Diamond Colors

This afghan with diamond shapes was so favored by my mom, that now she uses it and lays on her bed.

Each granny square was crocheted with two triangles shapes, where one half single triangle had a single color and the other half triangle worked in contrasting stripes. Arranging these squares with the stripes together, combined as diamond shapes. After creating the 9 diamonds, I attached them together with yellow stripes.

I used bright colors and combined them in contrasting patterns. The three combinations are shown below. 

The orange diamond pattern created are 4, each made up of 4 squares. 

4 Orange Diamond: 4 squares/ea or 16 total squares

The yellow diamond pattern created are 4, each made up of 4 squares. 

4 Yellow Diamond: 4 squares/ea or 16 total squares

Finally, one red diamond pattern made up of 4 squares. In all there are 36 squares. I arranged the diamond patterns in a diagonal order, as you can see from the picture at the top.

Red Diamond: 4 squares

The yarn used was Vanna White's acrylic yarn, which makes it easy to wash and dry, without worrying about shrinking.