Today’s crochet square was designed by Rebecca from RV Designs. The Rusted Fence Square is worked in rows and features post stitches worked in a diamond pattern over top of some stripes.
This is block #4 of our 2021 Stash Busting Crochet Along.
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Here is the original square made by Rebecca. I love her bold colors! Mine is pictured below. I went back and forth about working up this square in all 4 of my colors but ultimately decided to stick with using 2 (plus the taupe I’m using for the border on all my squares).
My Notes
I loved making this square. It’s made using alternating rows of post stitches and double crochets. The post stitches are made in a way that form diamonds over top of the double crochet rows. It has so much amazing texture.
Helpful Links: Crochet post stitches, Crochet pattern reading tips
Sizing: I didn’t alter the starting chains in this pattern at all. My square ended up a little bigger than I typically like, coming in at 11.5 inches before the border. I also had to block this one square because I didn’t have room to add another repeat and had to end a little shy of a square.
Here’s what I did: I really didn’t make any changes to this pattern at all.
I used my 5 mm crochet hook and Vanna’s Choice yarn in the colors linen (post stitches), silver-gray, and taupe (border only)
The nice thing about using only 2 colors is that I was able to carry my yarn up the edge of my square instead of cutting after each color change. I ended up with 9 stripes of the silver-gray so I could have used my other 3 colors in a stripe or color block pattern and it would have come out even.
THE PATTERN
CLICK HERE to see the Rusted Fence Square by RV Designs
Show off your Squares
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Here is a couple more pictures of my square!
Is there a full pattern for the diamond square
wondering if you have the pattern for this? I’ve made the diamond stitch in another CAL. I like this better because there are full diamonds along the edge. If you do not have the pattern, do you remember how many stitches you chained to start? thanks so much.