BLOCK 45: GARTER DIAMONDS pattern

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BLOCK 45: GARTER DIAMONDS

ABBREVIATIONS

• CO: cast on
• RS: right side
• WS: wrong side
• st: stitch
• k: knit
• p: purl

INSTRUCTIONS

– CO 43 sts with US 7 (4.5 mm) needles.

I always cast on and bind off stitches with larger needles than I use for the main work. This prevent my cast on and bind off rows from being too tight.

– With US 6 (4 mm) needles, knit 4 rows.

Slip first stitch on every row as if you were to knit it, but without knitting it (except on the first row). It will form a neat and sturdy border.

– Continue working as follows:

4 garter sts, GARTER DIAMONDS pattern over 35 sts, 4 garter sts​ until you have a total length of 8’’ (20.5 cm).

I knitted 3 times the GARTER DIAMONDS pattern complete + rows 1) to 7) again.

– Knit 4 rows.

– Bind off with US 7 (4.5 mm) needle. Cut yarn and weave in ends.

STITCH GLOSSARY

Garter Stitch

k all sts, all rows.

GARTER DIAMONDS Stitch Pattern 

(Over a multiple of 14 sts. I added 7 more sts to reach our needed 35.)

Row 1) (RS) k all sts

Row 2) p3, k1, p3, [p1, k5, p4, k1, p3]

Row 3) k all sts

Row 4) p2, k3, p2, [p2, k3, p4, k3, p2]

Row 5) k all sts

Row 6) p1, k5, p1, [p3, k1, p4, k5, p1]

Row 7) k all sts

Row 8) k7, [p7, k7]

Row 9) k all sts

Row 10) p1, k5, p1, [p3, k1, p4, k5, p1]

Row 11) k all sts

Row 12) p2, k3, p2, [p2, k3, p4, k3, p2]

Row 13) k all sts

Row 14) p3, k1, p3, [p1, k5, p4, k1, p3]

Row 15) k all sts

Row 16) p7, [k7, p7]

GARTER DIAMONDS Pattern – CHART

• Read all odd rows from right to left, and all even rows from left to right.
• Repeat the the chart as many times as you need (2 times horizontally, in case of this block).