Open Diamond Pattern for the Centre of a Shawl.
Twelve stitches to a pattern. This pattern looks extremely well in stripes of scarlet and white, 18 rows of each. For a large shawl, cast on 240 stitches.
First row:—Make 1, knit 2 together, knit 7, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1, repeat.
Second row:—Seamed.
Third row:—Knit 1, make 1, knit 2 together, knit 5, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2, repeat.
Fourth row:—Seamed.
Fifth row:—Make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2 together, knit 3, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1, and repeat.
Sixth row:—Seamed.
Seventh row:—Knit 1, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2 together, knit 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2, and repeat.
Eighth row:—Seamed.
Ninth row:—Make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, slip 1, knit 2 together, pass the slipped stitch over, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1, and repeat.
Tenth row:—Seamed.
Eleventh row:—Knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 3, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2 together, knit 1, and repeat.
Twelfth row:—Seamed.
Thirteenth row:—Knit 1,* make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 5, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, slip 1, knit 2 together, and repeat from * at the end of the row, knit 2 together.
Fourteenth row:—Seamed.
Fifteenth row:—Knit 1*, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 7, make 1, knit 2 together, knit 1, and repeat from *.
Sixteenth row:—Seamed.
Seventeenth row:—Knit 2 together*, make 1, knit 9, make 1, slip 1, knit 2 together, pass the slipped stitch over, and repeat from *.
Eighteenth row:—Seamed.
Begin again from 1st row.