The Santa and Reindeer Night Before Christmas C2C (corner to corner) Graphgan is a free crochet pattern at Nana’s Crafty Home!
I have so many fond memories of the amazing Christmas poem, “The Night Before Christmas”. It is one of those poems that immediately evoke feelings of happiness, family and Christmas. And now the next generation is making these Christmas memories in our family. Every Christmas Eve night my son-in-law reads this poem to our grandchildren in front of their Christmas tree while the kids are all snuggled under blankets in their brand new Christmas jammies. Drinking hot cocoa and eating Christmas cookies by the fire.
This Christmas corner to corner blanket reminds me so clearly of this Christmas poem – and now my grandchildren get to snuggle under it while hearing it each year!
Night Before Christmas C2C Blanket Pattern Details
Looking for the perfect Christmas blanket for your home this year? The Night Before Christmas Graphgan is sure to be a hit with everyone!
Perfect to display in your home over the couch or to snuggle under by the fire, this blanket is cheerful and bright.
I found that I really enjoyed working this graphgan in just two colors – so easy – and it worked up pretty quickly. You will have plenty of time to work this up and have it all ready for your Holiday decorating needs.
Made with Caron Simply Soft* which I just love working with – so soft with a beautiful light sheen. However, you could certainly use any yarn you like or have on hand. This is a great stash busting project!
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If you would like to make your graphgan smaller you could certainly use the mini hdc (half double crochet) c2c technique and I have a complete tutorial for that as well:
With a red and white color scheme, a Candy Cane border seemed the perfect choice! I have a complete tutorial for the Candy Cane Border using 3 colors but the technique is the same. Only variation when using 2 colors is to change your chains from 5 to 4. I also have a photo tutorial below at the bottom of this post. If you would like to check out the video tutorial you can find it here:
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Santa & Reindeer Night Before Christmas Graphgan Free Crochet Pattern
Pattern written in US crochet terminology
Supplies:
Size H/8 (5.0 mm) crochet hook
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Approximate finished size: 43 1/2″ wide x 33″ tall
Gauge: 6 blocks = 4”
Abbreviations:
w = white
r = red
WS = wrong side
RS = right side
ch = chain
sc = single crochet
sl st = slip stitch
Notes about pattern: Pattern is worked in Double Crochet Corner to Corner (C2C) Crochet technique. Written row by row instructions follow with color pixel graph at bottom of post.
w: white / r: red
← Row 1 (WS): 1r
→ Row 2 (RS): 2r
← Row 3: 3r
→ Row 4: 4r
← Row 5: 5r
→ Row 6: 6r
← Row 7: 1w, 6r
→ Row 8: 6r, 2w
← Row 9: 9r
→ Row 10: 9r, 1w
← Row 11: 1w, 10r
→ Row 12: 11r, 1w
← Row 13: 2w, 11r
→ Row 14: 12r, 2w
← Row 15: 2w, 13r
→ Row 16: 13r, 3w
← Row 17: 3w, 14r
→ Row 18: 15r, 3w
← Row 19: 4w, 15r
→ Row 20: 6r, 1w, 9r, 4w
← Row 21: 4w, 10r, 1w, 6r
→ Row 22: 6r, 2w, 9r, 5w
← Row 23: 5w, 10r, 2w, 6r
→ Row 24: 6r, 4w, 9r, 5w
← Row 25: 6w, 7r, 5w, 7r
→ Row 26: 6r, 1w, 1r, 6w, 6r, 6w
← Row 27: 7w, 4r, 7w, 1r, 2w, 6r
→ Row 28: 6r, 3w, 1r, 8w, 4r, 6w
← Row 29: 7w, 1r, 11w, 1r, 3w, 6r
→ Row 30: 6r, 4w, 1r, 10w, 2r, 7w
← Row 31: 20w, 1r, 1w, 1r, 2w, 6r
→ Row 32: 7r, 1w, 2r, 1w, 1r, 20w
← Row 33: 21w, 1r, 1w, 1r, 1w, 8r
→ Row 34: 6r, 1w, 2r, 2w, 2r, 21w
← Row 35: 22w, 2r, 2w, 1r, 2w, 6r
