Free Halloween C2C Graphs: Pumpkin, Ghost and Bat
Quick answer: Here are three free Halloween C2C graphs we designed for this page: a ribbed pumpkin, a waving ghost and three bats flying past a crescent moon. Every graph is 25 × 25 squares, so each one has 625 squares and 49 diagonal rows. For each design you get a color key with square counts, a color-switch count, all 49 diagonal rows written out, and a button that saves the graph as a print-ready SVG file.
By PLoMUS Editorial Team · Checked October 27, 2026 · Original graphs and counts by our team
Halloween 2026 falls on Saturday, October 31. If you want a spooky pillow front, a door hanging, a tote panel or three blocks for a seasonal throw, a corner to corner (C2C) graph is a friendly place to start: every square is the same little tile, and the picture appears as the diagonal rows build up. The three motifs below are our own pixel drawings. A short script reads each grid once and produces both the chart you see and every number printed under it, so the counts cannot drift away from the pictures.
Pumpkin, ghost and bats side by side
| Design | Colors | Squares per color | Color switches (bottom-right start) | Busiest row |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkin | 5 | Night purple background 286, Pumpkin orange 266, Rib dark orange 52, Stem brown 12, Leaf green 9 | 174 | 11 blocks |
| Ghost | 3 | Night purple background 344, Ghost white 261, Face black 20 | 92 | 7 blocks |
| Bats and crescent moon | 3 | Night purple background 503, Moon yellow 38, Bat black 84 | 108 | 7 blocks |
We calculated these figures ourselves from the grid data. A "color switch" means picking up a different color partway through one diagonal row; the busiest row is the one with the most separate color blocks.
All three share the same night purple background, so they sit together naturally as a row of panels or as blocks in one throw.
Reading a C2C graph
- Each square on the chart is one tile. In the classic C2C method a tile is 3 double crochet (dc; UK treble, tr) worked into a chain-3 space (ch-sp). The abbreviations match the Craft Yarn Council's Crochet Abbreviations Master List (checked October 27, 2026).
- You work diagonally, not across. On a 25 × 25 graph the diagonal count is 25 + 25 − 1 = 49. Rows 1 to 25 add a tile each time; rows 26 to 49 lose a tile each time.
- Our written rows start in the bottom-right corner. Each line runs from the lower end of that diagonal to the upper end. On any row you crochet the other way, simply read that line from right to left. If you would rather start bottom left, work straight from the chart: the ghost is a mirror image of itself, so its list still applies, but the pumpkin and the bats would come out flipped.
- Light grid lines every 5 squares help you count. Numbers on the top edge count columns from the left; numbers on the left edge count rows up from the bottom.
If your pattern library mixes US and UK names, keep the US vs UK crochet terms conversion chart open beside you.
Graph 1: Ribbed pumpkin
A wide pumpkin with four darker rib lines that curve with the body, a dip at the top where a crooked brown stem comes out, and a small green leaf on the right. Five colors.
| Key | Color | Squares | Share of graph | Diagonal rows that use it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Night purple background | 286 | 45.8% | 1–49 |
| O | Pumpkin orange | 266 | 42.6% | 7–36 |
| R | Rib dark orange | 52 | 8.3% | 10–33 |
| S | Stem brown | 12 | 1.9% | 28–33 |
| L | Leaf green | 9 | 1.4% | 25–30 |
| All colors | 625 | 100% | 1–49 | |
| Starting corner | Color blocks (all rows) | Color switches | Busiest row (blocks) | Single-color rows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom right | 223 | 174 | row 25, 26 (11) | 19 |
| Bottom left | 225 | 176 | row 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26 (9) | 17 |
The rib lines are the reason the pumpkin has the most switches of the three. Each rib is only one square wide, so most diagonal rows through the body cross one to three of them. Prefer a plainer version? Fill the 52 rib squares with pumpkin orange instead: you then need 318 orange squares and drop to four colors.
All 49 diagonal rows for the pumpkin (bottom-right start)
Key: N night purple, O pumpkin orange, R rib dark orange, S stem brown, L leaf green. "O7" means 7 tiles of pumpkin orange. Each line lists the color blocks from the lower end of the diagonal upward.
