Big Dipper
Four hourglass units, each turned a quarter from its neighbours, so the dark triangles form a pinwheel at the centre and another around the edges.
Block Details
- Category
- Classic
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Grid Type
- four-patch
- Piece Count
- 16
- Tags
- four-patchqstbeginnertraditional
- Also appears in
- Four Patch
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