Square in a Square
A square set on point, its corners touching the middle of each side, with four half-square triangles filling the corners.
Block Details
- Category
- Classic
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Grid Type
- square-in-square
- Piece Count
- 5
- Tags
- square-in-squarebeginnertraditional
- Also appears in
- Square in a Square
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