2 (2 sq): N2
3 (3 sq): N3
4 (4 sq): N4
5 (5 sq): N5
6 (6 sq): N6
7 (7 sq): N2, O4, N1
8 (8 sq): N1, O6, N1
9 (9 sq): N1, O7, N1
10 (10 sq): N1, O2, R1, O5, N1
11 (11 sq): N1, O3, R2, O4, N1
12 (12 sq): N1, O5, R1, O4, N1
13 (13 sq): N2, R1, O4, R1, O4, N1
14 (14 sq): N2, O1, R2, O3, R1, O4, N1
15 (15 sq): N2, O3, R1, O3, R1, O3, N2
16 (16 sq): N1, O5, R1, O3, R1, O3, N2
17 (17 sq): N1, O1, R1, O4, R1, O3, R1, O2, N3
18 (18 sq): N1, O2, R1, O4, R1, O3, R1, O2, N3
19 (19 sq): N1, O8, R1, O5, N4
20 (20 sq): N1, O3, R1, O5, R1, O2, R1, O2, N4
21 (21 sq): N2, O3, R1, O5, R1, O2, R1, O1, N5
22 (22 sq): N2, O1, R1, O2, R1, O5, R1, O3, N6
23 (23 sq): N2, O2, R1, O2, R1, O5, R1, O3, N6
24 (24 sq): N3, O5, R1, O8, N7
25 (25 sq): N3, O2, R1, O3, R1, O4, R1, O2, N1, L1, N6
26 (24 sq): N3, O2, R1, O3, R1, O4, R1, O1, N1, L2, N5
27 (23 sq): N2, O3, R1, O3, R1, O5, N1, L2, N5
28 (22 sq): N2, O3, R1, O3, R1, O3, S1, N2, L1, N5
29 (21 sq): N1, O4, R1, O3, R2, O1, S1, N2, L2, N4
30 (20 sq): N1, O4, R1, O4, R1, S2, N2, L1, N4
31 (19 sq): N1, O4, R1, O5, S3, N5
32 (18 sq): N1, O4, R2, O3, N1, S4, N3
33 (17 sq): N1, O5, R1, O2, N4, S1, N3
34 (16 sq): N1, O7, N8
35 (15 sq): N1, O6, N8
36 (14 sq): N1, O4, N9
37 (13 sq): N13
38 (12 sq): N12
39 (11 sq): N11
40 (10 sq): N10
41 (9 sq): N9
42 (8 sq): N8
43 (7 sq): N7
44 (6 sq): N6
45 (5 sq): N5
46 (4 sq): N4
47 (3 sq): N3
48 (2 sq): N2
49 (1 sq): N1
Graph 2: Waving ghost
A classic sheet ghost with a rounded head, two oval eyes, a surprised open mouth, little arms raised on both sides and a four-point scalloped hem. Three colors.
| Key | Color | Squares | Share of graph | Diagonal rows that use it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Night purple background | 344 | 55.0% | 1–49 |
| W | Ghost white | 261 | 41.8% | 8–37 |
| K | Face black | 20 | 3.2% | 22–32 |
| All colors | 625 | 100% | 1–49 | |
| Starting corner | Color blocks (all rows) | Color switches | Busiest row (blocks) | Single-color rows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom right | 141 | 92 | row 24, 25 (7) | 19 |
| Bottom left | 141 | 92 | row 24, 25 (7) | 19 |
Of the three, the ghost has the fewest colors and the fewest switches. The black face is only 20 squares, all between diagonal rows 22 and 32, so for most of the work you are only handling white and purple.
All 49 diagonal rows for the ghost (bottom-right start)
Key: N night purple, W ghost white, K face black. "W12" means 12 tiles of ghost white. Each line lists the color blocks from the lower end of the diagonal upward.
2 (2 sq): N2
3 (3 sq): N3
4 (4 sq): N4
5 (5 sq): N5
6 (6 sq): N6
7 (7 sq): N7
8 (8 sq): N1, W2, N5
9 (9 sq): N2, W2, N5
10 (10 sq): N2, W3, N5
11 (11 sq): N3, W3, N5
12 (12 sq): N1, W6, N5
13 (13 sq): N2, W6, N5
14 (14 sq): N2, W7, N5
15 (15 sq): N3, W10, N2
16 (16 sq): N1, W13, N2
17 (17 sq): N2, W10, N5
18 (18 sq): N2, W11, N5
19 (19 sq): N3, W11, N5
20 (20 sq): N1, W14, N5
21 (21 sq): N2, W14, N5
22 (22 sq): N2, W7, K2, W5, N6
23 (23 sq): N3, W7, K2, W5, N6
24 (24 sq): N4, W6, K2, W2, K1, W3, N6
25 (25 sq): N5, W6, K2, W1, K2, W2, N7
26 (24 sq): N5, W9, K2, W2, N6
27 (23 sq): N5, W9, K1, W3, N5
28 (22 sq): N5, W12, N5
29 (21 sq): N5, W5, K1, W5, N5
30 (20 sq): N5, W4, K2, W5, N4
31 (19 sq): N4, W5, K2, W4, N4
32 (18 sq): N4, W5, K1, W4, N4
33 (17 sq): N3, W1, N1, W9, N3
34 (16 sq): N3, W1, N1, W8, N3
35 (15 sq): N2, W1, N2, W7, N3
36 (14 sq): N2, W1, N3, W4, N4
37 (13 sq): N7, W1, N5
38 (12 sq): N12
39 (11 sq): N11
40 (10 sq): N10
41 (9 sq): N9
42 (8 sq): N8
43 (7 sq): N7
44 (6 sq): N6
45 (5 sq): N5
46 (4 sq): N4
47 (3 sq): N3
48 (2 sq): N2
49 (1 sq): N1
Graph 3: Bats and crescent moon
Three black bats of different sizes flap across the night sky, each tilted at its own angle: a large one low on the left with its wings raised, a smaller one on the right on the downstroke, and a little one higher up. A thin yellow crescent moon hangs in the top right corner. Three colors.
