Corner to corner crochet is a perfect way to crochet a solid blanket by creating crochet ‘squares’ and working on the diagonal.
The little squares made by the corner to corner crochet stitch make this technique perfect for working a graphed pattern into the project.
You will start crochet with the low-right corner, and you will increase each row until project is the size you need it. Each row will have one more “pixel” square than the previous row. After you are done with the increases we will do the decreases. You’ll decrease each row by one square until you get to the opposite corner you started in.
In each row you’ll be making one squre which consists of a ch 3 and 3 double crochets and then joining that square to the previous row with a slip stitch.
Abbreviations (U.S. Terms)
ch: chain
st: stitch
sl st: slip stitch
DC: double crochet
[RS]: right side
[WS]: wrong side
INCREASING STITCHES
Row 1 [RS]: Ch 6, dc in 4th ch from hook and in next 2 chs. (1 square made)
Row 2: Ch 6, turn. Dc in 4th ch from hook and in next 2 chs. Sl st into ch-3 space. Ch 3, 3 dc in same ch-3 space. (2 squares made)
Repeat row 2 until project is the desired width and length. (each row will have 1 more square than the previous)
Decreasing Stitches
Row 1: Turn. Sl st into each dc of last block made, *Sl st into ch-3 space. Ch 3, 3 dc in same ch-3 space. Repeat from * across. (each row will have 1 less square than the previous)
Repeat row 1 until 1 block remains and square is closed.
