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Corner-to-Corner (C2C)

Fabric built diagonally from one corner in stair-stepped blocks, letting charted pixel designs be worked without carrying colours far.

Difficulty: Beginner
Category: Techniques
Common fibres: Acrylic, Cotton, Wool blends

Definition

Corner-to-corner crochet works small blocks — usually three double crochets and a chain — on the diagonal, increasing to the widest point and then decreasing.

Overview

Each block is effectively one pixel, so any grid chart translates directly. Blankets grow quickly because each row is short at the start and colour changes happen at block boundaries.

Popular for photo-style and lettering blankets. Its main limitations are a slightly bumpy diagonal texture and the ends created by frequent colour changes.

Characteristics

Diagonal construction from a single corner
Block-per-pixel charted colourwork
Fast to work in worsted or chunky yarn

Typical uses

Graphic blankets
Lettered keepsakes
Cushion panels
Baby throws

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Technique

Intarsia CrochetBlocks of colour worked from separate yarn bobbins with no carried strands, giving a single-thickness fabric with clean picture areas.

Basic stitch

Double CrochetThe tall, quick stitch that most blankets, shawls and garments are built from.

Style category

Colorwork CrochetAny design where two or more colours form the pattern, whether by carried strands, dropped stitches or separate bobbins.

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