Fiona’s afghan square pattern uses the Zig-Zag Lozenge Stitch.

Fiona’s Afghan Square Pattern

Yarn: Red Heart with Love – 3 Colours – You will change colours on the last yarn over of the last stitch of each row.
Hook: 5.0 mm (H)

Finished Dimensions: 8″ x 8″ square

Abbreviations: ch – chain, chs – chains, hdc – half double crochet, st – stitch, sts – stitches, dc2tog – double crochet 2 stitches together, dc3tog – double crochet 3 stitches together, ch1sp, chain 1 space, dc – double crochet,

Special Stitches: dc3tog – double crochet 3 stitches together – for this specific pattern, the dc3tog stitch is worked in one ch1sp as a cluster stitch: (yarn over the hook, insert hook into the specified space, yarn over the hook, pull up 1 loop, yarn over the hook, pull through 2 of the loops on your hook) 3 times. Yarn over the hook and pull through all 4 remaining loops on your hook.

dc2tog – double crochet 2 stitches together – for this specific pattern, the dc2tog stitch is worked in one stitch as a cluster stitch: (yarn over the hook, insert the hook into the specified stitch, yarn over the hook, pull up 1 loop, yarn over the hook, pull through 2 of the loops on your hook) 2 times. Yarn over the hook and pull through all 3 remaining loops on your hook.

Helpful Tutorials:

Invisible Join
How to Change Colours on the Last Yarn Over

Stitch Multiple: chain a multiple of (2 + 1) + 2 for the base chain (for the turning chain)

NOTE: Remember you will be changing colours at the end of each row. The easiest way to do this is to change colours on the last yarn over of the stitch. Then cut the yarn for the row leaving 5-6″ tail for weaving in later.

Using Colour 1: Chain 25

Fiona’s Afghan Square and Crochet Stitch Tutorial

R1: Using Colour 1: Skip the first 2 chs (this counts as 1 hdc). 1 hdc in the next ch, *skip 1 ch, (1 hdc, ch 1, 1 hdc) into the next ch]*. Repeat from * to * to the last 2 chs. Skip 1 ch. 2 hdc into the last ch. Turn.

R2: Using Colour 2: Ch 3, 1 dc into the 1st st (this counts as a dc2tog). * ch 1, work dc3tog into the next ch1sp*. Repeat from * to * to the last ch1sp. Ch 1, dc2tog into the top of the turning ch. Turn.

R3: Using Colour 3: Ch 2 (this counts as 1 hdc). Skip the 1st st. *Work (1 hdc, ch 1, 1 hdc) into the next ch1sp*. Repeat from * to * to the turning ch. Work 1 hdc into the top of the turning ch. Turn.

R4: Using Colour 1: Ch 3 (this counts as 1 dc). Skip the 1st st. *Work dc3tog into the next ch1sp. Ch 1*. Repeat from *to * to the turning chain and work 1 dc into the top of the turning ch. Turn.

 

R5: Using Colour 2: Ch 2 (this counts as 1 hdc). 1 hdc into the 1st st. Skip the 1st ch1sp. *Work (1 hdc, ch 1, 1 hdc) into the next ch1sp*. Repeat from * to * to the turning ch. Work 2 hdc into the top of the turning ch. Turn.

 

R6: Repeat R2 – Using Colour 3

R7: Repeat R3 – Using Colour 1

R8: Repeat R4 – Using Colour 2

R9: Repeat R5 – Using Colour 3

R10: Repeat R2 – Using Colour 1

R11: Repeat R3 – Using Colour 2

R12: Repeat R4 – Using Colour 3

R13: Repeat R5 – Using Colour 1

R14: Repeat R2 – Using Colour 2

R15: Repeat R3 – Using Colour 3

R16: Repeat R4 – Using Colour 1

Do not finish off. Weave in all ends before proceeding to the edging.

Edging: Using Colour 1: Work 22 sc evenly along each side and 2 sc in each corner. Finish off and weave in ends.

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Resource: Basic Crochet Stitches, The Harmony Guides – Zig Zag Lozenge Stitch