I'm so glad you found these corner to corner tutorials helpful, Melissa!

Jess

Thanks so much for your kind words, Donna. I'm so glad you've found your way here. C2C is one of my favorite techniques. I hope you love it too!

Jess

I'm new, I haven't tried c2c it looks easy, I'm just one of those who get a little intimidated until I see it visually how it's done step by step, cause that's how I learn ? my sister n law, gosh she's amazing, she made one of her orher family members a c2c graduate Afghan with the year on it. She said its easy to do. I ran across you, & i feel i can learn from your tutorials and the picture step by step instructions!!! I'm just trying build my self up to go forward & try!!??

Thanks Tracy

Wonderful! Isn't it a fun crochet skill to add to your tool box?

Hey Joyce, I totally understand why this part can be confusing. When you're at this point, before you've decreased at all, you actually can turn either side into the "width" or the "height." So I'd just choose one to start decreasing on when you're ready and then keep increasing on the other side until it's tall enough and then decrease at the beginning of all the rows.

If that still sounds confusing, I know there are some good Youtube tutorials if you search something like "how to crochet a c2c rectangle." 🙂

Jess

Thank you for any help you can give me.

I'm so glad you like Stitch Fiddle. I love it too!

This is a great question that I might have to research a bit. I don't think it matters when you're left handed. I'm pretty sure you can still start at the bottom right. In any case, you can rest assured that it never matters which side of the graph you start on unless you're using written instructions. If you're just working from a graph though, you can start in any corner you like. 🙂

Jess

Hey Kay,

I'm guessing you need to have 15 blocks in those rows because that helps make the rectangle shape. Is that correct? When you do that you're usually increasing on one side and decreasing on the other, which makes the total number of blocks stay the same. I talk about that a bit in this video tutorial. I hope that helps!

Jess

Could you help me with this problem or do you of someone who might be able to help?

Thanks.

Hmm. Do you think your gauge is getting looser as you work? If I were you, I'd try counting the diagonal rows to see if you are indeed adding a tile each row or it just looks like that bc your stitches are getting looser or something. The rows should be increasing by one tile per row. 🙂

Jess

Turning chain. So essentially, yes. 🙂 It's the chains that comprise the very beginning of each c2c tile.

Thank you! I hope you do! 🙂

Yay! I'm so happy to hear that Mary Ann! Congrats!!

Thanks so much for sharing. Can't wait for you to teach me house to read a pattern!

I think I will make another square. Mine is a tad wobbly.
Practice makes perfect!
Mary Ann

Sure, Sarah! You can reach me at jess (at) makeanddocrew (dot) com. 🙂

Hey Rose,

I'm sorry for the delay in my response! What I usually do is make a small swatch with the yarn and hook I want to use. Then I measure how big two or three tiles are and then use that to figure out how many tiles I need for the length and width I'd like to make. If you're using Stitch Fiddle, then you can just input those numbers of tiles to create the graph at the beginning.

Have fun!

Jess

Oh gosh. Thanks for such a sweet note, Lynne. I'd love for you to try C2C! I've had so much fun with it. If you make something, email me a pic or tag me on Instagram! I want to see what you make!

Hey Rose!

How exciting! I've loved learning c2c over the past year. If I were you, I'd create a small swatch, maybe something that's just about 4 rows of c2c. Then I'd measure that to see how wide and tall each of your boxes is. That can give you an idea of how many boxes you'll need to fill 40x40".
StitchFiddle.com is an awesome site for designing your own graphs if you're interested too! 🙂

Jess

Hi Kaysi!

Hmm. I wonder if it's because your turning chains are kinda loose? Sometimes I find that working three ch alongside dc stitches make the ch just a little taller than the dc. It might help to keep your 3 dc deliberately tighter so that there's less of a gap created when you work into that space. Does that make sense?

Best of luck to you!

Jess

Thank you so much, Bonnie! I WILL keep them coming! 😉

Hey Teresa,

What a fun idea! I love using StitchFiddle.com for designing c2c graphs. You can even upload a photo and design your pattern from there.

Happy crocheting!

Jess

Yay! I hope you enjoy, Terri!