‘I’ll Be Home for Christmas’ a Christmas crochet a long | Part III |

December is one week away, and we are half-way through our CAL. Today’s post features first of four interior panels for our Christmas afghan.

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December is one week away, and we are half-way through our Christmas Crochet Afghan. Today’s post features the first of four houses which make up the interior panels of our afghan.  This house is my favorite of the four as the design reminds me of the first home my husband and I owned; including the red door.

New to the CAL and want to check out the first two panels? You can find the top panel and bottom panel here.

I am enjoying the project, and can’t wait to see the completed afghan. Unfortunately, the Holidays along with needs of my home and family has slowed my progress a bit.  I am committed to releasing all graphs and instructions on time as scheduled, but my progress photos and a picture of the completed panel may be a bit delayed.

NOTE: This graph and pattern are designed for use with the corner to corner (C2C) stitch, you can find my C2C Tutorial here if needed.

Supplies:

1.  Size I (5.5 MM) Crochet Hook

2. Worsted Weight Yarn in white, gray, dark gray, light brown, brown, dark brown, Red, Yellow, Light Green and Green.

3. Yarn Needle

4. Scissors

You can download a larger, printable version of the graph HERE.

COLOR CHART:

W: White

G: Gray

DG: Dark Gray

LB: Light Brown

B: Brown

DB: Dark Brown

R: Red

Y: Bright Yellow

LGr: Light Green

Gr: Green

INCREASE ROWS:

Row 1: 1G
Row 2: 2G
Row 3: 3G
Row 4: 4G
Row 5: 5G
Row 6: 6G
Row 7: 7G
Row 8: 8G
Row 9: 1W, 8G
Row 10: 2G, 2W, 5G, 1W
Row 11: 2W, 9G
Row 12: 3G, 2W, 5G, 2W
Row 13: 2W, 1B, 10G
Row 14: 10G, 1B, 3W
Row 15: 3W, 1G, 1B, 10G
Row 16: 10G, 1B, 1G, 2W, 1LB, 1W
Row 17: 1W, 1LB, 1B, 2W, 1G, 1B, 10G
Row 18: 7G, 1W, 1LGr, 1G, 1B, 2G, 1W, 2B, 1LB, 1W
Row 19: 1W, 1LB, 2B, 1LB, 1W, 2G, 1B, 10G
Row 20: 8G, 2LGr, 1B, 3G, 2LB, 2B, 1LB, 1W
Row 21: 1W, 1LB, 2B, 1W, 1LB, 1B, 3G, 1B, 4G, 1W, 5G
Row 22: 8G, 2LGr, 1B, 2LGr, 1G, 2B, 2W, 2B, 1LB, 1W
Row 23: 1W, 1LB, 2B, 1W, 1Y, 1W, 1B, 1LB, 3G, 1B, 10G
Row 24: 8G, 2LGr, 1B, 2LGr, 1G, 2LB, 1W, 2Y, 1W, 2B, 1LB, 1W
Row 25: 1DG, 1LB, 2B, 2W, 1Y, 2W, 1LB, 1B, 3G, 1B, 10G
Row 26: 8G, 2LGr, 1B, 2LGr, 1G, 2B, 1W, 1Y, 2W, 1Y, 1W, 2B, 1LB, 1DG
Row 27: 1DG, 1W, 2B, 1W, 2Y, 1W, 2Y, 1W, 1B, 1LB, 3G, 1B, 4G, 2W, 4G
Row 28: 8G, 2LGr, 1B, 2LGr, 1G, 2Gr, 1B, 1W, 1Y, 2W, 1Y, 1W, 1LB, 1B, 1W, 1R, 1DG
Row 29: 1DG, 2R, 1W, 2LB, 2W, 1Y, 2W, 1B, 1Gr, 1LB, 1B, 3G, 1B, 3G, 2W, 5G
Row 30: 8G, 2LGr, 1B, 2LGr, 1G, 2B, 2LB, 1B, 1W, 2Y, 1W, 1B, 1LB, 1W, 3R, 1DG
Row 31: 1DG, 4R, 1W, 2B, 1W, 1Y, 1W, 1B, 1LB, 1Gr, 2B, 1LB, 3G, 1B, 10G
Row 32: 8G, 2LGr, 1B, 2LGr, 1G, 2LB, 1W, 1B, 2LB, 1B, 2W, 1LB, 1B, 1W, 5R, 1DG
Row 33: 1DG, 1W, 4R, 1DG, 1W, 2LB, 1W, 1B, 3Gr, 2W, 1LB, 1B, 3G, 1B, 10G
Row 34: 2G, 1W, 5G, 2LGr, 1B, 2LGr, 1G, 2B, 1W, 1Y, 1W, 1B, 1LB, 1Gr, 2B, 1LB, 1W, 5R, 1W, 1LB, 1W
Row 35: 1W, 1LB, 1B, 1W, 3R, 1Gr, 1R, 1W, 2B, 2LB, 1B, 1W, 2Y, 1W, 1B, 1LB, 3G, 1B, 10G
Row 36: 9G, 1LGr, 1B, 2LGr, 1G, 2LB, 2W, 1Y, 2W, 1B, 1Gr, 1LB, 2W, 1R, 2Gr, 2R, 1W, 2B, 1LB, 1W
Row 37: 1W, 1LB, 2B, 1LB, 1W, 1R, 1Gr, 1R, 1Gr, 1R, 1W, 2LB, 1B, 1W, 1Y, 2W, 1Y, 1W, 1LB, 1B, 1W, 2G, 1B, 10G
Row 38: 9G, 1LGr, 1B, 2LGr, 1W, 2B, 1W, 2Y, 1W, 2Y, 1W, 3Gr, 1W, 1R, 2Gr, 1R, 1W, 2LB, 2B, 1LB, 1W
Row 39: 1W, 1LB, 2B, 1W, 1LB, 1B, 1W, 1R, 1Gr, 1R, 1W, 1Gr, 1LB, 2B, 1W, 1Y, 2W, 1Y, 1W, 2B, 2W, 2G, 1B, 10G
Row 40: 10G, 2LGr, 1G, 1R, 1W, 1LB, 2B, 2W, 1Y, 2W, 1LB, 2B, 2LB, 1W, 2R, 1W, 2B, 2W, 2B, 1LB, 1W
Row 41: 1W, 1LB, 2B, 1W, 1Y, 1W, 1B, 1LB, 1W, 1R, 1W, 1LB, 1Gr, 1B, 1W, 2LB, 1W, 2Y, 1W, 1B, 3W, 1R, 1DB, 13G
Row 42: 13G, 2DB, 1R, 2W, 2B, 1W, 1Y, 1W, 1B, 1LB, 2W, 1B, 2LB, 2W, 2LB, 1W, 2Y, 1W, 2B, 1LB, 1W
Row 43: 1W, 1LB, 2B, 2W, 1Y, 2W, 1LB, 1B, 1W, 3Gr, 1W, 1Y, 1W, 2B, 2W, 2B, 2W, 1R, 3DB, 3G, 2W, 8G

