October 5, 2022

Free Corner to Corner Pattern – Perfect for Teachers!

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This corner to corner square is a nod to all of the teachers out there who do an amazing job with our children. It is because we entrust them with our children five days a week and they help to shape the people that they will become I wanted to design something to acknowledge the profession. Since apples are a traditional gift to a teacher, I had to incorporate one into my design.

Inspiration behind the design

World Teachers Day is celebrated on 5th October each year. It marks the contribution that teachers play to societies around the globe (often despite huge challenges) and how they inspire children to make the world a better place through learning. Most teachers do an undeniably fabulous job!

Some of the ways of showing teachers appreciation include drawings, writing letters and making handmade gifts. I think this square would make a fabulous wall hanging in a classroom! Or maybe a book bag panel? What do you think?

Construction of the design

This square is part of the Kinship CAL. It is a corner to corner block which is 25 x 25 blocks in size. I created mine using the half double crochet method rather than double crochet. But you can use either depending on the size you are after creating.

PART OF THE KINSHIP CAL 2022

Throughout 2022 I am releasing one square a month. The theme is international days and holidays that are not political or religiously motivated. This is why I named it the Kinship CAL – everyone can join in and just have fun with it.

If you want to check out the other squares so far you can visit my round up post here.

Additionally, there is also the opportunity to purchase the e-book which contains all 13 (yes, there is one extra in there for November for the adults)for only £6.50! If this is your preference just click the button below

NEW TO CORNER TO CORNER?

I have a free learn to corner to corner course . It has helped a lot of crocheters to master corner to corner. Together we look at reading the patterns, as well as how to do the stitch, increases and decreases and colour changes. I will show you how to work both squares and rectangles too. We also make a couple of free pattern projects together!

The Yarn

When I set out to create the Kinship Afghan I did so with the intention of only using my stash and scraps. Not surprisingly I managed to do this with my collection of Caron simply soft from other projects. As long as you use the same weight yarn throughout this project is a great one for using those part skeins you have been saving rather than throwing them away.

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The pattern specifics:

Materials:

·      #4 weight yarn 9 colors
·      5mm hook
·      Scissors
·      Tapestry needle
·      Blocking mats and pins (optional)

Gauge:

Does not matter as long as tension is consistent.

Sizing:

Once completed your square blocked is approximately 12”-14″ square depending on tension if using HDC

Abbreviations used:

·      Ch(s) – chain(s)
·      St(s) – stitch(es)
·      The arrows indicate which way the row is worked according to the graph – left to right or right to left.

Other notes:

– Written in US terms.
– Chain 1 does not count as a stitch.
– There are no special stitches used in this pattern.

– This is corner to corner graph and as so is worked bottom right to top left on the right side.

To work out how much yarn you will need you will need to do a sample swatch with the stitch you intend to use (HDC or DC). Then measure how much yarn you used per block and multiply that by the number of blocks of that color and adding some for the tails to be worked in at the end.

The Pattern:

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Colour	Colour you are using	No of Sts
white		242
Burgundy		8
Brown		2
Red		138
Dark Blue		17
Blue		39
Light brown		9
Gold		32
Grey		138

Written Instructions:

↙ Row 1: (light blue) x 1 (1 square)

↗ Row 2: (light blue) x 1, (grey) x 1 (2 squares)

↙ Row 3: (white) x 1, (grey) x 1, (light blue) x 1 (3 squares)

↗ Row 4: (light blue) x 1, (grey) x 2, (white) x 1 (4 squares)

↙ Row 5: (white) x 2, (grey) x 2, (light blue) x 1 (5 squares)

↗ Row 6: (light blue) x 1, (grey) x 3, (white) x 2 (6 squares)

↙ Row 7: (white) x 1, (light blue) x 1, (grey) x 4, (light blue) x 1 (7 squares)

↗ Row 8: (light blue) x 1, (grey) x 4, (light blue) x 1, (white) x 2 (8 squares)

↙ Row 9: (white) x 3, (light blue) x 1, (grey) x 4, (light blue) x 1 (9 squares)

↗ Row 10: (light blue) x 1, (grey) x 4, (light blue) x 1, (gold) x 1, (white) x 3 (10 squares)

↙ Row 11: (white) x 4, (gold) x 1, (light blue) x 1, (grey) x 4, (light blue) x 1 (11 squares)

↗ Row 12: (light blue) x 1, (grey) x 4, (light blue) x 1, (gold) x 1, (grey) x 1, (white) x 4 (12 squares)

↙ Row 13: (white) x 4, (grey) x 2, (gold) x 1, (light blue) x 1, (grey) x 4, (light blue) x 1 (13 squares)

↗ Row 14: (light blue) x 1, (grey) x 4, (light blue) x 1, (gold) x 1, (grey) x 3, (gold) x 1, (white) x 3 (14 squares)

