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Every month, my backers on Patreon suggest words for me to encode as a stitch pattern (using the methods I've developed over the last few years). I pick one at random and publish the result on the first of the month. This month, I decided on a variation - charting the encoded numbers on a diamond instead of a square. I'm particularly pleased with the result, which fits neatly in a triangle. I've also charted the result as a rectangle for scarves and stoles and so on.
For more information, please see this blog post.
Shown with a cast-on count of 4 stitches.
- Row 1 (RS): Sl1 wyib, yo, 1/1 RC, yo, k1 (6 sts).
- Rows 2, 6, 10, 14, 26, 30, 42, and 46: Sl1 wyif, purl.
- Row 3: Sl1 wyib, yo, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, yo, k1 (8 sts).
- Row 4: Sl1 wyif, p2, k1, p4.
- Row 5: Sl1 wyib, yo, k6, yo, k1 (10 sts).
- Row 7: Sl1 wyib, yo, k1, sl2-k1-p2sso, [yo] 4 times, sl2-k1-p2sso, k1, yo, k1 (12 sts).
- Row 8: Sl1 wyif, p3, [p1 tbl] 4 times, p4.
- Row 9: Sl1 wyib, yo, k10, yo, k1 (14 sts).
- Row 11: Sl1 wyib, yo, [k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk] 3 times, yo, k1 (16 sts).
- Row 12: Sl1 wyif, p2, [k1, p3] twice, k1, p4.
- Row 13: Sl1 wyib, yo, k1, ssk, k2, yo, k4, yo, k2, k2tog, k1, yo, k1 (18 sts).
- Row 15: Sl1 wyib, yo, k2, ssk, yo, k2, ssk, [yo] twice, k2tog, k2, yo, k2tog, k2, yo, k1 (20 sts).
- Row 16: Sl1 wyif, p8, k1, p10.
- Row 17: Sl1 wyib, yo, *1/1 RC, k1, bunny ears back dec, [yo] twice, k1, ssk, k2tog, k1, [yo] twice, bunny ears back dec, k1, repeat from * to last 3 sts, 1/1 RC, yo, k1 (22 sts).
- Rows 18 and 34: Sl1 wyif, p2, *p4, [k1, p5] twice, repeat from * to last 3 sts, p3.
- Row 19: Sl1 wyib, yo, k2tog, yo, *yo, ssk, k1, ssk, [yo] twice, k1, k2tog, ssk, k1, [yo] twice, k2tog, k1, k2tog, yo, repeat from * to last 3 sts, yo, ssk, yo, k1 (24 sts).
- Rows 20 and 36: Sl1 wyif, p2, k1, *p4, k1, p5, k1, p4, k1, repeat from * to last 4 sts, p4.
- Row 21: Sl1 wyib, yo, k3, *k3, ssk, k2tog, yo, k1, [yo] twice, k1, yo, ssk, k2tog, k3, repeat from * to last 4 sts, k3, yo, k1 (26 sts).
- Rows 22 and 38: Sl1 wyif, p4, *p7, k1, p8, repeat from * to last 5 sts, p5.
- Row 23: Sl1 wyib, yo, k1, sl2-k1-p2sso, [yo] twice, *[yo] twice, sl2-k1-p2sso, k10, sl2-k1-p2sso, [yo] twice, repeat from * to last 5 sts, [yo] twice, sl2-k1-p2sso, k1, yo, k1 (28 sts).
- Rows 24 and 40: Sl1 wyif, p3, [p1 tbl] twice, *[p1 tbl] twice, p12, [p1 tbl] twice, repeat from * to last 6 sts, [p1 tbl] twice, p4.
- Row 25: Sl1 wyib, yo, k5, *k5, 1/1 RC, k2, 1/1 LC, k5, repeat from * to last 6 sts, k5, yo, k1 (30 sts).
- Row 27: Sl1 wyib, yo, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k2tog, yo, *yo, ssk, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, 1/1 LC, 1/1 RC, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k2tog, yo, repeat from * to last 7 sts, yo, ssk, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, yo, k1 (32 sts).
- Rows 28 and 44: Sl1 wyif, p2, k1, p3, k1, *p3, k1, p7, k1, p3, k1, repeat from * to last 8 sts, p3, k1, p4.
- Row 29: Sl1 wyib, yo, k1, ssk, k2, yo, k2, *k2, yo, k2, k2tog, k1, 1/1 RC, k1, ssk, k2, yo, k2, repeat from * to last 8 sts, k2, yo, k2, k2tog, k1, yo, k1 (34 sts).
- Row 31: Sl1 wyib, yo, [k2, ssk, yo] twice, *yo, k2tog, k2, yo, k2tog, k4, ssk, yo, k2, ssk, yo, repeat from * to last 9 sts, [yo, k2tog, k2] twice, yo, k1 (36 sts).
- Rows 32 and 48: Sl1 wyif, p8, k1, *p14, k1, p1, repeat from * to last 10 sts, p10.
- Row 33: Sl1 wyib, yo, *1/1 RC, k2, k2tog, [yo] twice, k1, ssk, k2tog, k1, [yo] twice, ssk, k2, repeat from * to last 3 sts, 1/1 RC, yo, k1 (38 sts).
- Row 35: Sl1 wyib, yo, k2tog, yo, *yo, ssk, k1, ssk, [yo] twice, k1, k2tog, ssk, k1, [yo] twice, k2tog, k1, k2tog, yo, repeat from * to last 3 sts, yo, ssk, yo, k1 (40 sts).
- Row 37: Sl1 wyib, yo, k3, *k3, ssk, k2tog, yo, k1, [yo] twice, k1, yo, ssk, k2tog, k3, repeat from * to last 4 sts, k3, yo, k1 (42 sts).
- Row 39: Sl1 wyib, yo, k1, sl2-k1-p2sso, [yo] twice, *[yo] twice, sl2-k1-p2sso, k10, sl2-k1-p2sso, [yo] twice, repeat from * to last 5 sts, [yo] twice, sl2-k1-p2sso, k1, yo, k1 (44 sts).
- Row 41: Sl1 wyib, yo, k5, *k5, 1/1 RC, k2, 1/1 LC, k5, repeat from * to last 6 sts, k5, yo, k1 (46 sts).
- Row 43: Sl1 wyib, yo, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k2tog, yo, *yo, ssk, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, 1/1 LC, 1/1 RC, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k2tog, yo, repeat from * to last 7 sts, yo, ssk, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, yo, k1 (48 sts).
- Row 45: Sl1 wyib, yo, k1, ssk, k2, yo, k2, *k2, yo, k2, k2tog, k1, 1/1 RC, k1, ssk, k2, yo, k2, repeat from * to last 8 sts, k2, yo, k2, k2tog, k1, yo, k1 (50 sts).
- Row 47: Sl1 wyib, yo, [k2, ssk, yo] twice, *yo, k2tog, k2, yo, k2tog, k4, ssk, yo, k2, ssk, yo, repeat from * to last 9 sts, [yo, k2tog, k2] twice, yo, k1 (52 sts).
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