DECREASE ON ONE SIDE ONLY:
Row 44: 1G, 2W, 9G, 4DB, 1R, 1W, 1LB, 2B, 1W, 1LB, 1B, 1W, 2Y, 1W, 1B, 1LB, 1Gr, 1W, 1B, 1W, 1Y, 2W, 1Y, 1W, 2B, 1LB, 1W
Row 45: 1W, 1G, 2B, 1W, 2Y, 1W, 2Y, 1W, 1B, 2LB, 1B, 2W, 1Y, 2W, 2LB, 2B, 1LB, 1W, 1R, 5DB, 2G, 2W, 7G
Row 46: 2W, 8G, 6DB, 1R, 1W, 1LB, 2B, 1LB, 1W, 1Y, 2W, 1Y, 1W, 1B, 1Gr, 1LB, 1B, 1W, 1Y, 2W, 1Y, 1W, 1LB, 1B, 1G, 2W
Row 47: 2W, 2G, 2LB, 2W, 1Y, 2W, 1B, 2LB, 1B, 1W, 2Y, 1W, 2Y, 1W, 2B, 1LB, 1W, 1R, 3DB, 1W, 3DB, 9G
Row 48: 8G, 4DB, 2W, 2DB, 1R, 1W, 1LB, 2B, 1W, 1Y, 2W, 1Y, 1W, 1B, 3Gr, 1B, 1W, 2Y, 1W, 1B, 1LB, 2G, 1B, 2W
Row 49: 3G, 1B, 2G, 2B, 1W, 1Y, 1W, 1B, 1Gr, 1LB, 2B, 1LB, 2W, 1Y, 2W, 2B, 2LB, 1R, 2DB, 2W, 5DB, 7G
Row 50: 4G, 1W, 1G, 6DB, 2W, 2DB, 1W, 2LB, 2B, 1W, 2Y, 1W, 2LB, 1W, 1B, 2LB, 1B, 2W, 1LB, 1B, 2G, 1B, 4G

