Open Diamond Pattern for the Centre of a Shawl

From the Project Gutenberg version of Exercises in Knitting by Cornelia Mee.

Errata noted:

  • Row 13 has a missing "pass the slipped stitch over" within the repeat.
  • Row 17 has a missing "at the end of the row, knit 2 together"
  • Rows 1-11 as written won't allow for vertical repeats since the stitch count increases by one in row 13. (A fairly experienced knitter would sail through this without blinking, …

From the Project Gutenberg version of Exercises in Knitting by Cornelia Mee.

Errata noted:

  • Row 13 has a missing "pass the slipped stitch over" within the repeat.
  • Row 17 has a missing "at the end of the row, knit 2 together"
  • Rows 1-11 as written won't allow for vertical repeats since the stitch count increases by one in row 13. (A fairly experienced knitter would sail through this without blinking, but a computer needs more consistency than that.) I've added an extra knit stitch to those rows (and changed the starting k1 on row 13 to k2tog) balance things out.

Shown with a cast-on count of 37 stitches.   Getting chart...

  • Row 1 (RS): K1, *yo, k2tog, k7, k2tog, yo, k1, repeat from *.
  • Rows 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, and 18: Purl.
  • Row 3: K1, *k1, yo, k2tog, k5, k2tog, yo, k2, repeat from *.
  • Row 5: K1, *yo, k2tog, yo, k2tog, k3, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k1, repeat from *.
  • Row 7: K1, *k1, yo, k2tog, yo, k2tog, k1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k2, repeat from *.
  • Row 9: K1, *yo, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k1, repeat from *.
  • Row 11: K1, *k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, k2tog, yo, k2tog, k1, repeat from *.
  • Row 13: K2tog, *yo, k2tog, yo, k5, yo, k2tog, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, repeat from * to last 11 sts, yo, k2tog, yo, k5, yo, k2tog, yo, k2tog.
  • Row 15: K1, *k2tog, yo, k7, yo, k2tog, k1, repeat from *.
  • Row 17: K2tog, *yo, k9, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, repeat from * to last 11 sts, yo, k9, yo, k2tog.