Colourful crochet square

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This square with an intricate looking design is actually easy and uses only single and double crochet stitches. The square can be made in any size. It can be made small and joined together to make bags, cushion covers or baby blankets. It can be made as a large single square for a throw or an afghan. In my previous post I hade used the smallest version of this square to make a bag, You can view it here. I had joined slightly larger squares to make a cushion cover.

Materials Used:

Medium worsted weight yarn in 3 colours

H/5 mm crochet hook

Yarn needle

Stitches/Abbreviations Used:

** - Repeat instruction between asterisks as many times as directed

[ ] - Repeat instructions within parenthesis as a set as many times as directed

sl st - slip stitch

ch - chain

sc - single crochet

dc - double crochet

Instruction:

Round 1: Using colour A make a magic ring, ch 1, into the ring work 8 sc. Join with a sl st to the 1st sc.

Round 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in each st around. Join with a sl st to 1st sc. (16 sc)

Round 3: Pull colour B through the loop, ch 6, dc in same st, **ch 1, skip next st, dc in next st, ch 1, skip next st, [dc, ch 3, dc] in next st** Repeat from ** to ** 2 more times, ch 1, skip next st, dc in next st, ch 1. Join with a sl st to the 3^rd ch. Cut the yarn off.

Round 4: Join colour C in a dc after ch-3 space, ch 1, sc in same st, **dc in sc one row below the next ch-1 space working behind the ch, sc in next dc, dc in sc one row below next ch-1 space, sc in next dc, 5 sc in next ch-3 space, sc in next dc** Repeat from ** to ** around finishing with 5 sc in last ch-3 space. Join with a sl st to the 1^st sc. Cut the yarn off.

Round 5: Join color A in any sc after the 5 sc in a corner space, ch 4 (counts as dc + ch 1), **[skip next st, dc in next sc, ch 1] across until the 2nd sc of the 5 sc in corner space, skip next sc, [dc, ch 3, dc] in the next sc (forms corner at the 4th sc of the 5 sc at the corner space), ch 1** Repeat from ** to ** around. Join with a sl st to the 3rd ch at the beginning of round. Cut the yarn off.

Round 6: Join colour B in a dc after ch-3 space, ch 1, sc in same st, repeat **[dc in sc one row below the next ch-1 space, sc in next dc] across until the last dc of that side, 5 sc in next ch-3 space, sc in next dc** Repeat from ** to ** around finishing with 5 sc in last ch-3 space. Join with a sl st to the 1^st sc. Cut the yarn off.

Repeat rounds 5 and 6 as many times as required, Weave in all the loose ends.