DECREASE ROWS:
Row 51: 4G, 1B, 2G, 2LB, 1W, 1B, 1LB, 1Gr, 1B, 2W, 1LB, 1B, 1W, 1Y, 1W, 1B, 3Gr, 1B, 1R, 1DB, 2W, 6DB, 6G
Row 52: 6G, 6DB, 1W, 2DB, 1W, 1Gr, 3LGr, 1B, 2W, 2B, 1W, 1Y, 1W, 1B, 2LB, 2B, 1LB, 2G, 1B, 4G
Row 53: 4G, 1B, 1G, 1LGr, 2B, 3Gr, 1W, 2Y, 1W, 1B, 1LB, 1W, 1B, 2Gr, 1LB, 1LGr, 1B, 1R, 1DB, 1W, 4DB, 2W, 6G
Row 54: 6G, 3W, 3DB, 1W, 1DB, 1W, 1Gr, 1B, 1LB, 1LGr, 2B, 2LB, 2W, 1Y, 2W, 1B, 1LB, 1Gr, 1B, 2G, 1B, 4G
Row 55: 4G, 1B, 2LGr, 2LB, 1B, 1W, 1Y, 2W, 1Y, 1W, 1LB, 2B, 1Gr, 1LB, 1B, 1LGr, 1LB, 1R, 1W, 3DB, 3W, 6G
Row 56: 5G, 1B, 3W, 4DB, 1W, 2Gr, 1B, 1LGr, 1LB, 2B, 1W, 2Y, 1W, 2Y, 1W, 1B, 1Gr, 2G, 1B, 4G
Row 57: 2G, 2LGr, 1B, 2LGr, 2B, 1W, 1Y, 2W, 1Y, 1W, 2B, 1LB, 1Gr, 3LGr, 1LB, 1R, 3DB, 3W, 2B, 1G, 1W, 2G
Row 58: 4G, 2B, 2W, 4DB, 1W, 1LB, 3Gr, 2LB, 2B, 2W, 1Y, 2W, 1LB, 1B, 2G, 1B, 4G
Row 59: 2G, 2LGr, 1B, 2LGr, 2LB, 1W, 2Y, 1W, 2B, 2LB, 2B, 3LB, 1R, 3DB, 2W, 2B, 4G
Row 60: 4G, 2B, 2W, 3DB, 7W, 1LB, 2B, 1W, 1Y, 1W, 1B, 1LB, 2G, 1B, 4G
Row 61: 2G, 2LGr, 1B, 2LGr, 2B, 2W, 2B, 1LB, 1W, 7R, 2DB, 2W, 1G, 1B, 4G
Row 62: 6G, 1W, 9DB, 1R, 3W, 1B, 1W, 1LB, 1B, 2G, 1B, 4G
Row 63: 2G, 2LGr, 1B, 2LGr, 2LB, 2B, 2W, 1R, 9DB, 1W, 6G
Row 64: 6G, 6DB, 2W, 2DB, 1R, 2W, 2B, 1LB, 2G, 1B, 4G
Row 65: 2G, 2LGr, 1B, 2LGr, 2B, 1LB, 1W, 1R, 2DB, 2W, 6DB, 6G
Row 66: 2G, 2W, 2G, 6DB, 2W, 2DB, 1R, 3W, 2G, 1B, 4G
Row 67: 2G, 2LGr, 1B, 1LGr, 1G, 2W, 1R, 2DB, 2W, 6DB, 6G
Row 68: 1G, 2W, 3G, 6DB, 1W, 3DB, 1R, 1W, 2G, 1B, 4G
Row 69: 2G, 2LGr, 1B, 1LGr, 1W, 1R, 3DB, 1W, 4DB, 2W, 6G
Row 70: 6G, 3W, 3DB, 1W, 3DB, 1R, 1G, 1B, 4G
Row 71: 3G, 2LGr, 1G, 7DB, 3W, 6G
Row 72: 5G, 1B, 2W, 7DB, 6G
Row 73: 2G, 1W, 2G, 1W, 6DB, 2W, 2B, 4G
Row 74: 4G, 2B, 1W, 6DB, 6G
Row 75: 6G, 5DB, 1W, 2B, 4G
Row 76: 4G, 2B, 1W, 4DB, 6G
Row 77: 4G, 1W, 1G, 4DB, 1G, 1B, 4G
Row 78: 6G, 3DB, 6G
Row 79: 6G, 2DB, 6G
Row 80: 6G, 1DB, 6G
Row 81: 9G, 1W, 2G
Row 82: 11G
Row 83: 10G
Row 84: 4G, 2W, 3G
Row 85: 8G
Row 86: 3G, 2W, 2G
Row 87: 6G
Row 88: 5G
Row 89: 4G
Row 90: 3G
Row 91: 2G
Row 92: 1G, SC all the way around the edge and tie off.

This is the first of four houses that make up the interior panels of ‘I’ll Be Home for Christmas’ crochet afghan.  Even though this panel is my favorite of the four, each has it’s own unique and festive design which I look forward to sharing with you.

Check back next Wednesday for panel number four!  Want to sneak a peek at the full graph design, or need more information to get started? Check out a preview and additional information here. Have questions or feedback? Leave me a comment below or visit me on Facebook to share pictures of your completed panel. Happy Hooking!

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