↙ Row 15: (white) x 4, (gold) x 1, (grey) x 3, (gold) x 1, (light blue) x 1, (grey) x 4, (light blue) x 1 (15 squares)

↗ Row 16: (light blue) x 1, (grey) x 4, (light blue) x 1, (gold) x 1, (grey) x 3, (gold) x 1, (white) x 5 (16 squares)

↙ Row 17: (white) x 6, (gold) x 1, (grey) x 3, (gold) x 1, (light blue) x 1, (grey) x 4, (light blue) x 1 (17 squares)

↗ Row 18: (light blue) x 1, (grey) x 4, (light blue) x 1, (gold) x 1, (grey) x 3, (gold) x 1, (white) x 7 (18 squares)

↙ Row 19: (white) x 8, (gold) x 1, (grey) x 3, (gold) x 1, (light blue) x 1, (grey) x 4, (light blue) x 1 (19 squares)

↗ Row 20: (light blue) x 1, (grey) x 4, (light blue) x 1, (gold) x 1, (grey) x 3, (gold) x 1, (white) x 9 (20 squares)

↙ Row 21: (white) x 6, (red) x 4, (gold) x 1, (grey) x 3, (gold) x 1, (light blue) x 1, (grey) x 4, (dark blue) x 1 (21 squares)

↗ Row 22: (dark blue) x 1, (grey) x 4, (light blue) x 1, (gold) x 1, (grey) x 3, (gold) x 1, (red) x 6, (white) x 5 (22 squares)

↙ Row 23: (white) x 5, (red) x 7, (gold) x 1, (grey) x 3, (gold) x 1, (light blue) x 1, (grey) x 4, (dark blue) x 1 (23 squares)

↗ Row 24: (dark blue) x 1, (grey) x 4, (light blue) x 1, (gold) x 1, (grey) x 3, (gold) x 1, (red) x 8, (white) x 5 (24 squares)

↙ Row 25: (white) x 6, (red) x 8, (gold) x 1, (grey) x 3, (gold) x 1, (light blue) x 1, (grey) x 3, (dark blue) x 2 (25 squares)

Corner at both sides

↗ Row 26: (dark blue) x 2, (grey) x 2, (dark blue) x 1, (light brown) x 1, (grey) x 3, (gold) x 1, (red) x 9, (white) x 5 (24 squares)

↙ Row 27: (white) x 4, (red) x 2, (burgundy) x 2, (red) x 6, (gold) x 1, (grey) x 3, (light brown) x 1, (dark blue) x 1, (grey) x 1, (dark blue) x 2 (23 squares)

↗ Row 28: (dark blue) x 3, (light brown) x 1, (grey) x 3, (gold) x 1, (white) x 1, (red) x 6, (burgundy) x 2, (red) x 1, (white) x 4 (22 squares)

↙ Row 29: (white) x 3, (red) x 2, (burgundy) x 1, (red) x 7, (white) x 1, (gold) x 1, (grey) x 2, (light brown) x 1, (white) x 1, (dark blue) x 2 (21 squares)

↗ Row 30: (white) x 3, (light brown) x 1, (grey) x 1, (light brown) x 1, (white) x 2, (red) x 6, (burgundy) x 1, (red) x 2, (white) x 3 (20 squares)

↙ Row 31: (white) x 2, (red) x 2, (burgundy) x 1, (red) x 7, (white) x 2, (light brown) x 2, (white) x 3 (19 squares)

↗ Row 32: (white) x 3, (light brown) x 1, (white) x 3, (red) x 6, (burgundy) x 1, (red) x 2, (white) x 2 (18 squares)

↙ Row 33: (white) x 2, (red) x 9, (white) x 6 (17 squares)

↗ Row 34: (white) x 6, (red) x 9, (white) x 1 (16 squares)

↙ Row 35: (white) x 1, (red) x 8, (white) x 6 (15 squares)

↗ Row 36: (white) x 5, (red) x 7, (brown) x 1, (white) x 1 (14 squares)

↙ Row 37: (brown) x 1, (white) x 1, (red) x 6, (white) x 5 (13 squares)

↗ Row 38: (white) x 5, (red) x 5, (white) x 2 (12 squares)

↙ Row 39: (white) x 2, (red) x 3, (white) x 6 (11 squares)

↗ Row 40: (white) x 10 (10 squares)

↙ Row 41: (white) x 9 (9 squares)

↗ Row 42: (white) x 8 (8 squares)

↙ Row 43: (white) x 7 (7 squares)

↗ Row 44: (white) x 6 (6 squares)

↙ Row 45: (white) x 5 (5 squares)

↗ Row 46: (white) x 4 (4 squares)

↙ Row 47: (white) x 3 (3 squares)

↗ Row 48: (white) x 2 (2 squares)

↙ Row 49: (white) x 1 (1 square)