Bright Diamonds
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Knitted cloths with lace pattern in DROPS Safran. The piece is worked back and forth.
DROPS Extra 0-1491
DROPS Design: Pattern no e-308
Yarn group A
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SIZE:
1 cloth measures approx. 26 x 26 cm.
MATERIALS:
DROPS SAFRAN from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group A)
50 g colour 56, powder pink
50 g colour 18, off white
50 g colour 59, red clay
50 g colour 22, light brown
1 cloth weighs approx. 32 g
KNITTING TENSION:
26 stitches in width and 34 rows in height with stocking stitch = 10 x 10 cm.
NEEDLES:
DROPS NEEDLE SIZE 2.5 MM.
Needle size is only a guide. If you get too many stitches on 10 cm, change to a larger needle size. If you get too few stitches on 10 cm, change to a smaller needle size.
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EXPLANATIONS FOR THE PATTERN:
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RIDGE/GARTER STITCH (worked back and forth):
Knit all rows.
1 ridge in height = Knit 2 rows.
PATTERN:
See diagrams A.1, A.2 and A.3.
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START THE PIECE HERE:
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CLOTHS – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE:
The cloths are worked back and forth on the needle.
CLOTH:
Cast on 67 stitches with needle size 2.5 mm and Safran.
Work 2 RIDGES over all stitches – read description above. Then continue working according to the diagrams, as follows from the right side: Work 3 stitches in GARTER STITCH - see description above, A.1 (= 5 stitches), A.2 over 50 stitches (= 5 times in width), A.3 over 6 stitches and 3 stitches in garter stitch. REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION!
Continue to work like this, according to the diagrams, until the piece measures approx. 25 cm; finish after row 10 or row 20 in the diagrams. Work 2 ridges, then cast off with knit on the next row. Cut and fasten the strand.
Work 1 cloth in each colour.
Diagram explanations
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= | knit from right side, purl from wrong side |
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= | purl from right side, knit from wrong side |
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= | between 2 stitches make 1 yarn over |
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= | knit 2 together (= 1 stitch decreased) |
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= | slip 1 stitch as if to knit, knit 1 and pass the slipped stitch over the knitted stitch (= 1 stitch decreased) |
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= | slip 1 stitch as if to knit, knit 2 together and pass the slipped stitch over the knitted together stitches (= 2 stitches decreased) |
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