4-Pointed Star Square

I couldn’t sleep; so, two posts in so little time...



This square I designed in 2000 for a swap with the remnants of the deceased Compuserve crochet forum. Different color choices can change dramatically this square.

I used sport weight yarn and a 4 mm hook. My square measures 6”.

Color A: Ch 5, close with ss to make a ring.

1st round: ch 1, 12 sc in the ring.
2nd round: ch 1, 3 sc, ch 2, 3 sc, ch 2, 3 sc, ch 2, 2 sc, ch 1, sc at the top of the first sc.
3rd round: ch 1, sc in the ch loop, *3 sc, [sc, ch 2, sc] in the corner loop*; repeat from * to * three times more, ending with sc, ch 2, ss in the first sc.

Color B:

4th round: Sc in one of the corner loops, *ch 8; working in the 3rd ch from the hook, make1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 tr, 1 double-treble (dtr - similar to a treble but beginning with 3 yo), 1 treble-treble (ttr; similar to the dtr, but beginning with 4 yo); sc in the ch-loop at the next corner*; repeat from * to * three times more, ending with ss in the first sc.

Color A:

5th round: Join the yarn to the little loop at the tip of one “arm”, in the same loop make 2 sc; then make 1 sc, 1 hdc, 2 dc, 2 tr, 1 dtr in the corner loop of the center square (make it over the sc of the previous row.) Work now in the base of the next “arm” stitches: 2 tr, 2 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc in the tip loop. Make the same in the remaining three sides and end with 1 sc in the first tip loop, ss in the first sc.

6th round: ch 3, 1 dc in the same st, 1 dc in each st, making [2 dc, ch, 2 dc] in the corner sc. End the round with 2 dc, ch 1, ss in the top of the beginning chain.

Color B:

7th round: Sc; make 1sc, ch 2, 1 sc in the corner loops.

Color A:

8th round: Sc; make 1sc, ch 2, 1 sc in the corner loops.