Minecraft C2C Crochet Blanket Pig Block
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We’re ready for row 2 in the Minecraft C2C Crochet Afghan—12 Block Crochet Along. Here’s a fun block—the Minecraft C2C Crochet Pig Block—the 4th block in the blanket. I like to break things up once in a while and the pink on this piggie, gives the blanket a nice pop of color. As I mentioned in the Minecraft C2C Crochet Afghan introductory post, Minecraft is one of the most popular videos games. Ever. In it, players can explore, build, and live and fight in a 3D world. Depending on the mode of gameplay a user chooses, he or she can cooperate with or compete against other players, can fight creatures for survival, or can build and play with unlimited resources.
In Minecraft, Pigs are passive mobs (mobile creatures). They tend to oink and graze. Minecraft Pigs can be bred and killed for food. They drop pork chops when killed—raw ones most of the time, but cooked ones if the pig is killed when on fire. Pigs can also be saddled and ridden. They are controlled by the rider with a carrot on a stick. How fun is that!
NOTE: Most of the blocks in the Minecraft C2C Crochet Afghan—12 Block Crochet Along have been simplified from how the characters look in the Minecraft game. This is primarily due to the availability of yarn colors. There are only so many greens or browns or reds offered in any yarn brand! Also, many of the characters are a different shade from pixel to pixel. Frankly this would be painful to crochet. My son GKatt, who designed most of these blocks, kept the integrity of each character while simplifying them for crocheters.
You can find the other blocks here:
When all the blocks are stitched, we’ll finish things up with Minecraft C2C Crochet Afghan—Joining and Edging.
For basic instructions and the materials list for the complete afghan, visit – Minecraft C2C Crochet Afghan – 12 Block Crochet Along.
Minecraft C2C Crochet Pig Block Pattern
Materials
~ Minecraft C2C Crochet Pig Block 18×18 Pixel Graph
~ Loops and Threads Impeccable Yarn 4.5 oz skeins in the following colors:
- Forest — .8 oz
- Black — .1 oz
- White — .1 oz
- Lippy — 1.7 oz
- Soft Rose — .4 oz
- Rich Orchid — .1 oz
~ 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 FOREST around the entire block. See Adding a Single Crochet Edge around a Finished C2C Block for how I crochet around the edge.
Enjoy! See you next week for Block #5—the Cow!
~Lucinda
Row-by-Row Instructions
[RS] = Right Side
[WS] = Wrong Side
F: Forest [68 pixels]
BL: Black [8]
W: White [8]
P: Pink (Lippy) [200]
BP: Baby Pink (Soft Rose) [32]
R: Raspberry (Rich Orchid) [8]
Crochet from bottom right corner.
→ Row 1 [WS]: F1
← Row 2 [RS]: F2
→ Row 3 [WS]: F1, P1, F1
← Row 4 [RS]: F1, P2, F1
→ Row 5 [WS]: F1, P3, F1
← Row 6 [RS]: F1, P4, F1
→ Row 7 [WS]: F1, P5, F1
← Row 8 [RS]: F1, P6, F1
→ Row 9 [WS]: F1, P2, BP1, P4, F1
← Row 10 [RS]: F1, P4, BP2, P2, F1
→ Row 11 [WS]: F1, P2, BP2, R1, P3, BL1, F1
← Row 12 [RS]: F1, BL2, P2, R2, BP2, P2, F1
→ Row 13 [WS]: F1, P2, BP2, P1, R1, BP1, P1, W1, BL1, P1, F1
← Row 14 [RS]: F1, P2, W2, BP2, P2, BP2, P2, F1
→ Row 15 [WS]: F1, P2, BP2, P2, BP2, P1, W1, P3, F1
← Row 16 [RS]: F1, P6, BP2, P2, BP2, P2, F1
→ Row 17 [WS]: F1, P3, BP1, R1, P1, BP2, P7, F1
← Row 18 [RS]: F1, P8, BP2, R2, P4, F1
Corner
→ Row 19 [WS]: F1, P4, R1, BP2, P8, F1
← Row 20 [RS]: F1, P8, BP2, P4, F1
→ Row 21 [WS]: F1, P4, BP1, P8, F1
← Row 22 [RS]: F1, P12, F1
→ Row 23 [WS]: F1, P3, W1, P7, F1
← Row 24 [RS]: F1, P6, W2, P2, F1
→ Row 25 [WS]: F1, P1, BL1, W1, P6, F1
← Row 26 [RS]: F1, P6, BL2, F1
→ Row 27 [WS]: F1, BL1, P6, F1
← Row 28 [RS]: F1, P6, F1
→ Row 29 [WS]: F1, P5, F1
← Row 30 [RS]: F1, P4, F1
→ Row 31 [WS]: F1, P3, F1
← Row 32 [RS]: F1, P2, F1
→ Row 33 [WS]: F1, P1, F1
← Row 34 [RS]: F2
→ Row 35 [WS]: F1
As soon as I saw this on Pinterest, I knew I wanted to make it- except I don’t understand the pattern. What does F1, P4, etc mean? What type of stitches are these? Thank you for publishing your crochet journey, this was a beautiful project.
This type of crochet is called corner to corner (C2C) crochet. It uses double crochet and chain stitches. If you’ve never done it before, I recommend the video from Mikey of the Crochet Crowd. You can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZk8hk6w1xc It’s pretty long, but it’s how I learned C2C crochet. C2C crochet is not hard, but it does take some understanding of graphs and color changes. Mikey is a great teacher. The letters (F, P, etc.) refer to the color of yarn used as indicated on the graph and in the line-by-line instructions at the bottom of the post.
I would like to make the pig blanket only would like it be be 45 inches x 70 inches. For a twin bed. How would I alter the pattern?
The pig block here is only about 13 inches finished. You would probably need to use a different technique altogether. You could try something like this:
https://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2015/04/pixel-crochet-squares.html
This involves stitching up a different granny square for each square in the graph and then sewing them together. Sarah from Repeat Crafter Me says that each mini granny square is 2.5 inches, so for the 18 X 18 pig chart, it should end up at a 45-inch square. You’d then need to add wide borders on the top and bottom to get to your desired 70-inch length. If you do make this, I’d love to see how it turns out!