Open Diamond Pattern for Stockings, Shawls & c.
From the Ladies Assistant for Creating Useful and Fancy Designs: Knitting, Netting and Crotchet Work, by Mrs. Gaugain, Edinburgh, 1840. To be worked in the round.
Shown with a cast-on count of 36 stitches.
- Rounds 1 and 9: Knit.
- Rounds 2 and 6: *K4, yo, k2tog, k2, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2, k2tog, yo, k3, repeat from *.
- Rounds 3 and 7: *Yo, k2tog, k2, yo, k2tog, k5, k2tog, yo, k2, k2tog, yo, k1, repeat from *.
- Rounds 4 and 8: *K2, yo, k2tog, k2, yo, k2tog, k3, k2tog, yo, k2, k2tog, yo, k1, repeat from *.
- Round 5: *K2, yo, k2tog, k2, yo, k2tog, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, k2tog, yo, k3, repeat from *.
- Rounds 10 and 14: *Sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2, k2tog, yo, k7, yo, k2tog, k2, yo, repeat from *.
- Rounds 11 and 15: *K2, k2tog, yo, k2, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, k2, yo, k2tog, k3, repeat from *.
- Rounds 12 and 16: *K2, k2tog, yo, k2, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, k2tog, k2, yo, k2tog, k1, repeat from *.
- Round 13: *K2tog, yo, k2, k2tog, yo, k5, yo, k2tog, k2, yo, k2tog, k1, repeat from *.
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