| Key | Color | Squares | Share of graph | Diagonal rows that use it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Night purple background | 503 | 80.5% | 1–49 |
| M | Moon yellow | 38 | 6.1% | 17–32 |
| K | Bat black | 84 | 13.4% | 6–41 |
| All colors | 625 | 100% | 1–49 | |
| Starting corner | Color blocks (all rows) | Color switches | Busiest row (blocks) | Single-color rows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom right | 157 | 108 | row 23, 26, 32 (7) | 13 |
| Bottom left | 149 | 100 | row 25 (9) | 18 |
This is the most background-heavy graph: about 80% of it is night purple, and the moon is only 38 squares. The bats' jagged wing edges still add switches, so it lands between the ghost and the pumpkin. Starting bottom left instead saves a few switches here (100 instead of 108) because the bats lean the other way.
All 49 diagonal rows for the bats (bottom-right start)
Key: N night purple, M moon yellow, K bat black. "N12" means 12 tiles of night purple. Each line lists the color blocks from the lower end of the diagonal upward.
2 (2 sq): N2
3 (3 sq): N3
4 (4 sq): N4
5 (5 sq): N5
6 (6 sq): N4, K1, N1
7 (7 sq): N5, K1, N1
8 (8 sq): N5, K2, N1
9 (9 sq): N4, K1, N1, K1, N2
10 (10 sq): N4, K3, N3
11 (11 sq): N5, K3, N3
12 (12 sq): N6, K2, N4
13 (13 sq): N7, K2, N4
14 (14 sq): N6, K2, N6
15 (15 sq): N5, K4, N6
16 (16 sq): N6, K4, N6
17 (17 sq): N12, M4, N1
18 (18 sq): N14, M3, N1
19 (19 sq): N15, M3, N1
20 (20 sq): N5, K4, N7, M3, N1
21 (21 sq): N4, K7, N6, M3, N1
22 (22 sq): N4, K6, N8, M2, N2
23 (23 sq): N4, K1, N1, K2, N11, M2, N2
24 (24 sq): N4, K5, N10, M2, N3
25 (25 sq): N5, K3, N12, M2, N3
26 (24 sq): N4, K2, N1, K1, N11, M2, N3
27 (23 sq): N4, K2, N13, M2, N2
28 (22 sq): N3, K2, N13, M2, N2
29 (21 sq): N3, K2, N12, M2, N2
30 (20 sq): N3, K1, N12, M2, N2
31 (19 sq): N2, K2, N11, M2, N2
32 (18 sq): N2, K1, N5, K2, N4, M2, N2
33 (17 sq): N2, K1, N5, K2, N7
34 (16 sq): N6, K2, N8
35 (15 sq): N6, K2, N7
36 (14 sq): N5, K3, N6
37 (13 sq): N5, K1, N7
38 (12 sq): N4, K1, N7
39 (11 sq): N4, K1, N6
40 (10 sq): N3, K1, N6
41 (9 sq): N3, K1, N5
42 (8 sq): N8
43 (7 sq): N7
44 (6 sq): N6
45 (5 sq): N5
46 (4 sq): N4
47 (3 sq): N3
48 (2 sq): N2
49 (1 sq): N1
All three as one Halloween runner or throw
Because the three graphs share a size and a background color, you can line them up as a three-panel table runner or wall hanging, or repeat them as blocks. Here is what the three panels need together, before any border or joining.
| Color | Used in | Squares |
|---|---|---|
| Night purple background | Pumpkin, Ghost, Bats and crescent moon | 1,133 |
| Pumpkin orange | Pumpkin | 266 |
| Ghost white | Ghost | 261 |
| Face black / Bat black | Ghost, Bats and crescent moon | 104 |
| Rib dark orange | Pumpkin | 52 |
| Moon yellow | Bats and crescent moon | 38 |
| Stem brown | Pumpkin | 12 |
| Leaf green | Pumpkin | 9 |
| Total | 1,875 | |
We calculated these figures ourselves. The ghost's face and the bats use the same black, so they are added together.
