Red Diamonds

Diamonds are a favorite shape for knitting and were even employed in the well-known design of the silk stockings worn by Queen Elizabeth. There are different methods of achieving the diamond shape, and of course they can be small or dominant. Diamonds are often used within cable borders for a sea sweater. This particular stitch pattern is heavy but lacy with the diamonds being well defined, the sample worked in 4ply (baby weight) red wool.

Diamond Mesh
Row 1: (wrong side) and all alternate rows, Purl.
Row 2: K1 *(yo, SSK) twice, yo, slip 1, K2TOG, PSSO, yo, (K2TOG, yo) twice, K1* repeat.
Row 4: K1 *K1 (yo, SSK) twice, K1, (K2TOG, yo) twice, K2* repeat.
Row 6: K1 *(yo, SSK) twice, yo, slip 1, K2TOG, PSSO, yo, (K2TOG, yo) twice, K1* repeat.
Row 8: K1 *K1 (yo, SSK) twice, K1, (K2TOG, yo) twice, K2* repeat.
Row 10: K1 *(yo, SSK) twice, yo, slip 1, K2TOG, PSSO, yo, (K2TOG, yo) twice, K1* repeat.
Row 12: K2TOG, yo *(K2TOG, yo) twice, K1, (yo SSK) twice, yo, slip 1, K2TOG, PSSO, yo* repeat, ending with (K2TOG, yo) twice, K1, (yo, SSK) three times.
Row 14: K1 *(K2TOG, yo) twice, K3, (yo, SSK) twice, K1* repeat.
Row 16: K2TOG, yo *(K2TOG, yo) twice, K1, (yo, SSK) twice, yo, slip 1, K2TOG, PSSO, yo* repeat, ending with (K2TOG, yo) twice, K1, (yo, SSK) three times.
Row 18: K1 *(K2TOG, yo) twice, K3, (yo, SSK) twice, K1* repeat.
Row 20: K2TOG, yo *(K2TOG,yo) twice, K1, (yo, SSK) twice, yo, slip 1, K2TOG, PSSO, yo* repeat, ending with (K2TOG, yo) twice, K1, (yo, SSK) three times.

Click onto Judy Gibson's Diamond Ring Mesh, http://www.free.cts.com/crash/j/jgibson/... where she uses a new technique that she discovered on a Burda doily pattern to neatly finish a 3-stitch decrease on the tip of a diamond. Make a note of this trick. It's a beautiful, sophisticated answer to a not-so-pretty decrease. Although it appears delightfully open, this stitch is not stretchy. I think it's great for a summer top.

My latest pattern is Moroccan Spice, a kid mohair wallet-sized bag in an exotic combination of paprika and sage. Knitted mainly in the round and ornamented with glass emeralds and gold filigree. Easy to make.

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