Beautiful Diamond Pattern
From the Project Gutenberg version of Exercises in Knitting by Cornelia Mee.
"Cast on 128 stitches." (24 sts per repeat times 5 repeats = 120 sts, so 8 sts left over for the edges.)
Notes:
- Row 1: the instructions for the "[yo, k2tog] twice, yo, k4tog" are as follows in Mrs Mee's version: "(make 1 and knit 2 together 3 times), knit 2 together and draw the preceding stitch on …
From the Project Gutenberg version of Exercises in Knitting by Cornelia Mee.
"Cast on 128 stitches." (24 sts per repeat times 5 repeats = 120 sts, so 8 sts left over for the edges.)
Notes:
- Row 1: the instructions for the "[yo, k2tog] twice, yo, k4tog" are as follows in Mrs Mee's version: "(make 1 and knit 2 together 3 times), knit 2 together and draw the preceding stitch on the right-hand needle over the stitch formed by knitting the last 2 together". A k4tog won't have quite the same look, although considering that Mrs Mee's instructions for this pattern use k2tog for all single decreases, I doubt those instructions were specified for their appearance. They were likely used for ease of working.
Shown with a cast-on count of 48 stitches.
- Row 1 (RS): *K2, yo, k2tog, k3, [yo, k2tog] twice, yo, k4tog, [yo, k2tog] twice, yo, k3, yo, k2tog, repeat from * (multiple of 23 sts).
- Rows 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12: Purl.
- Row 3: *K1, k2tog, yo, k3, [k2tog, yo] 3 times, k1, [yo, k2tog] twice, yo, k3, k2tog, yo, k1, repeat from * (multiple of 24 sts).
- Row 5: *K2, yo, k2tog, k1, [k2tog, yo] 3 times, k3, [yo, k2tog] 3 times, k2, yo, k2tog, repeat from *.
- Row 7: *K1, k2tog, yo, k1, [k2tog, yo] 3 times, k5, [yo, k2tog] 3 times, k2tog, yo, k1, repeat from *.
- Row 9: *K2, yo, k2tog, k1, [yo, k2tog] 3 times, k1, yo, k2tog, k2, [yo, k2tog] 4 times, repeat from *.
- Row 11: *K1, k2tog, yo, k3, [yo, k2tog] 3 times, k2, [k2tog, yo] 3 times, k1, k2tog, yo, k1, repeat from *.
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