Turning square counts into yarn and size
We do not print a finished size or a yardage figure, because both depend on your yarn, hook and tension, and we have not crocheted these graphs. A small test piece gives you both numbers, and the counts above do the rest.
- Work a 5 × 5 tile test square (25 tiles) with the yarn and hook you plan to use.
- Size: measure across the test square and divide by 5 to get one tile's width. A 25-square graph is 25 times that, plus any border.
- Yarn: weigh the test square, divide by 25 for grams per tile, then multiply by each color's square count. Your yarn label tells you how many grams are in a skein.
- Leave extra for tails. Every color switch leaves ends to weave in, so the pumpkin (the most switches) needs the most spare.
Here is the arithmetic with an invented test-square weight, purely to show the steps: if 25 tiles weighed 12 g, one tile would be 0.48 g, and the ghost's 261 white squares would need 261 × 0.48 = 125.28 g before the extra for tails. The 12 g is not a measurement. The full swatch-weighing method is in our swatch-based yarn estimator.
Can you finish by Saturday, October 31?
With Halloween this weekend, the useful question is how many tiles a day you would need. The table divides one 625-square graph by the days left, counting Halloween itself as a working day. It says nothing about how fast you crochet; only your own timed test square can tell you that.
| Start date (2026) | Days through Sat, Oct 31 | Tiles per day, one graph | Tiles per day, all three |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Oct 29 | 3 | 209 | 625 |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 2 | 313 | 938 |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 1 | 625 | 1,875 |
We calculated these figures ourselves (625 or 1,875 squares divided by the days, rounded up).
To turn tiles per day into hours, time yourself on the 5 × 5 test square and scale up; our crochet time estimator explains that method. If the numbers look out of reach, the ghost is the quickest to keep track of, or you can save the graphs now for next October.
Planning the color work
- Prepare bobbins for the busiest row. The busiest pumpkin rows have 11 separate color blocks from a bottom-right start; the bats and the ghost top out at 7. That is the most you will juggle in one row.
- Small details cost the most switches. The pumpkin's thin ribs add far more switches than their 52 squares would suggest.
- Background-only rows are breathers. The corner rows of every graph are night purple only; the "single-color rows" column counts them.
- Use the same gauge for every panel if you plan to join them; equal square counts only line up when the tiles are the same size.
Using these graphs
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FAQ
How many squares are in each Halloween graph?
Each graph is 25 squares wide and 25 tall, so 625 squares. Worked corner to corner, that is 49 diagonal rows: 25 that grow and 24 that shrink. All three together are 1,875 squares.
Which graph is the easiest for a first C2C?
Going by the counts, the ghost: three colors and 92 color switches from a bottom-right start, against 108 for the bats and 174 for the pumpkin. Fewer switches usually means fewer ends and less to track, but how easy it feels is up to you.
How big will the finished piece be?
That depends on your tile size, which comes from your yarn, hook and tension. Work a 5 × 5 tile test square, measure it, divide by 5 and multiply by 25. We have not stitched these graphs, so we do not quote a size.
Can I use these graphs for tapestry crochet, mosaic or cross-stitch?
Yes. Any method where one stitch or block equals one square can follow the chart and use the color counts. The diagonal row lists only apply to C2C; for row-by-row methods, read the chart one horizontal line at a time.
How do I print a graph?
Use the download button under the graph to save an SVG file, open it in a browser or image viewer, and print. SVG files stay sharp at any size. Printing this page directly also works.
More charts and guides
- Crochet Hook Sizes Chart: mm, US Letters and Yarn Weights
- US vs UK Crochet Terms: Conversion Chart and How to Tell
For a pumpkin you can stuff and set on a shelf, see the Crochet Pumpkin Size Calculator. Planning ahead for December? The same counting method is used in our Free Christmas C2C Graphs (21 × 21 squares each).
Sources
- Craft Yarn Council: Crochet Abbreviations Master List (ch, ch-sp, dc, sl st), checked October 27, 2026
How this article was made
Written by the PLoMUS Editorial Team with AI drafting assistance; the Craft Yarn Council page above was checked on October 27, 2026. The pumpkin, ghost and bats are original designs stored as grid data. One script draws each SVG from that data and computes every square count, color-switch count, combined total and written diagonal row from the same data. We did not crochet these graphs, so this page makes no claim about finished size, yarn use or how the stitched panels look. We will recheck the source before next Halloween.
About Easy Crochet Corner · Disclosure
Update log: October 27, 2026 — first version; all sources checked.
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