Growing Carrots – Free C2C Crochet Pattern
Want to crochet your own carrots corner to corner square?
Growing Carrots was something that my Grandad used to do (although I remember the leeks much more than the carrots). He would grow them in his allotment and then enter local shows. As children I have fond memories of my mum taking us to support him. We would get dressed up and wonder up and down rows of tables looking for the produce that had my grandad’s name on it! Just thinking about it I can still smell the hall – the earthy smell mixed with the onions and leeks. And Grandad’s beaming face when we ooh-ed and ahh-ed and declared his to be the best regardless of what the judges said. Great memories!
My mum also likes to grow her own vegetables and has a lot of success. I think my grandad would have been proud of her efforts!
Inspiration behind the design
The Carrots Square was designed specifically for the Community Garden Blanket CAL. In the UK allotments are very similar to the community gardens that they have in the US.
One of the easiest vegetables to grow are carrots. Most people like them. So I picked these as my inspiration for this square (the leek was already taken lol).
Construction of the carrots corner to corner square
This square uses the corner to corner method. I used the HDC version in mine, but you can use the DC if you prefer your squares to be bigger!
NEW TO CORNER TO CORNER?
I have a 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, how to do the stitch, increases and decreases and colour changes. I will show you how to work both squares and rectangles too. We even make a couple of free pattern projects together!
The Yarn
The great things about corner to corner patterns is that you can literally use any weight yarn and appropriate sized hook! Of course, the smaller the yarn and hook, the smaller the square will be.
For my version I used #4 weight Paintbox Simply Aran yarn and a 5mm hook. It would look equally fabulous in #3 weight yarn and a 4mm hook!
Get the PDF pattern!
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Materials:
| #4 weight Paintbox Simply Aran yarn in cream / off white, orange, brown and green 5mm hook Stitch markers (optional) Scissors Tapestry needle |
Gauge:
| For corner to corner blanket projects, gauge is not necessarily important, but you can adjust to specific requirements. As long as your tension is consistent gauge does not matter for this project. |
Sizing:
The pattern is 25 x 25 blocks. In HDC mine came to 13″ square using HDC. If using DC this would have been 17-18″ square.
Other notes for the carrots corner to corner square:
| – Written in US terms. – Colours used: White (w) 391, Dark Brown (DB) 26, Green (g) 86, Orange (o) 122 |
The Pattern:
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↙ Row 1 [RS]: (w) x 1 (1 square)
↗ Row 2 [WS]: (w) x 2 (2 squares)
↙ Row 3 [RS]: (w) x 3 (3 squares)
↗ Row 4 [WS]: (w) x 4 (4 squares)
↙ Row 5 [RS]: (w) x 5 (5 squares)
↗ Row 6 [WS]: (w) x 6 (6 squares)
↙ Row 7 [RS]: (w) x 4, (o) x 2, (w) x 1 (7 squares)
↗ Row 8 [WS]: (w) x 1, (o) x 4, (w) x 3 (8 squares)
↙ Row 9 [RS]: (w) x 3, (o) x 1, (b) x 1, (o) x 2, (w) x 2 (9 squares)
↗ Row 10 [WS]: (w) x 2, (o) x 2, (b) x 1, (o) x 2, (w) x 3 (10 squares)
↙ Row 11 [RS]: (w) x 3, (o) x 3, (b) x 1, (o) x 1, (w) x 3 (11 squares)
↗ Row 12 [WS]: (w) x 3, (o) x 3, (b) x 1, (o) x 1, (b) x 1, (w) x 3 (12 squares)
↙ Row 13 [RS]: (w) x 3, (o) x 1, (b) x 1, (o) x 1, (b) x 1, (o) x 2, (w) x 4 (13 squares)
↗ Row 14 [WS]: (w) x 5, (o) x 1, (b) x 1, (o) x 1, (b) x 1, (o) x 2, (w) x 3 (14 squares)
↙ Row 15 [RS]: (w) x 3, (o) x 6, (w) x 6 (15 squares)
