Gourd variant: a charted design for any craft

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When I posted the Gourd charted design, I couldn’t help but notice that there were two sections that were almost the same, just rotated. I looked at them, thought about which bit I liked better, and decided to post a chart for the modified version. (This is of course not one of my encoded words anymore.)

To be clear, if you ever want to modify one of my charted designs to make it into something you like a bit better, you should absolutely feel free to do so! It’s part of the reason I post these variants.

how this variant of the Gourd charted design might look as stranded knitting. There's two diamond shapes with elongated cross marks in the center. Some are horizontal and some vertical, and there's bands of checkerboard pattern.
Chart showing how to work version 1 of Gourd by means of dark and light squares. Written instructions in blog post.
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  • Gourd variant has a repeat of 8 + 1 columns and 12 + 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.
  • This pattern is written in rounds, but because each row has mirror symmetry, the colors can be read in flat rows as written. If knitting, just work purl stitches on alternating rows instead of knit.
  • 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; 1A, *2A, 3B, 3A; work from *.

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

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

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

Round 5: work knit as follows; 1A, *2A, 1B, 1A, 1B, 3A; work from *.

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

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

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

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

Round 10: work knit as follows; 1B, *(1A, 1B) × 4; work from *.

Round 11: work knit as follows; 1B, *(1B, 1A) × 3, 2B; work from *.

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

Work rounds 1-12 as desired, ending with round 13:

Round 13: work knit as follows; 1A, *2A, 3B, 3A; work from *.