How Do You Crochet A Diamond Patterned Afghan?
This pattern creates a pretty diamond patterned afghan. Once the pattern is established it’s a very easy afghan to crochet. Pick your yarn and the size of your crochet hook. Decide how wide you want your afghan to be. No matter how wide you want your afghan to be, your beginning chain will always end in 5. If you are using acrylic yarn and a size J crochet hook you should chain 205 stitches. This will give 20 diamonds across the afghan. The formula for this is: Each diamond is 10 stitches, plus you need one extra stitch for the first diamond and then are 2 stitches on each side as a border. So in summary 20 x 10 = 200 plus 2 + 2 plus the extra stitch equals 205. This afghan is worked from side to side ending at every row. It’s worked on the same side throughout, you do not turn it. Join with a slipstitch at the beginning of every row. Leave at least a six inch tail at the beginning and end of each row because this will be your fringe when the afghan is finished. After you do the chain