↗ Row 16 [WS]: (w) x 7, (o) x 3, (b) x 1, (o) x 1, (b) x 1, (w) x 3 (16 squares)
↙ Row 17 [RS]: (w) x 3, (o) x 1, (b) x 1, (o) x 1, (b) x 1, (o) x 2, (w) x 8 (17 squares)
↗ Row 18 [WS]: (w) x 9, (o) x 1, (b) x 1, (o) x 1, (b) x 1, (o) x 1, (w) x 4 (18 squares)
↙ Row 19 [RS]: (w) x 1, (g) x 1, (w) x 2, (o) x 5, (w) x 10 (19 squares)
↗ Row 20 [WS]: (w) x 1, (o) x 2, (w) x 8, (o) x 4, (w) x 2, (g) x 2, (w) x 1 (20 squares)
↙ Row 21 [RS]: (w) x 1, (g) x 3, (w) x 2, (o) x 3, (w) x 7, (o) x 4, (w) x 1 (21 squares)
↗ Row 22 [WS]: (w) x 2, (o) x 4, (w) x 7, (o) x 2, (g) x 1, (w) x 1, (g) x 3, (w) x 2 (22 squares)
↙ Row 23 [RS]: (w) x 4, (g) x 3, (w) x 9, (o) x 4, (w) x 3 (23 squares)
↗ Row 24 [WS]: (w) x 3, (o) x 5, (w) x 9, (g) x 1, (w) x 6 (24 squares)
↙ Row 25 [RS]: (w) x 4, (g) x 1, (w) x 1, (g) x 2, (w) x 8, (o) x 3, (b) x 1, (o) x 1, (w) x 4 (25 squares)
Corner at both sides
↗ Row 26 [WS]: (w) x 3, (o) x 1, (b) x 1, (o) x 4, (w) x 7, (g) x 1, (w) x 1, (g) x 2, (w) x 4 (24 squares)
↙ Row 27 [RS]: (w) x 2, (g) x 3, (w) x 1, (g) x 2, (w) x 6, (o) x 2, (b) x 1, (o) x 2, (b) x 1, (w) x 3 (23 squares)
↗ Row 28 [WS]: (w) x 3, (o) x 2, (b) x 1, (o) x 3, (w) x 5, (g) x 2, (w) x 1, (g) x 3, (w) x 2 (22 squares)
↙ Row 29 [RS]: (w) x 1, (g) x 3, (w) x 1, (g) x 3, (w) x 4, (o) x 4, (b) x 1, (o) x 1, (w) x 3 (21 squares)
↗ Row 30 [WS]: (w) x 3, (o) x 6, (w) x 4, (g) x 2, (w) x 1, (g) x 3, (w) x 1 (20 squares)
↙ Row 31 [RS]: (g) x 3, (w) x 8, (o) x 2, (b) x 1, (o) x 2, (w) x 3 (19 squares)
↗ Row 32 [WS]: (w) x 3, (o) x 1, (b) x 1, (o) x 1, (b) x 1, (o) x 1, (w) x 2, (g) x 2, (w) x 6 (18 squares)
↙ Row 33 [RS]: (w) x 6, (g) x 2, (w) x 2, (o) x 1, (b) x 1, (o) x 1, (b) x 1, (w) x 3 (17 squares)
↗ Row 34 [WS]: (w) x 3, (o) x 3, (g) x 5, (w) x 5 (16 squares)
↙ Row 35 [RS]: (w) x 5, (g) x 4, (w) x 1, (o) x 2, (w) x 3 (15 squares)
↗ Row 36 [WS]: (w) x 5, (g) x 1, (w) x 8 (14 squares)
↙ Row 37 [RS]: (w) x 6, (g) x 2, (w) x 5 (13 squares)
↗ Row 38 [WS]: (w) x 5, (g) x 3, (w) x 4 (12 squares)
↙ Row 39 [RS]: (w) x 4, (g) x 1, (w) x 1, (g) x 2, (w) x 3 (11 squares)
↗ Row 40 [WS]: (w) x 2, (g) x 2, (w) x 1, (g) x 3, (w) x 2 (10 squares)
↙ Row 41 [RS]: (w) x 1, (g) x 4, (w) x 1, (g) x 2, (w) x 1 (9 squares)
↗ Row 42 [WS]: (w) x 1, (g) x 2, (w) x 2, (g) x 2, (w) x 1 (8 squares)
↙ Row 43 [RS]: (g) x 3, (w) x 2, (g) x 2 (7 squares)
↗ Row 44 [WS]: (w) x 6 (6 squares)
↙ Row 45 [RS]: (w) x 5 (5 squares)
↗ Row 46 [WS]: (w) x 4 (4 squares)
↙ Row 47 [RS]: (w) x 3 (3 squares)
↗ Row 48 [WS]: (w) x 2 (2 squares)
↙ Row 49 [RS]: (w) x 1 (1 square)
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The Community Garden Blanket CAL
From 2nd September – 21st October 2022 the pdf for this pattern will be free with the coupon code as part of the Community Garden Blanket CAL.
There are 2 ways to join in this event:
- If you think you miss any squares or want to start on your favourites right now, then you can purchase the e-book I have created for this event for an amazing $12.99. This is a collated e-book with all 20 squares included, plus 4 bonus squares, a photo tutorial for the joining method and written instructions for the border. There is also a contents page for ease of use. Want to check it out? Then click the button below
2. Just want the individual carrots corner to corner square and other pdf’s as they become available? Great!! All you need is the coupon code from the round up post. If you don’t have it click the ‘get the coupon code’ button grab the code and then come back and click on the ‘download the Free PDF Pattern’ button below. Please note, if the code does not work, you should check that you are signed in when entering the code!
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