The Harry Potter Crochet a Long is coming to an end and I thought what better way to round it all up then to add some spells. I have two options for the banners on this afghan and I hope that at least one of them is to your liking.
First is my favorite and the one I have hooked up and added to my afghan, Expecto Patronum. Expecto Patronum is used to create your very own Patronus. This spell definitely comes in handy in those darker moments. I am doing mine in white with black letters but I cannot wait to see what others come up with.
You can download the Expecto Patronum Banner here…Expecto Patronum Banner by Crafty Ridge
The second option I made was Petrificus Totalus! This little spell will freeze your opponent into a petrified state. Perfect for those that get in your way.
You can grab this banner here…Petrificus Totalus Banner by Crafty Ridge
Just like in the previous squares instead of the common C2C method of double crochets and chain 3s, I used hdcs and only chained 2. Which means I chained 5 instead of 6 on the increase stitches. Doing this with a smaller H hook has my finished squares measuring approximately 15×15 inches and my banner will be the length of three squares across plus their border. Don’t forget to block your squares and banner before they are attached, this makes it much easier to line them up evenly. Also do a light blocking when your afghan is done. This will help to keep it nice and smooth and give it a great finished look that will last after washes.
After sewing my squares and banners together I did a row of hdc around the entire piece and then using the house colors I did a simple border. Using green I attached the yarn with a sc and then did a ch 1, sk 1, sc (repeat) and a sc, ch 2, sc in each corner around the afghan. I repeated this with the other house colors by doing the sc into the ch 1 of the previous row.
As always, you can check out my video tutorials at the top of the page, for short videos that show each step of working up a graph in c2c. For a longer video about the basic c2c check out the one by Mikey over at The Crochet Crowd!
To see the previous squares in the Crafty Ridge Harry Potter CAL and more tips, tricks and tutorials just click here! These are the finished banners for the CAL, see previous posts for other patterns and tips and keep an eye out for some extra squares that you can add to your afghan or make pillows with.
To join in on the fun come over and join us on Facebook for the Crafty Ridge Harry Potter CAL I can’t wait to see everyone’s finished afghans!
Also feel free to share your squares on Facebook and don’t forget to tag @CraftyRidge on Instagram and Twitter. I love to see everyone’s finished work and share them with my other fans.
Happy Hooking!
Angela
craftyridge.com 
This looks great. I love that you used the house colours for the border!
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Thank you!
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I thought it gave it that extra something it needed with the black and white banners and borders
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Amazing!!
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Thank you! 🙂
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I can’t wait to make this! I love Harry Potter
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hey 🙂 i am wondering how many skeins you used (of each color) when you made the characters? i dont live in the us so i have to order red heart yarn online and it would help a lot if i knew how mutch i need to buy 🙂
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Sorry, I just saw your question and I hope it’s not to late. I used about 4-5 skeins of white for all of the border and banner, 2 black, less than 2 buff (skin color) and 1 skein or less for all of the other colors. I didn’t make a list because I knew that others would be creating their squares with different hooks, stitches and weights of yarn. I hope this helps. Happy Hooking! 🙂
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How big is the afghan? And I plan on having my sister make mine say Avada Kadavra.
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Each individual face is 15″ square. 🙂
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Can you tell me how your joined the individual squares together? I’ve got all the squares and banners made, but still have to block them, but I’d like to know what stitch you used to join them all. I’ve never made a blanket like this before, so any help you can give would be appreciated.
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I used a whip stitch in the same color as my border.
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Did you do the same border around the banner as the individual squares?
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Yes I did! Makes for a nice clean edge to work the final border into!
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I am making the spell banners and noticed they are 80 columns, while the squares are 25. when you add the three squares together how will they fit the 80 in the spell banner. thank you.
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If you do the border on all of the squares they line up perfect…..plus blocking before attaching helps too.
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After you add the borders on the squares they should fit perfectly
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What size yarn and hook did you use for these?
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You did it by squares, but it could be done all in one piece right?
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Absolutely! Just add all the graphs together how you want them! It would be perfect!
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I don’t see the Draco graph, I’m probably just missing it somewhere, but can you point me in its direction?
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Nevermind. I found it!
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Yay! Happy you found it. Happy crocheting!
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Are you selling these?
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No I do not sell the finished items and the patterns are 100% free here on the blog
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Do you have to do c2c or can you do back and forward? How to you block the squares? What stitch do you use to join the squares. This is my first ever graphgan do you have written instructions?
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You can do any stitch you would like. I just used c2c on mine. There are lots of tips and directions on each of the posts as well as links to other graphgan tutorials here on the blog.
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