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The Fellowship of the Ring Afghan — Gandalf the Grey
Gandalf the Grey. Gandalf the White. The difference in the names refers to the different roles that Gandalf assumes and his place in the order of the wizards as described in The Lord of the Rings. There is also a change in his personality due to the profound transformation Gandalf undergoes to become Gandalf the White.
Gandalf the Grey is one of the caretakers of Middle-Earth. He is friendly and takes pleasure in a smoke with Bilbo Baggins and in producing his much loved fireworks.
Gandalf the White is much more serious. After his fight with the Balrog and Saruman’s betrayal, Gandalf is transformed and becomes the embodiment of the god Eru’s will. He becomes the head of the order of the wizards and carries the increased responsibility that Saruman abandoned.
Gandalf—impeccably played by British actor Ian McKellen—is wise and far-seeing. He takes charge in the Fellowship and Frodo Baggins relies on his judgment unquestioningly. Gandalf is the first block in The Fellowship of the Ring C2C Crochet Afghan.
For those who have seen the movies, you know that Gandalf is shown with grey hair and grey robes as Gandalf the Grey. After his transformation to Gandalf the White, he has white hair and white robes. For this particular crochet block, using grey hair and grey robes or white hair and white robes would have been a bad design choice as they would have blended together. So this Gandalf has white hair and grey robes for the contrast. Change him up if you wish!
You can find the other The Fellowship of the Ring Afghan blocks and panels here:
- Intro Post
- Frodo Baggins
- Samwise Gamgee
- 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.
Gandalf C2C Crochet Block
Materials
~ Gandalf 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) — 2.5 ounces
- Beige — 1.5 ounces
- White — 3 ounces
- Charcoal (dark grey) — .6 ounce
- Black — .1 ounce
- Silver Blue (light blue) — .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.
Gandalf looks very wise and wizardly, doesn’t he? I was a little late getting this post up this month, but I’m on track to have the second block—Frodo Baggins—come out the first week in February. See you then!
Stitch happy!
~Lucinda
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Row-by-Row Instructions Gandalf C2C Crochet Block
[RS] = Right Side
[WS] = Wrong Side
W: White [288 squares]
GR: Green [165]
BE: Beige [114]
CH: Charcoal [52]
LB: Light Blue [4]
BL: Black [2]
Crochet from bottom right corner.
→ Row 1 [WS]: GR1 (1 square)
← Row 2 [RS]: GR2 (2 squares)
→ Row 3 [WS]: GR1, CH1, GR1 (3 squares)
← Row 4 [RS]: GR1, CH2, GR1 (4 squares)
→ Row 5 [WS]: GR1, CH2, W1, GR1 (5 squares)
← Row 6 [RS]: GR1, W1, CH3, GR1 (6 squares)
→ Row 7 [WS]: GR1, CH3, W2, GR1 (7 squares)
← Row 8 [RS]: GR1, W3, CH3, GR1 (8 squares)
→ Row 9 [WS]: GR1, CH4, W3, GR1 (9 squares)
← Row 10 [RS]: GR1, W4, CH4, GR1 (10 squares)
→ Row 11 [WS]: GR1, CH4, W5, GR1 (11 squares)
← Row 12 [RS]: GR2, W9, GR1 (12 squares)
→ Row 13 [WS]: GR1, W10, GR2 (13 squares)
← Row 14 [RS]: GR2, W11, GR1 (14 squares)
→ Row 15 [WS]: GR1, W12, GR2 (15 squares)
← Row 16 [RS]: GR2, W5, BE1, W7, GR1 (16 squares)
→ Row 17 [WS]: GR1, CH1, W7, BE1, W5, GR2 (17 squares)
← Row 18 [RS]: GR2, W5, BE2, W7, CH1, GR1 (18 squares)
→ Row 19 [WS]: GR1, CH2, W4, BE2, W1, BE3, W3, GR3 (19 squares)
← Row 20 [RS]: GR3, W3, BE4, W1, BE2, W4, CH2, GR1 (20 squares)
→ Row 21 [WS]: GR1, CH3, W3, BE2, W2, BE4, W3, GR3 (21 squares)
← Row 22 [RS]: GR3, W3, BE5, W2, BE1, W4, CH3, GR1 (22 squares)
→ Row 23 [WS]: GR1, CH4, W3, BE1, W2, BE2, BL1, BE1, W1, BE1, W2, GR4 (23 squares)
← Row 24 [RS]: GR4, W2, BE2, W1, LB2, BE2, W6, CH4, GR1 (24 squares)
→ Row 25 [WS]: GR1, CH4, W6, BE3, W1, BE1, W1, BE1, W3, GR4 (25 squares)
Corner: Start decreasing on both ends
← Row 26 [RS]: GR4, W2, BE2, W1, BE8, W4, CH2, GR1 (24 squares)
→ Row 27 [WS]: GR1, W6, BE7, W1, BE2, W3, GR3 (23 squares)
← Row 28 [RS]: GR3, W2, BE6, BL1, BE3, W6, GR1 (22 squares)
→ Row 29 [WS]: GR1, W6, BE2, LB2, BE5, W3, GR2 (21 squares)
← Row 30 [RS]: GR2, W2, BE6, W1, BE2, W6, GR1 (20 squares)
→ Row 31 [WS]: GR1, W5, BE4, W1, BE4, W2, GR2 (19 squares)
← Row 32 [RS]: GR1, W5, BE2, W2, BE2, W5, GR1 (18 squares)
→ Row 33 [WS]: GR1, W5, BE1, W2, BE3, W4, GR1 (17 squares)
← Row 34 [RS]: GR1, W4, BE5, W4, GR2 (16 squares)
→ Row 35 [WS]: GR2, W4, BE5, W3, GR1 (15 squares)
← Row 36 [RS]: GR2, W2, BE4, W4, GR2 (14 squares)
→ Row 37 [WS]: GR2, W10, GR1 (13 squares)
← Row 38 [RS]: GR1, W9, GR2 (12 squares)
→ Row 39 [WS]: GR3, W7, GR1 (11 squares)
← Row 40 [RS]: GR1, W6, GR3 (10 squares)
→ Row 41 [WS]: GR4, W3, GR2 (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)
