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Whale C2C wall hanging

Turn the original whale motif into one corner-to-corner square. This is a sizeable wall panel at the example tile gauge, with every diagonal row and bobbin generated from the actual graph.

Original Purlgrid recipe · engine-checked counts · diagrams are previews, not photographs of a physically made sample.

Supplies and skills

Yarn in the chart colours, a suitable crochet hook, bobbins, a yarn needle and a hanging dowel or rod.

  • C2C increases
  • C2C decreases
  • Follow bobbin changes

How to make it

  1. Crochet a sample C2C tile in your chosen yarn and measure its side. Open the editable chart and enter that measurement rather than assuming the example tile size.
  2. Begin at the chart’s bottom-right corner and follow each diagonal arrow. Increase while the diagonal grows, then follow the edge decreases as it narrows. Each square is one C2C tile, not one ordinary crochet stitch.
  3. Use the printed bobbin identifiers for each colour run. Cut a bobbin only where the instructions say it finishes, and keep the working strands arranged in their chart order.
  4. After the final tile, secure all ends and block the square to even dimensions. Attach the upper edge evenly to a dowel and add a hanging cord; the dowel and cord are finishing materials, outside the tile count.

The chart is a grid preview, not a photograph of a physically crocheted sample.

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  • Graph24 × 24 tiles · 4 colours · 47 diagonal rows · about 45.6 × 45.6 cm (18 × 18 in) with 1.9 cm tiles
  • Bobbins16 bobbins, never more than 8 hanging at once. Yarn is carried inside the tiles across gaps of up to 2 tiles.
  • Colour AA 367 tiles · 3 bobbins (2 from the ball), up to 3 at once · ≈ 225 m (247 yd) in all
  • Colour BB 106 tiles · 5 bobbins, up to 2 at once · ≈ 70 m (77 yd) in all
  • Colour CC 90 tiles · 6 bobbins, up to 3 at once · ≈ 60 m (66 yd) in all
  • Colour DD 13 tiles · 2 bobbins, up to 1 at once · ≈ 10 m (11 yd) in all
  • Checked7 checks passed: the written rows rebuild your graph tile by tile and every bobbin is picked up where it was left.
Every row with its bobbins (47 diagonal rows)

The letter is the colour, the number the bobbin; numbers before them are tiles. * = join a new bobbin here. A bobbin named twice in one row is carried inside the tiles in between. ✂ = cut after this row, leaving a 15 cm (6 in) tail. Start at the bottom right corner: odd rows ↗, even rows ↙.

