimidating, but I’m ready to embrace the challenge. I hope you’ll join me on this journey as I document my progress, share tips, and maybe even a few laughs along the way. Stay tuned for updates and let’s see what we can create together!
Day 1
Today marks the beginning of my journey into corner to corner crochet (C2C), and as I mentioned above I’m starting with a fantastic beginner tutorial from my friend, Tonya, over at Nana’s Crafty Home. Her step-by-step guide is perfect for anyone who’s new to this technique, so naturally, I’ll be following along closely.
For my supplies, I’ve chosen Heartland worsted yarn from Lion Brand, which has such a beautiful texture and color range. To go with it, I’m using my 5.00mm Streamline metal crochet hook from Furls. I’m excited to dive in and see how my first C2C project takes shape!
After going through Tonya’s tutorial, I was relieved to find detailed photo guides for each step. I confidently completed my first block, and as I suspected, each block is simply a series of double crochet stitches. So far, it seems pretty easy!
I managed to get through the next few rows, but the way the rows are structured made it feel like I was crocheting all over the place, inserting my hook in spots that didn’t quite make sense. However, my sample matched Tonya’s photos at every step, so I knew I was on the right track. Here, you can see I made it to row 5. It definitely resembles C2C, but I still felt like I was zigzagging all over the place, and it wasn’t fully clicking for me yet.
By this time, my husband had to head out for his meeting at the VFW, so I decided to tag along, bringing my yarn to continue practicing. Once I settled in with a glass of wine and some popcorn, I dove back into Tonya’s tutorial. But then, things started to go off track. I followed the steps exactly, yet somehow lost my sense of direction. I had to frog the swatch back to the first square and start over to get back on track. Luckily, on the second try, everything clicked! In just a few minutes, I had made it up to seven rows.
Day 2
Now that I’m feeling more confident, it’s time to start decreasing. I’ll be turning to Tonya’s tutorial again to guide me through the next steps.
Learning to decrease
Before I began to learn the decreases, I actually frogged what I had and started over. Even though I fell into a good rhythm, I still felt like I wasn’t retaining the repeats very well and wanted to give it another go right from the beginning. Once, I got back up through row 7, I was feeling pretty confident and crocheting on autopilot without having the check the instructions after each block.
Now it’s time to work on decreasing, so back to Tonya’s tutorial I go. After completing the first block decrease with ease, now I could crochet the familiar repeat until the end of the row. Once I got to the end of the row, things started to get a little wonky for me. I thought I had decreased in the right place. It didn’t feel quite right, but much of this experience hasn’t felt right and somehow my sample was still looking like Tonya’s photos. So I brushed the feeling aside.
Once I got to the end of that row, I tried decreasing again and I knew I wasn’t in the right spot. So I frogged what I had so far of the decreasing rows and started again. Once I gave it another try, it made a lot more sense. I think I was working one block too many and then trying to decrease, which was giving my sample a funny shape.
Finally finding some clarity
Even though things were clearer for me, I still needed to really check the end of each row to make sure I was ending where I was supposed to be. And honestly, I found myself having to check the end of each row all the way until I made the entire square.
But I did it! My square is complete. I could probably still use a little more practice though. As I was working through this square, my mind began wandering with all of the things I could design with my newly acquired skill. I’m thinking a big Colorwork blanket – what do you think??
But that means in addition to mastering C2C, I will have to learn how to change color as well. Even though I have designed several tapestry crochet patterns, I have a feeling that changing color in C2C might be a bit different. There’s only one way to find out! So that means I will be following another tutorial from Tonya about changing color in C2C. So stay tuned for Part 2 of my journey of teaching myself corner to corner crochet.
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