Harry Potter C2C Crochet Treasury Dream
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Crocheting Harry Potter-themed characters has been so much fun! I wish that I could pull them all together into a treasury. I just have no idea how to get such a book published. I’ve tried a couple of avenues, but no response. I think it would be awesome to create a Weasleys afghan, a Hogwarts teachers afghan, and even a Triwizard Tournament champions blanket. For now, here’s one last hurrah for Harry Potter before I move on to other themes—the Hogwarts House Ghosts Afghan.
These ghosts were so fun to design! I hope that you love this lapghan as much as I do!
The Hogwarts House Ghosts Afghan features 4 blocks:
- Nearly Headless Nick (Gryffindor)—AKA Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington
- The Bloody Baron (Slytherin)
- The Fat Friar (Hufflepuff)
- The Grey Lady (Ravenclaw)—AKA Helena Ravenclaw
And as a bonus block:
Moaning Myrtle, of course, was not a House ghost, but she is so important to the story, that I just had to design her. I mean really, how many times does Harry Potter and his friends visit the girls’ bathroom? And then Myrtle comes to see Harry in the prefects’ bathroom. And, of course, she clues Harry in to where the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets is. I think Moaning Myrtle would make a fantastic pillow!
The Hogwarts House Ghosts Crochet Along
Okay. So here’s how it’s going to work. One block will be released roughly each week. I am still posting the Harry Potter Gryffindors C2C Crochet Afghan blocks the first week of each month, and I’ve got a couple of patterns to release, so these blocks will be worked in around those. We will definitely finish this little blanket before Halloween.
Once we’ve completed all the blocks, we’ll finish things off with a grey ombre moss stitch border in Hogwarts House Ghosts C2C Crochet Afghan—Joining and Edging.
Each block measures about 17 inches on a side when stitched at the same gauge I used. And the blanket measures 44 inches square.
Looking for another great Halloween blanket? Try the spooky Halloween Owl C2C Crochet Afghan Pattern found only at Swish and Stitch Crafts on Etsy.
C2C Crochet Method
I used the standard Corner to Corner (C2C) crochet technique for this afghan. I crochet with worsted weight yarn and I use an H hook. To brush up on C2C crochet, click over to my Crochet Videos page.
Hogwarts House Ghosts C2C Crochet Afghan Supplies
IMPORTANT: I weighed all my yarn before and after crocheting to give you the best approximation for the amount used. Please remember, differences in stitching tension, chosen blocks, the number of blocks crocheted, and the brand of yarn selected will yield different results.
Materials
Lion Brand kindly provided the yarn for this project, so please check out their yarn by clicking on the link below. The amounts listed below are for the lapghan only. They do not include the Moaning Myrtle block.
~ Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice Yarn 3.5 oz skeins in the following colors (amounts are rounded up to the whole ounce):
- Cranberry (red) — 3 ounces
- Kelly Green — 2 ounces
- Mustard (yellow) — 3 ounces
- Colonial Blue — 2 ounces
- Charcoal Grey — 9 ounces
- Silver Grey — 8 ounces
- Pale Grey — 11 ounces
- Black — 6 ounces
- White — 1 ounces
~ Size H/5.0 mm Crochet Hook or hook needed to achieve gauge (see Gauge for C2C Afghans)
~ Sizes I/5.5 mm, J/6.0 mm, and K/6.5 mm Crochet Hooks, if needed (more info will be given in the Joining and Edging post)
~ Yarn Needle
~ Scissors
Are you excited to get started? I hope so! This was super fun to design and stitch. I can’t wait for October to pull out all of my other Harry Potter-themed Halloween decorations!
Come back next week for the final student block in the Harry Potter Gryffindors C2C Crochet Afghan—Seamus Finnegan. And then again on September 12th for Nearly Headless Nick.
~Lucinda