  1. Row 1 ↗ (1) 1 A1*
  2. Row 2 ↙ (2) 2 A1
  3. Row 3 ↗ (3) 3 A1
  4. Row 4 ↙ (4) 4 A1
  5. Row 5 ↗ (5) 5 A1
  6. Row 6 ↙ (6) 6 A1
  7. Row 7 ↗ (7) 7 A1
  8. Row 8 ↙ (8) 8 A1
  9. Row 9 ↗ (9) 9 A1
  10. Row 10 ↙ (10) 10 A1
  11. Row 11 ↗ (11) 11 A1
  12. Row 12 ↙ (12) 3 A1, 3 C1*, 6 A2*
  13. Row 13 ↗ (13) 7 A2, 2 B1*, 3 C1, 1 A1
  14. Row 14 ↙ (14) 1 A1, 1 C1, 4 B1, 3 C2*, 5 A2
  15. Row 15 ↗ (15) 4 A2, 2 C2, 1 D1*, 2 C2, 4 B1, 1 C1, 1 A1
  16. Row 16 ↙ (16) 1 A1, 1 C1, 5 B1, 1 C2, 2 D1, 1 B2*, 2 C3*, 3 A2 ✂ C2
  17. Row 17 ↗ (17) 4 A2, 1 C3, 1 B2, 1 C3, 1 D1, 2 C3, 5 B1, 1 C1, 1 A1 ✂ B2
  18. Row 18 ↙ (18) 1 A1, 1 C1, 7 B1, 1 C3, 1 D1, 3 C3, 4 A2 ✂ C1 B1
  19. Row 19 ↗ (19) 4 A2, 2 C3, 1 B3*, 1 D1, 1 C3, 1 B3, 4 C3, 2 B4*, 2 C3, 1 A1 ✂ B3 D1
  20. Row 20 ↙ (20) 1 A1, 1 C3, 1 A1, 2 B4, 2 C4*, 4 B4, 5 C5*, 4 A2 ✂ C3
  21. Row 21 ↗ (21) 5 A2, 1 C5, 1 D2*, 2 C5, 5 B4, 1 A3*, 1 C4, 1 B4, 1 C4, 3 A1 ✂ B4 A3
  22. Row 22 ↙ (22) 4 A1, 2 C4, 1 A1, 1 C4, 5 B5*, 1 C5, 2 D2, 1 C5, 5 A2
  23. Row 23 ↗ (23) 5 A2, 1 C5, 2 D2, 1 C5, 6 B5, 2 A1, 1 C4, 5 A1
  24. Row 24 ↙ (24) 5 A1, 1 C4, 2 A1, 1 C4, 6 B5, 1 C5, 1 D2, 1 C5, 6 A2
  25. Row 25 ↗ (23) 5 A2, 1 C5, 1 D2, 1 C5, 6 B5, 1 C4, 8 A1 ✂ D2 C4
  26. Row 26 ↙ (22) 8 A1, 7 B5, 2 C5, 5 A2
  27. Row 27 ↗ (21) 4 A2, 2 C5, 7 B5, 1 C6*, 7 A1
  28. Row 28 ↙ (20) 7 A1, 1 C6, 4 B5, 1 C5, 2 B5, 1 C5, 4 A2
  29. Row 29 ↗ (19) 3 A2, 1 C5, 2 B5, 2 C5, 3 B5, 1 C6, 7 A1
  30. Row 30 ↙ (18) 7 A1, 1 C6, 3 B5, 1 C5, 2 B5, 1 C5, 3 A2
  31. Row 31 ↗ (17) 3 A2, 1 C5, 5 B5, 1 C6, 7 A1
  32. Row 32 ↙ (16) 7 A1, 2 C6, 3 B5, 1 C5, 3 A2 ✂ C6 B5
  33. Row 33 ↗ (15) 3 A2, 4 C5, 8 A1 ✂ A2 C5
  34. Row 34 ↙ (14) 14 A1
  35. Row 35 ↗ (13) 13 A1
  36. Row 36 ↙ (12) 12 A1
  37. Row 37 ↗ (11) 11 A1
  38. Row 38 ↙ (10) 10 A1
  39. Row 39 ↗ (9) 9 A1
  40. Row 40 ↙ (8) 8 A1
  41. Row 41 ↗ (7) 7 A1
  42. Row 42 ↙ (6) 6 A1
  43. Row 43 ↗ (5) 5 A1
  44. Row 44 ↙ (4) 4 A1
  45. Row 45 ↗ (3) 3 A1
  46. Row 46 ↙ (2) 2 A1
  47. Row 47 ↗ (1) 1 A1 ✂ A1
  • All 47 diagonal rows follow the increase/decrease rules at both edges
  • 576 tiles in total (24 × 24)
  • Every row's written colour counts add up to that row's tile count
  • The 47 written rows, read on their own, rebuild every tile of your graph
  • Replaying the 16 bobbins row by row gives every row's colours in working order
  • All 128 times a bobbin carries on into the next row, it is picked up next to where it stopped (at most 2 tiles away)
  • Each of the 576 tiles belongs to exactly one bobbin, and each colour's bobbins add up to its tiles

Open this exact pattern in the editable tool ↗

Questions about this project

Can I make this coaster-sized by printing it smaller?

No. Print scaling changes only the paper diagram. The finished side is the number of tiles multiplied by your measured tile size. Choose cross stitch for a much smaller version.

Does this include a decorative border?

The generated counts cover the square only. Add any border after checking the finished panel; extra border stitches and yarn are not included.

Terms and next steps

k = knit; p = purl; sc = US single crochet; MC = main colour; CC = contrast colour. A number after a stitch abbreviation is the number of stitches to work. Read repeat instructions as written.

Abbreviation references: Craft Yarn Council knitting terms · Craft Yarn Council crochet terms and US/UK comparison.

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