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The Fellowship of the Ring Afghan — Samwise Gamgee
There are so many good, wise, and noble characters in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. I think that is what I like best about it. Those Men and Hobbits and Elves who find themselves in difficult situations and still press onward. Samwise Gamgee is one of the best.
Sam joins Frodo Baggins from the very beginning in the Shire. They journey to Rivendell and join the Fellowship of the Ring. They later choose to continue on their own to destroy the One Ring. Sam is faithful to Frodo through everything and encourages him when he needs encouraging and even carries Frodo when he cannot move forward another step.
Sam delivers one of the most stirring speeches in the movie The Two Towers.
FRODO: I can’t do this, Sam.
SAM: I know. It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened?
But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn’t. Because they were holding on to something.
FRODO: What are we holding on to, Sam?
SAM: That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.
Samwise Gamgee is invariably cheerful, optimistic, and always faithful. Sam is the third block in The Fellowship of the Ring C2C Crochet Afghan.
You can find the other The Fellowship of the Ring Afghan blocks and panels here:
- Intro Post
- Gandalf
- Frodo Baggins
- Aragorn
- Gimli
- Legolas
- Meriadoc (Merry) Brandybuck
- Peregrin (Pippin) Took
- Boromir
- The Fellowship panel
- Of the Ring panel
Once we’ve finished all the blocks, we’ll finish things up with The Fellowship of the Ring C2C Crochet Afghan—Joining and Edging.
Samwise Gamgee C2C Crochet Block
Materials
~ Samwise Gamgee 25×25 Pixel Graph
~ Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice Yarn 3.5 oz skeins in the following colors (amounts are approximations):
- Dusty Green (light green) — 3.8 ounces
- Rust — 1.8 ounces
- Beige — 1.6 ounces
- Charcoal (dark grey) — .3 ounce
- Silver Grey (light grey) — .3 ounce
- Scarlet (red)— .1 ounce
- Chocolate (brown) — .1 ounce
- Black — .1 ounce
- White — .1 ounce
~ Size H Crochet Hook or hook needed to achieve gauge (see Gauge for C2C Afghans)
~ Yarn Needle
Crochet the square starting from the bottom right corner of the chart. Row-by-row written instructions are below.
After you finish crocheting the block, crochet one row of single crochet in DUSTY GREEN around the entire block. See Adding a Single Crochet Edge around a Finished C2C Block for how I crochet around the edge.
Frodo could not have completed his quest without his Sam. Next up is the indomitable Aragorn! Look for this new block in April.
Stitch happy!
~Lucinda
Looking for Bright, Cheerful, Lego-Inspired patterns like the Brick Faces Afghan? Check out Swish and Stitch Crafts on Etsy.
Row-by-Row Instructions Samwise Gamgee C2C Crochet Block
[RS] = Right Side
[WS] = Wrong Side
GR: Green [230 squares]
R: Rust [180]
BE: Beige [152]
S: Silver [26]
CH: Charcoal [24]
R: Red [5]
BR: Brown [4]
BL: Black [2]
W: White [2]
Crochet from bottom right corner.
→ Row 1 [WS]: GR1 (1 square)
← Row 2 [RS]: GR2 (2 squares)
→ Row 3 [WS]: GR3 (3 squares)
← Row 4 [RS]: GR4 (4 squares)
→ Row 5 [WS]: GR1, S1, GR3 (5 squares)
← Row 6 [RS]: GR4, S1, GR1 (6 squares)
→ Row 7 [WS]: GR1, S2, GR4 (7 squares)
← Row 8 [RS]: GR5, S1, CH1, GR1 (8 squares)
→ Row 9 [WS]: GR1, CH2, S1, GR5 (9 squares)
← Row 10 [RS]: GR6, CH3, GR1 (10 squares)
→ Row 11 [WS]: GR1, CH3, GR2, RU4, GR1 (11 squares)
← Row 12 [RS]: GR1, RU5, GR2, CH3, GR1 (12 squares)
→ Row 13 [WS]: GR1, S3, GR1, RU7, GR1 (13 squares)
← Row 14 [RS]: GR1, RU2, BE1, RU1, BE3, RU1, GR1, S3, GR1 (14 squares)
→ Row 15 [WS]: GR1, S3, BE8, RU2, GR1 (15 squares)
← Row 16 [RS]: GR1, RU2, BE10, S1, CH1, GR1 (16 squares)
→ Row 17 [WS]: GR1, CH1, S2, BE9, RU2, GR2 (17 squares)
← Row 18 [RS]: GR2, RU4, BE8, S1, CH2, GR1 (18 squares)
→ Row 19 [WS]: GR1, CH2, S1, BE3, R2, BE4, RU4, GR2 (19 squares)
← Row 20 [RS]: GR3, RU3, BE6, R1, BE2, GR1, CH3, GR1 (20 squares)
→ Row 21 [WS]: GR1, S1, CH2, GR1, BE2, R1, BE7, RU3, GR3 (21 squares)
← Row 22 [RS]: GR3, RU4, BE2, BL1, BE6, RU1, GR1, CH1, S2, GR1 (22 squares)
→ Row 23 [WS]: GR1, S3, GR1, RU1, BE2, R1, BE3, BR2, BE1, RU4, GR4 (23 squares)
← Row 24 [RS]: GR4, RU4, BE2, W1, BE7, GR6 (24 squares)
→ Row 25 [WS]: GR6, RU1, BE9, RU4, GR5 (25 squares)
Corner: Start decreasing on both ends
← Row 26 [RS]: GR4, RU5, BE9, RU1, GR5 (24 squares)
→ Row 27 [WS]: GR4, RU2, BE4, BL1, BE3, RU5, GR4 (23 squares)
← Row 28 [RS]: GR3, RU5, BE3, BR2, BE4, RU1, GR4 (22 squares)
→ Row 29 [WS]: GR3, RU2, BE4, W1, BE3, RU5, GR3 (21 squares)
← Row 30 [RS]: GR3, RU5, BE7, RU2, GR3 (20 squares)
→ Row 31 [WS]: GR2, RU2, BE8, RU5, GR2 (19 squares)
← Row 32 [RS]: GR2, RU8, BE2, RU1, BE2, RU1, GR2 (18 squares)
→ Row 33 [WS]: GR1, RU2, BE2, RU1, BE3, RU6, GR2 (17 squares)
← Row 34 [RS]: GR3, RU5, BE2, RU2, BE1, RU2, GR1 (16 squares)
→ Row 35 [WS]: GR1, RU12, GR2 (15 squares)
← Row 36 [RS]: GR2, RU11, GR1 (14 squares)
→ Row 37 [WS]: GR1, RU10, GR2 (13 squares)
← Row 38 [RS]: GR2, RU9, GR1 (12 squares)
→ Row 39 [WS]: GR2, RU7, GR2 (11 squares)
← Row 40 [RS]: GR3, RU4, GR3 (10 squares)
→ Row 41 [WS]: GR9 (9 squares)
← Row 42 [RS]: GR8 (8 squares)
→ Row 43 [WS]: GR7 (7 squares)
← Row 44 [RS]: GR6 (6 squares)
→ Row 45 [WS]: GR5 (5 squares)
← Row 46 [RS]: GR4 (4 squares)
→ Row 47 [WS]: GR3 (3 squares)
← Row 48 [RS]: GR2 (2 squares)
→ Row 49 [WS]: GR1 (1 square)
