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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. The original chart fits neatly in a triangle.
For more information, please see …
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. The original chart fits neatly in a triangle.
For more information, please see this blog post.
I have updated these instructions to include the bunny ears back decreases now that it's available on Stitch Maps. Yay!
-Naomi Parkhurst
Shown with a cast-on count of 52 stitches.
- Row 1 (RS): K2, k2, bunny ears back dec, [yo] twice, k1, ssk, *k2tog, k1, [yo] twice, bunny ears back dec, k1, 1/1 LC, k1, bunny ears back dec, [yo] twice, k1, ssk, repeat from * to last 10 sts, k2tog, k1, [yo] twice, bunny ears back dec, k2, k2.
- Row 2: K2, p4, k1, p3, *p2, k1, p9, k1, p3, repeat from * to last 10 sts, p2, k1, p5, k2.
- Row 3: K2, yo, ssk, k1, ssk, [yo] twice, k1, k2tog, *ssk, k1, [yo] twice, k2tog, k1, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k1, ssk, [yo] twice, k1, k2tog, repeat from * to last 10 sts, ssk, k1, [yo] twice, k2tog, k1, k2tog, yo, k2.
- Row 4: K2, p4, k1, p3, *p2, [k1, p4] twice, k1, p3, repeat from * to last 10 sts, p2, k1, p5, k2.
- Row 5: K2, k3, ssk, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, *yo, k1, yo, ssk, k2tog, k6, ssk, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, repeat from * to last 10 sts, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k2tog, k3, k2.
- Rows 6 and 32: K2, p7, k1, *p15, k1, repeat from * to last 10 sts, p8, k2.
- Row 7: K2, [yo] twice, sl2-k1-p2sso, k5, *k5, sl2-k1-p2sso, [yo] 4 times, sl2-k1-p2sso, k5, repeat from * to last 10 sts, k5, sl2-k1-p2sso, [yo] twice, k2.
- Row 8: K2, [p1 tbl] twice, p6, *p6, [p1 tbl] 4 times, p6, repeat from * to last 10 sts, p6, [p1 tbl] twice, k2.
- Row 9: K2, k5, 1/1 RC, k1, *k1, 1/1 LC, k10, 1/1 RC, k1, repeat from * to last 10 sts, k1, 1/1 LC, k5, k2.
- Rows 10, 14, 26, and 30: K2, p8, *p16, repeat from * to last 10 sts, p8, k2.
- Row 11: K2, yo, ssk, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, 1/1 LC, *1/1 RC, [k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk] 3 times, 1/1 LC, repeat from * to last 10 sts, 1/1 RC, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k2tog, yo, k2.
- Row 12: K2, p3, k1, p4, *[p3, k1] 3 times, p4, repeat from * to last 10 sts, p3, k1, p4, k2.
- Row 13: K2, k2, yo, k2, k2tog, k1, *1/1 RC, k1, ssk, k2, yo, k4, yo, k2, k2tog, k1, repeat from * to last 11 sts, 1/1 RC, k1, ssk, k2, yo, k2, k2.
- Row 15: K2, [yo, k2tog, k2] twice, *k2, ssk, yo, k2, ssk, [yo] twice, k2tog, k2, yo, k2tog, k2, repeat from * to last 10 sts, [k2, ssk, yo] twice, k2.
- Rows 16 and 22: K2, p8, *p7, k1, p8, repeat from * to last 10 sts, p8, k2.
- Row 17: K2, k2tog, k1, [yo] twice, bunny ears back dec, k1, *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 11 sts, 1/1 RC, k1, bunny ears back dec, [yo] twice, k1, ssk, k2.
- Row 18: K2, p2, k1, p5, *p4, [k1, p5] twice, repeat from * to last 10 sts, p4, k1, p3, k2.
- Row 19: K2, ssk, k1, [yo] twice, k2tog, k1, k2tog, yo, *yo, ssk, k1, ssk, [yo] twice, k1, k2tog, ssk, k1, [yo] twice, k2tog, k1, k2tog, yo, repeat from * to last 10 sts, yo, ssk, k1, ssk, [yo] twice, k1, k2tog, k2.
- Row 20: K2, p2, k1, p4, k1, *p10, k1, p4, k1, repeat from * to last 10 sts, p8, k2.
- Row 21: K2, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k2tog, k3, *k3, ssk, k2tog, yo, k1, [yo] twice, k1, yo, ssk, k2tog, k3, repeat from * to last 10 sts, k3, ssk, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, k2.
- Row 23: K2, k5, sl2-k1-p2sso, [yo] twice, *[yo] twice, sl2-k1-p2sso, k10, sl2-k1-p2sso, [yo] twice, repeat from * to last 10 sts, [yo] twice, sl2-k1-p2sso, k5, k2.
- Row 24: K2, p6, [p1 tbl] twice, *[p1 tbl] twice, p12, [p1 tbl] twice, repeat from * to last 10 sts, [p1 tbl] twice, p6, k2.
- Row 25: K2, k1, 1/1 LC, k5, *k5, 1/1 RC, k2, 1/1 LC, k5, repeat from * to last 10 sts, k5, 1/1 RC, k1, k2.
- Row 27: K2, 1/1 RC, 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 10 sts, yo, ssk, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, 1/1 LC, k2.
- Row 28: K2, [p3, k1] twice, *p3, k1, p7, k1, p3, k1, repeat from * to last 10 sts, p3, k1, p4, k2.
- Row 29: K2, k2, ssk, k2, yo, k2, *k2, yo, k2, k2tog, k1, 1/1 LC, k1, ssk, k2, yo, k2, repeat from * to last 10 sts, k2, yo, k2, k2tog, k2, k2.
- Row 31: K2, [k2, ssk, yo] twice, *yo, k2tog, k2, yo, k2tog, k4, ssk, yo, k2, ssk, yo, repeat from * to last 10 sts, [yo, k2tog, k2] twice, k2.
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