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Crochet Santa Pixel Square

August 11,
2015

The other day I gave my social media followers a peek at this crochet Santa square and now I am going to give you
the graph pattern and tell you a little bit about a large project I have in the works!

Santa is square number 1 of 9 total squares that are

going to make up a Crochet Christmas Character
Afghan! As I finish each square, I will post the graph
and reveal the next character/image in the blanket.
Feel free to work along with me! After all the squares
are complete I will sew them together and add a
border. By Christmas (but hopefully soon before) we
will have ourselves a fun holiday themed afghan! I
dont want to give too much away, but I bet you can
see some of the cute characters that are coming up
(even if they are blurred out right now).

I am using the corner-to-corner (C2C) technique. You can see my first C2C graphgan HERE that has a how-to
video. But I am told that most people have success learning how to make a C2C graphgan by following THIS VIDEO
DEMONSTRATION by The Crochet Crowd.

Each pixel graph in my blanket is 2525 pixel squares. I used a size F (3.75mm) hook and worsted weight yarn. For
this particular square I used Lion Brand Vannas Choice in Silver Grey, Scarlet red, Pink, White, and Black.
VERY IMPORTANT: Instead of the traditional C2C method of using DCs and chain 3s to make each pixel, I used
HDCs and only chained 2 (and chained 5 instead 6 on the increase stitches). This allowed me to have a smaller
overall afghan square, measuring approximately 1515 inches. You can absolutely use the traditional method but
your square will be much larger and your overall afghan will be much larger as well once you sew them all together.
As is, my finished blanket will be big enough for a twin size bed possibly even larger!
You do not have to use the C2C method either! You can take this graph and make a standard SC graphgan. This will
produce nice small squares (think 25 single crochets wide and tall) that will be perfect for a standard size blanket.
You could also make Pixel Granny Squares and use the graphs I post to create separate character blankets. There
is also the Bobble Stitch method as well! So many ways to use these graphs!
CLICK HERE to download the Santa Pixel Graph.
When you finish the graph you will want to make a nice SC
border around the entire square. Make SC+chain2+ SC in
each corner.

Stay tuned for square #2! Hope you are as excited as I am about this project!Update 8/16/15!
A very gracious Repeat Crafter Me follower and avid crocheter named Jennifer has written out the color changes for
the Santa C2C graph! Thank you Jennifer taking the time to do this and allowing me to repost it on my blog!
Santa C2C graph translated into a written pattern by Jennifer Heath-Rogers
Color Chart:
G = grey
W=white
R=red
B=black
P=peach (or pink)
Row1- 1G
R2 2G
R3 3G
R4 4G
R5- 5G
R6- 6G
R7 7G

R8- 3G 3W 2G
R9- 1G 5W 3G
R10 3G 6W 1G
R11- 1G 7W 3G
R12 4G 7W 1G
R13- 1G 8W 4G
R14- 1G 1W 3G 8W 1G
R15- 1G 9W 2G 2W 1G
R16- 2G 1W 3G 9W 1G
R17- 1G 10W 2G 1R 3G
R18- 4G 1R 1G 11W 1G
R19- 1G 11W 1G 2R 4G
R20- 4G 2R 2W 1P 10W 1G
R21- 2G 8W 1P 1W 1P 2W 2R 4G
R22- 4G 2R 2W 2P 1W 1P 1R 7W 2G
R23- 2G 7W 1R 1P 2W 2P 2W 1R 5G
R24- 5G 1R 2W 3P 2W 1P 7W 3G
R25- 3G 7W 1P 1W 1R 1P 1B 1P 3W 1R 5G
///////////// START DECREASE ///////////////
R26 4G 2R 3W 2P 2R 1W 1P 6W 3G
R27- 2G 9W 1R 2P 4W 1R 4G
R28- 3G 2R 4W 3P 8W 2G
R29- 2G 5W 5P 4W 2R 3G
R30- 2G 3R 4W 1P 1B 2P 5W 2G
R31- 5G 2W 3P 4W 3R 2G
R32- 2G 3R 4W 2P 1W 6G
R33- 5G 2W 1P 4W 4R 1G
R34- 1G 4R 6W 5G
R35- 5G 5W 4R 1G
R36- 1G 4R 4W 5G
R37- 5G 3W 4R 1G
R38- 2G 4R 1W 5G
R39- R49 ALL GREY UNTIL FINISHED.

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with the Christmas Character graphs and this project!
You can find square #2 (Christmas Tree!) HERE!
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crocheters are also working on this project, asking good
questions and getting great answers!