Diamonds

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I didn't have any diamond shaped blocks to use in the photo, like I did in the photo with the square/triangular blocks in the squares/triangles cloth pictures. Unlike the Squares Cloth, which took me 4 tries to get it the way I wanted it, this Diamonds Cloth only took me 3 tries.

This is part of my series of Geometric Lace Cloths...

Parallelograms Cloth - Left Slanting pattern can be found here:
http://smariek.blogspot.com/2007/01/parallelograms-left-slanting.html

Parallelograms Cloth - Right Slanting pattern can be found here:
http://smariek.blogspot.com/2007/02/parallelograms-right-slanting.html

Squares Cloth pattern can be found here:
http://smariek.blogspot.com/2006/12/squares.html

Triangles Cloth pattern can be found here:
http://smariek.blogspot.com/2006/12/triangles.html

Stitches used in this cloth include:
Crystal Pattern, BW2 pg 266
Garter Stitch, BW1 pg 10

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Diamonds
© Designed by S.M. Kahn, Jan 2007
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Please read "Notes" section at the bottom before starting.

Using WW kitchen cotton and US7 (4.5mm) needles, cast on 34 stitches.

Knit 4 rows border.

Row 1 (WS): B3, P28, B3
Row 2 (RS): B3, K4, K2Tog, YO, K7, K2Tog, YO, K7, K2Tog, YO, K4, B3
Row 3: B3, P28, B3
Row 4: B3, K3, (K2Tog, YO)x2, K5, (K2Tog, YO)x2, K5, (K2Tog, YO)x2, K3, B3
Row 5: B3, P28, B3
Row 6: B3, K2, (K2Tog, YO)x3, K3, (K2Tog, YO)x3, K3, (K2Tog, YO)x3, K2, B3
Row 7: B3, P28, B3
Row 8: B3, K1, (K2Tog, YO)x4, K1, (K2Tog, YO)x4, K1, (K2Tog, YO)x4, K1, B3
Row 9: B3, P28, B3
Row 10: B3, K2, (K2Tog, YO)x3, K3, (K2Tog, YO)x3, K3, (K2Tog, YO)x3, K2, B3
Row 11: B3, P28, B3
Row 12: B3, K3, (K2Tog, YO)x2, K5, (K2Tog, YO)x2, K5, (K2Tog, YO)x2, K3, B3
Row 13: B3, P28, B3
Row 14: B3, K4, K2Tog, YO, K7, K2Tog, YO, K7, K2Tog, YO, K4, B3

Repeat Rows 1 through 14, two more times.
Work Row 1 again.
Knit 4 rows border.
Bind off. Weave in ends.



Notes:

B3 = 3 stitch border of your choice (I used K3 for my border in the cloth above)

K2TOG = knit 2 stitches together

YO = yarn over

Instructions in parentheses followed by x2, x3, or k4 means you do what is in the parentheses the number of times indicated after "x". For example, (K2Tog, YO)x2 means you would do K2Tog, YO, K2Tog, YO.


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