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Diamond

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Two 2-stitch strands moving apart then back together on a purl background: the diamond of Irish sweaters.

The strands travel one stitch per right-side row with T3B and T3F crosses, which move 2 knit stitches over 1 purl stitch.

On row 1 the two strands cross in the center.

Good to know

  • On wrong-side rows, simply work the stitches as they appear.
  • The inside of the diamond can be filled with seed stitch for a richer version.

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Chart

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12-stitch panel · 14 rows

Read the chart from bottom to top. Right-side rows are read from right to left, wrong-side rows from left to right. Each square is one stitch as seen from the right side.

Key
  • Knit on RS, purl on WS
  • Purl on RS, knit on WS
  • C4B: slip 2 to cable needle, hold in back, k2, k2 from cable needle
  • T3B: slip 1 to cable needle, hold in back, k2, p1 from cable needle
  • T3F: slip 2 to cable needle, hold in front, p1, k2 from cable needle
Written instructions
  1. Row 1 (RS) : p4, C4B, p4
  2. Rows 2 and 14 (WS) : k4, p4, k4
  3. Row 3 (RS) : p3, T3B, T3F, p3
  4. Rows 4 and 12 (WS) : k3, p2, k2, p2, k3
  5. Row 5 (RS) : p2, T3B, p2, T3F, p2
  6. Rows 6 and 10 (WS) : k2, p2, k4, p2, k2
  7. Row 7 (RS) : p1, T3B, p4, T3F, p1
  8. Row 8 (WS) : k1, p2, k6, p2, k1
  9. Row 9 (RS) : p1, T3F, p4, T3B, p1
  10. Row 11 (RS) : p2, T3F, p2, T3B, p2
  11. Row 13 (RS) : p3, T3F, T3B, p3