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The Rat King C2C Crochet Block
Every good story has to have a villain! In The Nutcracker, it’s the crafty and treacherous Rat King. The Rat King comes on with all the rats and mice and battles the Nutcracker and his soldiers. It is an epic battle! It looks like the Rat King will win and the Nutcracker is defeated until Clara hits the Rat King with her slipper. He falls onto the Nutcracker’s sword and expires dramatically. This Rat King C2C Crochet Block showcases the Rat King, complete with glowing red eyes and tiny golden crown.
You can find the other blocks here:
The Nutcracker Suite Afghan C2C Crochet Along
The Nutcracker Suite C2C Crochet Afghan – Joining and Edging
Want to personalize your blanket? Make it larger? The Nutcracker Suite Premium Pattern includes printable PDFs of all of the free blocks plus 6 additional EXCLUSIVE blocks! Mix and match or crochet them all!
Additional blocks include:
- Christmas Candle
- Sleigh
- Drosselmeyer
- Gingerbread Man
- Land of the Sweets
- Angel
The Rat King C2C Crochet Block Instructions
Materials
For basic instructions and the materials list for the complete afghan, visit The Nutcracker Suite Afghan C2C Crochet Along.
~ The Rat King C2C Crochet Block 25×25 Pixel Graph
~ Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice Yarn 3.5 oz skeins in the following colors:
- Scarlet [279 pixels] — 3.3 oz
- Silver Grey [252] — 2.5 oz
- Charcoal [68] — .8 oz
- Mustard [19] — .2 oz
- Black [5] — .1 oz
- White [2] — .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 Rat King C2C Crochet Block, crochet one row of single crochet in SCARLET around the entire block. See Adding a Single Crochet Edge around a Finished C2C Block for how I crochet around the edge.
Enjoy!
~Lucinda
Row-by-Row Instructions
[RS] = Right Side
[WS] = Wrong Side
R: Red (Scarlet)
GR: Gray (Silver Grey)
CH: Charcoal
Y: Yellow (Mustard)
BL: Black
W: White
Crochet from bottom right corner.
→ Row 1 [WS]: R1
← Row 2 [RS]: R2
→ Row 3 [WS]: R3
← Row 4 [RS]: R4
→ Row 5 [WS]: R5
← Row 6 [RS]: R6
→ Row 7 [WS]: R7
← Row 8 [RS]: R8
→ Row 9 [WS]: R9
← Row 10 [RS]: R10
→ Row 11 [WS]: R11
← Row 12 [RS]: R12
→ Row 13 [WS]: R1, (BL) x 1, (GR) x 4, R2, (CH) x 1, R4
← Row 14 [RS]: R5, (CH) x 1, (GR) x 6, (BL) x 1, R1
→ Row 15 [WS]: R1, (BL) x 1, (GR) x 6, (CH) x 1, R6
← Row 16 [RS]: R1, (GR) x 3, R1, (GR) x 2, (CH) x 3, (GR) x 4, R2
→ Row 17 [WS]: R2, (GR) x 14, R1
← Row 18 [RS]: R1, (GR) x 2, (CH) x 1, (GR) x 11, R3
→ Row 19 [WS]: R3, (GR) x 11, (CH) x 3, (GR) x 1, R1
← Row 20 [RS]: R1, (GR) x 1, (CH) x 3, (GR) x 11, R4
→ Row 21 [WS]: R4, (GR) x 7, (BL) x 1, (GR) x 4, (CH) x 3, (GR) x 1, R1
← Row 22 [RS]: R1, (GR) x 1, (CH) x 4, (GR) x 3, R2, (GR) x 4, (CH) x 1, (GR) x 1, R5
→ Row 23 [WS]: R5, (GR) x 7, W1, (GR) x 4, (CH) x 3, (GR) x 2, R1
← Row 24 [RS]: R2, (GR) x 1, (CH) x 3, (GR) x 10, (CH) x 1, (GR) x 1, R6
→ Row 25 [WS]: R7, (GR) x 11, (CH) x 3, (GR) x 2, R2
Corner
← Row 26 [RS]: R2, (GR) x 1, (CH) x 3, (GR) x 7, (BL) x 1, (GR) x 2, (CH) x 1, (GR) x 1, R6
→ Row 27 [WS]: R6, (CH) x 1, (GR) x 2, R2, (GR) x 7, (CH) x 2, (GR) x 2, R1
← Row 28 [RS]: R1, (GR) x 11, W1, (GR) x 3, (CH) x 1, R5
→ Row 29 [WS]: R4, (CH) x 1, R1, (GR) x 8, Y1, R1, (GR) x 4, R1
← Row 30 [RS]: R5, Y2, (GR) x 8, R5
→ Row 31 [WS]: R5, (GR) x 7, Y4, R3
← Row 32 [RS]: R2, Y1, R2, Y2, (GR) x 6, R5
→ Row 33 [WS]: R4, (GR) x 6, Y3, R4
← Row 34 [RS]: R3, Y1, R1, Y1, (GR) x 7, R3
→ Row 35 [WS]: R3, (GR) x 1, (CH) x 1, (GR) x 4, R1, Y1, R1, Y1, R2
← Row 36 [RS]: R5, (GR) x 3, (CH) x 3, (GR) x 1, R2
→ Row 37 [WS]: R2, (GR) x 1, (CH) x 4, (GR) x 2, Y1, R3
← Row 38 [RS]: R2, Y1, R1, (GR) x 1, (CH) x 4, (GR) x 2, R1
→ Row 39 [WS]: R1, (GR) x 1, (CH) x 5, (GR) x 1, R3
← Row 40 [RS]: R3, (GR) x 1, (CH) x 4, (GR) x 1, R1
→ Row 41 [WS]: R1, (GR) x 1, (CH) x 4, (GR) x 1, R2
← Row 42 [RS]: R2, (GR) x 1, (CH) x 3, (GR) x 1, R1
→ Row 43 [WS]: R1, (GR) x 5, R1
← Row 44 [RS]: R1, (GR) x 4, R1
→ Row 45 [WS]: R1, (GR) x 3, R1
← Row 46 [RS]: R4
→ Row 47 [WS]: R3
← Row 48 [RS]: R2
→ Row 49 [WS]: R1
