Here is a step-by-step tutorial for making the granny-square diamond motif shown in your image. This square is made in four colors and uses traditional granny clusters (3 double crochets).

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🌸 DIAMOND GRANNY SQUARE — VERY DETAILED TUTORIAL

Stitches Used

• ch – chain
• sl st – slip stitch
• dc – double crochet
• sp – space
• ch-2 corner – a chain-2 space that forms each corner

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✅ ROUND 1 — Center (Brown)

This round makes a small 4-petal flower shape.

1. Make a magic ring.
2. Into the ring:
   • ch 3 (counts as 1 dc)
   • 2 dc → (first cluster)
   • ch 2 → corner
3. Repeat (3 dc, ch 2)3 more times.
   • You should have 4 clusters separated by 4 chain-2 spaces.
4. Pull the magic ring tight.
5. Join with sl st to the top of the beginning ch 3.

➤ You now have a tiny square with 4 corners.

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✅ ROUND 2 — Pink (Full Granny Round)

This round builds the first layer around the center.

1. Attach pink yarn into any corner ch-2 space.
2. Work (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) into that corner.

This is one full granny corner.

3. Repeat in the next 3 corners:
   • 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc
4. Join with sl st to first dc (or top of ch-3).

➤ You now have a normal granny square with 8 clusters (2 in each corner).

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✅ ROUND 3 — Olive Green (Side Extension Round)

This round creates the long diamond shape.

1. Attach olive yarn to any ch-2 corner.
2. In the corner:
   • 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc
3. Along each side:
   • Work 3 dc into the space between 2 clusters from previous round.
     (There is 1 space on each side in this square.)

Side layout per edge:

• Corner
• One 3-dc cluster in the middle of the side
• Corner

Repeat this for all 4 sides.

4. Join with sl st to the first dc.

➤ After this round, the square is bigger, and the green forms the long diamond edges.

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✅ ROUND 4 — White (Corners Only)

This round is special because it does NOT fill the sides, only the 4 corners.

This is what creates the white triangular tips you see.

1. Attach white yarn into any corner space.
2. Work (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc).
3. Skip the entire side (do NOT work in any spaces).
4. Repeat in all 4 corners.
5. Join with sl st.

➤ After this round:

• The square has sharp, pronounced corners
• The sides curve inward slightly — that’s normal
• When joined together, they form perfect diamonds

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⭐ SHAPE EXPLANATION

• The brown makes the center.
• The pink makes the inner diamond.
• The olive makes the outer diamond body.
• The white makes sharp tips that interlock when joined.

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💠 HOW TO JOIN SQUARES (Exactly like the right picture)

You join them during Round 4 (white), using Join-As-You-Go (JAYG).

While making the white corners:

For each new square:

1. Crochet the first corner normally:
   • 3 dc, ch 1
2. Insert hook into the matching corner of the finished square, sl st.
3. ch 1 to finish the corner.
4. Work 3 dc to finish the corner.

For sides:

• There is one side gap per side, so join it with sl st into the side gap of the neighboring motif.
• Then continue the next corner.

This creates the pink-framed diamond grid seen in the blanket.

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