Learn how to crochet a corner-to-corner square, even if you’re a beginner

02/27/2023

In this video tutorial you will learn all about C2C, or the Corner to Corner, crochet technique. We will explain all the details to get you started. 

Follow these comprehensive step by step instructions and learn C2C crochet whilst making the Bee My Baby baby blanket with Katia Alabama. Ester will show you how to make your first C2C squares. You will learn how to change color, as well as how to follow the graph with designs and letters. When finished you will make a simple crochet border edge around the blanket.

Lastly in this tutorial, you will learn how to sew a fabric lining onto the back of the blanket. For this blanket we will use a printed fabric from the Katia Fabrics. We will embellish the least visible side of the blanket with the fabric. As a result, babies and small children will be able to feel its soft, cool touch.

“Bee My Baby” Baby Blanket

Learn C2C Crochet

Get hooked on a really easy and fast technique that can be used for all kinds of projects! 

Follow the step by step instructions and learn how to Crochet C2C. Or, as the name indicates, to crochet from corner to corner. This technique consists of making small squares from one corner, in oblique rows, to the opposite corner. You only need to know how to do chain stitch, double crochet and slip stitch! Look at the following graph and follow the dotted line in gray. This dotted line indicates the order to work the squares in. Once you learn this technique and how to change color, think of all the things you can do.

How to Make a C2C Graph

You only need a sheet of graph paper to make a C2C graph. It is as easy as coloring in squares to make the patterns and phrases you want. You can also use a program with a spreadsheet like Excel and fill the squares with colors to create your own corner to corner designs. Furthermore, you can adjust the width of the columns and the height of the rows when creating these patterns. Other options include using patterns from cross stitch embroidery, tapestry crochet and jacquard knits. In fact, any other techniques that follow the “one square, one stitch” method. In this case, each colored square on a graph is converted into a crochet C2C square.

Before starting to create your own designs, learn C2C crochet with our video tutorial by Katia. Get ready! Download and print the Bee My Baby graph (click on the image to enlarge it) or copy onto a square grid sheet.

Materials

• Katia Alabama: 10 balls white, 2 balls black, 2 balls yellow, 1 ball grey. 

• Size G6 (U.S.)/(4 mm) crochet hook

• 1 meter Poplin fabric from Katia Fabrics

• Pins

• Sewing needle or sewing machine and thread

Blanket measurements: 33 1/2″ x 39 3/8” (85 cm x 100 cm)

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