Diamond Waves: a charted design

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Sometimes when I design a larger stitch pattern, there’s a part of it that I think would be good as a different pattern. I think of these as excerpts or outtakes. This design includes the wavy section from Comfort, but inverted in color because I wanted to see what it would look like. The diamonds were based on what the shape between the waves would hold with this spacing.

(note: At first I thought this chart might work for mosaic knitting, but it isn’t a valid pattern for the purpose.)

(This excerpt isn’t a coded word anymore.)

how Diamond Waves might look as stranded knitting. Tall skinny diamonds in columns with wavy white lines between them.
chart showing how to work Diamond Waves by means of dark and light squares. Written instructions in blog post.
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  • Diamond Waves has a repeat of 10 + 1 columns and 14 + 1 rows.
  • In the written instructions, color A is the light squares above, and color B is the dark.
  • The written instructions below are formatted for stranded knitting, but it is my hope that they could be translated into instructions for other crafts. For instance, if working filet crochet, 1A could be one open square and 2B could be two filled-in squares.
  • Designers, please feel free to use this in your patterns (no need to ask). I’d like credit but won’t be offended if people don’t give it.
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Round 1: work knit as follows; 1B, *1A, 1B, 1A, 3B, (1A, 1B) × 2 ; work from *.

Round 2: work knit as follows; 1A, *1A, (1B, 2A) × 3 ; work from *.

Round 3: work knit as follows; 1A, *2B, 2A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 1A ; work from *.

Round 4: work knit as follows; 1A, *1B, 2A, 3B, 2A, 1B, 1A ; work from *.

Round 5: work knit as follows; 1B, *1B, 2A, 1B, 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B ; work from *.

Round 6: work knit as follows; 1B, *2A, 2B, 1A, 2B, 2A, 1B ; work from *.

Round 7: work knit as follows; 1B, *2A, 1B, 3A, 1B, 2A, 1B ; work from *.

Round 8: work knit as follows; 1B, *(1B, 1A) × 4, 2B ; work from *.

Round 9: work knit as follows; 1B, *2A, 1B, 3A, 1B, 2A, 1B ; work from *.

Round 10: work knit as follows; 1B, *2A, 2B, 1A, 2B, 2A, 1B ; work from *.

Round 11: work knit as follows; 1B, *1B, 2A, 1B, 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B ; work from *.

Round 12: work knit as follows; 1A, *1B, 2A, 3B, 2A, 1B, 1A ; work from *.

Round 13: work knit as follows; 1A, *2B, 2A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 1A ; work from *.

Round 14: work knit as follows; 1A, *1A, (1B, 2A) × 3 ; work from *.

Work rounds 1-14 as desired, ending with round 15:

Round 15: work knit as follows; 1B, *1A, 1B, 1A, 3B, (1A, 1B) × 2 ; work from *.