C2C Christmas Character Graphghan

Ahh, the blogosphere! The biggest small corner of the world wide web. It is so fun to always be able to stumble upon new blogs. Just like I did with Sarah Zimmerman's blog Repeat Crafter Me. The blog is truly wonderful and she has spectacular free patterns. She recently released 9 blocks for a Christmas Character Afghan.

And as with most projects made with yarn- I couldn't wait to get started. The only things was... I had no idea how to do the technique it utilized- "Corner to Corner" (or c2c) crochet. Well! That has never stopped me before, so why would it now?

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Crafting and creating are made so much easier by the aforementioned internet. I hoped on over to The Crochet Crowd website to find a wonderful tutorial for c2c, commonly used for "graphghan" projects like this. After some trial runs I decided there was no time like the present and I got to work. 

Between my lovely 1990s floral couch and (never-ending) quilted headboard fabric (finished! Read about it here), there is a lot going on in this picture. Over half-way done with the square and you can see my method for keeping track of my rows. I printed the pattern and slipped it in a sheet protector so I could use a dry-erase marker to denote progress and direction. Much more difficult than I originally thought.

And... just like that! The Santa square is complete. It needs a little blocking for sure. It isn't perfect but for my first try it's not too bad. I will just have to keep at it. But for now: 

Merry Christmas in October!