→ Row 36: 6r, 5w, 3r, 22w
← Row 37: 18w, 2r, 3w, 3r, 2w, 1r, 2w, 6r
→ Row 38: 5r, 1w, 1r, 1w, 2r, 1w, 4r, 3w, 1r, 12w, 3r, 4w
← Row 39: 5w, 2r, 6w, 2r, 4w, 2r, 3w, 4r, 1w, 1r, 1w, 1r, 3w, 4r
→ Row 40: 4r, 4w, 1r, 2w, 5r, 8w, 3r, 5w, 3r, 5w
← Row 41: 6w, 2r, 5w, 1r, 11w, 5r, 1w, 1r, 5w, 4r
→ Row 42: 4r, 6w, 7r, 10w, 2r, 4w, 3r, 6w
← Row 43: 14w, 2r, 12w, 4r, 7w, 4r
→ Row 44: 3r, 24w, 3r, 14w
← Row 45: 15w, 3r, 24w, 3r
→ Row 46: 3r, 7w, 5r, 12w, 4r, 15w
Corner (begin decreasing)
← Row 47: 14w, 6r, 10w, 7r, 6w, 3r
→ Row 48: 3r, 6w, 2r, 4w, 2r, 8w, 7r, 1w, 1r, 12w
← Row 49: 11w, 13r, 4w, 1r, 7w, 1r, 6w, 3r
→ Row 50: 3r, 5w, 2r, 8w, 1r, 3w, 9r, 1w, 3r, 11w
← Row 51: 10w, 3r, 2w, 6r, 5w, 1r, 9w, 2r, 5w, 3r
→ Row 52: 3r, 5w, 8r, 3w, 1r, 7w, 4r, 3w, 4r, 8w
← Row 53: 11w, 1r, 3w, 3r, 7w, 2r, 2w, 9r, 6w, 2r
→ Row 54: 2r, 6w, 9r, 2w, 2r, 7w, 1r, 1w, 1r, 4w, 1r, 10w
← Row 55: 10w, 1r, 4w, 1r, 1w, 7r, 1w, 3r, 1w, 9r, 6w, 2r
→ Row 56: 2r, 6w, 9r, 2w, 2r, 1w, 1r, 7w, 1r, 4w, 1r, 10w
← Row 57: 9w, 2r, 4w, 3r, 5w, 1r, 5w, 9r, 6w, 2r
→ Row 58: 2r, 6w, 9r, 1w, 5r, 4w, 2r, 6w, 1r, 10w
← Row 59: 9w, 1r, 8w, 4r, 5w, 1r, 1w, 9r, 6w, 2r
→ Row 60: 2r, 6w, 1r, 1w, 15r, 21w
Corner (begin decreasing)
← Row 61: 27w, 8r, 2w, 1r, 6w, 1r
→ Row 62: 9w, 9r, 26w
← Row 63: 24w, 10r, 9w
→ Row 64: 8w, 11r, 23w
← Row 65: 22w, 11r, 8w
→ Row 66: 7w, 12r, 21w
← Row 67: 21w, 11r, 7w
→ Row 68: 7w, 11r, 20w
← Row 69: 19w, 2r, 1w, 9r, 6w
→ Row 70: 6w, 11r, 19w
← Row 71: 21w, 9r, 5w
→ Row 72: 5w, 9r, 20w
← Row 73: 19w, 10r, 4w
→ Row 74: 2w, 11r, 19w
← Row 75: 18w, 7r, 1w, 3r, 2w
→ Row 76: 2w, 2r, 6w, 2r, 18w
← Row 77: 17w, 1r, 11w
→ Row 78: 8w, 3r, 17w
← Row 79: 27w
→ Row 80: 26w
← Row 81: 10w, 3r, 12w
→ Row 82: 12w, 2r, 10w
← Row 83: 9w, 3r, 11w
→ Row 84: 11w, 2r, 9w
← Row 85: 8w, 3r, 10w
→ Row 86: 20w
← Row 87: 19w
→ Row 88: 18w
← Row 89: 17w
→ Row 90: 16w
← Row 91: 15w
→ Row 92: 14w
← Row 93: 13w
→ Row 94: 12w
← Row 95: 11w
→ Row 96: 10w
← Row 97: 9w
→ Row 98: 8w
← Row 99: 7w
→ Row 100: 6w
← Row 101: 5w
→ Row 102: 4w
← Row 103: 3w
→ Row 104: 2w
← Row 105: 1w
Fasten off. Weave in ends.
Border
Attach color B to RS outside edge of blanket
Round 1: With Color B, attach to outside edge of blanket, ch 1, sc evenly around outside edge, place (1 sc, ch 1, 1 sc) in each corner sp, sl st to first st.
Round 2: With Color B, ch 4, remove hook from loop, attach color A to next st, ch 4, remove hook from loop.
*Insert hook back into loop of Color B, sc into next open st (st next to Color A chains), ch 4, remove hook from loop, insert hook back into loop of color A,
sc into next open st, ch 4,* continue repeating between * * to corner, in each corner work 2 st into ch 1 corner sp from previous round (1 each of white and red).
At the end of the round, sl st red ch 4 to the bottom of the beginning red ch 4, sl st white ch 4 to the bottom of the beginning white ch 4. Be sure to keep the same color sequence at the end so you may need to sk a st to keep colors in order.
Fasten off. Weave in ends.
Hi! Thank you so much for being here! I am Tonya the designer behind Nana's Crafty Home. As a wife, mother, Nana of 9 & with 2 fur babies, my days are filled with love, laughter, hugs and yarn! Here you will find colorful and creative crochet designs for yourself or loved ones. My hope is that you will be inspired to learn and create along with me!
This is so adorable!! My all time image in my head of Santa on Christmas eve. Thank you so much for sharing this, for free! And all written out to boot! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
You are so welcome, Kim! I am so happy that you like it – enjoy! ?