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Welcome to week two of the 2025 Make it Your Way Crochet Along! Our first blanket square this week is the Raised Diagonal Afghan Square Crochet Pattern.
I love working post stitches. They create such a beautiful, cozy and thick texture. In this Raised Diagonal Afghan Square the post stitches create waves of diagonal cables that run along the length of the square.
Crochet cables and post stitches can be a bit of a challenge when you first begin to tackle them. That being said, after the first six rows or so, once you see the design coming through, it makes the pattern much easier to see and the post stitches are easier to work.
The Make it Your Way Crochet Along:
As mentioned, this is the second week in the 2025 Make it Your Way Crochet Along. This is a fun event where each week I will present you with two stitch options. Using those stitches you will make an afghan square. At the end of the event you will join your squares together, add an edging and you will have your own unique stitch sampler blanket!
You can learn about the event here: The 2025 Make it Your Way Crochet Along
You can see the first square here: The Herringbone Ribbing Afghan Square. And the second square was the Boxed Bead Afghan Square.
From the crochet along squares I have finished two blankets. The first option two squares I have called the “Pumpkin Spice Blanket” and the option one squares form the “Tranquil Blue Blanket.”
Our crochet afghan square today is the second square that will be found in the finished Tranquil Blue Blanket.
The Materials:
For the crochet along I have encouraged you to choose a favourite medium/worsted weight yarn – it can be new to your or from your stash, but choose a favourite! For my blanket I used two different colours, working two squares in each colour. For your finished blanket you will need a total of four squares. This square will be found in the final pattern for the Tranquil Blue Blanket.
Each square will be designed in a worsted/medium weight yarn. For my blanket I will be using the Pound of Love yarn by Lion Brand Yarn. You will also need a 5 mm (H/8) crochet hook.
PDF Copies are now available:
The crochet patterns for each of the squares in these blankets can be found here on Rich Textures Crochet and will always remain free to follow here on my website. However, if you wish to follow a PDF of the blankets and wish to add the patterns to your library, you can find them to purchase in my Etsy and Ravelry Shops linked below:
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Barn Quilt Blankets is a collection of five blanket crochet patterns that feature a beautiful geometric designs. The book is now available in both paperback and ebook formats on Amazon! You can read about it here: BARN QUILT BLANKETS
Raised Diagonal Afghan Square Crochet Pattern:
This is the second square found in the Tranquil Blue crochet blanket:
Tranquil Blue Blankets Notes:
Skill Level: Intermediate
Gauge: 16 sc x 20 rows = 4 inches
Finished Size: Finished blanket measures approximately 50 x 62 inches. Each square measures 12 x 12 inches.
Yarn: Approximately 4000 yards of a worsted weight yarn. Shown here: Pound of Love by Lion Brand Yarn (100% acrylic; 16 oz/454g; 1020 yds/932 m); (4) Medium/worsted weight) in the colours Denim (Colour A), Antique White (Colour B). *For amounts required for each square, see the yarn amounts found in the square pattern below.
Hook: Size H/8 (5.0mm) crochet hook. Adjust hook size if necessary to obtain correct gauge.
Notions: Yarn Needle, scissors.
Stitches and Abbreviations:
Blo – Back Loop Only
Ch – Chain
Dc – Double Crochet
Hdc – Half Double Crochet
Rpt – Repeat
Sc – Single Crochet
Sk – Skip
Sl St – Slip Stitch
Yo – Yarn Over
Special Stitches in this square:
Bpdc: Back Post Double Crochet
Fpdc: Front Post Double Crochet
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Pattern Notes:
- This pattern is written in American crochet terms.
- The crochet square motifs are all worked in rows and finished off with a round of single crochet edging.
- Ch 1 at the beginning of a row/round does not count as a stitch.
- You will make 4 squares (Two in both colour A and B) of each pattern for the blanket.
- Once 20 squares are complete they are crocheted together in a 4 x 5 grid. A simple edging is worked around the outer edge.
Free Crochet Pattern:
Yarn Amount: 179 yards/square = 716 yards total
Gauge: 17 post dc sts x 1 rows = 4 inches
Ch 48 (To change the size of your square, you will need a multiple of 4 sts)
Row 1: Dc in the 4th ch from your hook (starting ch-3 counts as a dc st) and in each ch across. Ch 1, turn.
Row 2: Hdc in the 1st st, *fpdc in each of the next 2 sts, bpdc in each of the next 2 sts; Rpt from * across to the final st, hdc in the final st. Ch 1, turn.
Row 3: Hdc in the 1st st, bpdc in the next st, *fpdc in each of the next 2 sts, bpdc in each of the next 2 sts; Rpt from * across to the final 2 sts, bpdc in the next st, hdc in the final st. Ch 1, turn.
Row 4: Hdc in the 1st st, *bpdc in each of the next 2 sts, fpdc in each of the next 2 sts; Rpt from * across to the final st, hdc in the final st. Ch 1, turn.
Row 5: Hdc in the 1st st, fpdc in the next st, *bpdc in each of the next 2 sts, fpdc in each of the next 2 sts; Rpt from * across to the final 2 sts, fpdc in the next st, hdc in the final st. Ch 1, turn.
Rows 6-33: Repeat rows 2 -5 for a total of 7 times.
Edging (WORK AROUND EACH OF THE 20 SQUARES IN THE BLANKET):
Join yarn with a sl st in any corner.
Ch 1, 3 sc in the 1st st, evenly work 36 sts across the top of the square, work 1 sc in the corner, evenly work 37 sc across the 1st rough edge, work 1 sc in the corner, evenly work 37 sc across the bottom of the square, work 1 sc in the corner, evenly work 36 sc across the final rough side, join with a sl st in the 1st st. (152 sts)
Fasten off, weave in your ends and block your square to the desired measurements (In the case of my blanket: 12 x 12 inches).
Fasten off. Weave in your ends.
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