I’ve wanted to show you this block for a long time! This is my version of Hewitt and Daley’s “Australian” block from their 1988 book. Quilters call this block “a square in a square”. I changed the number of stitches in the triangle sections, changed the center square stitch pattern and made the block two colors instead of one.
This is a fast and easy block with almost all knitting and purling for the design.

Skills needed: cast on, slip, knit, purl, kf&b, k2tog, p2tog, k3tog and picking up stitches from the side of the center square.

Gauge is not important in this pattern. Any block-able yarn/thread will work. Make a swatch to check gauge and appearance.