Lanterns: a charted design for any craft

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When I was posting the Happen charted design, I realized that it reminded me of another, so I scrolled back and found the Scribe charted design. Lanterns is a mashup of the two, called that because the larger motifs remind me of lanterns or maybe lamps.

Illustration showing how the Lanterns charted design might look as stranded knitting in brown and yellow yarn. Stylized lantern shapes alternate with abstract diamonds in vertical lines, which alternate horizontally with offset versions of the same pattern.
Chart showing how to work the Lanterns charted design by means of dark and light squares.
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  • Lanterns has a repeat of 12 + 7 columns and 16 + 1 or 16 + 9 rows. (End after either round 17 or 25.)
  • 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; 3A, *(1B, 5A) × 2; work from *, 1B, 3A. (19 sts)

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

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

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

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

Round 6: work knit as follows; 1A, 1B, 1A, *2A, 1B, 2A, 3B, 2A, 1B, 1A; work from *, 2A, 1B, 1A.

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

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

Round 9: work knit as follows; 3A, *(1B, 5A) × 2; work from *, 1B, 3A.

Round 10: work knit as follows; 3A, *1B, 4A, 3B, 4A; work from *, 1B, 3A.

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

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

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

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

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

Round 16: work knit as follows; 3A, *1B, 4A, 3B, 4A; work from *, 1B, 3A.

Repeat rounds 1-16 as desired, ending with either round 17 or rounds 17 – 25 (these are the same as rounds 1 – 9).

Round 17: work knit as follows; 3A, *(1B, 5A) × 2; work from *, 1B, 3A.

Round 18: work knit as follows; 2A, 1B, *2B, (4A, 1B) × 2; work from *, 2B, 2A.

Round 19: work knit as follows; 3B, *1A, 3B, 2A, 1B, 2A, 3B; work from *, 1A, 3B.

Round 20: work knit as follows; 1A, 1B, 1A, *2A, 1B, 2A, 3B, 2A, 1B, 1A; work from *, 2A, 1B, 1A.

Round 21: work knit as follows; 1A, 1B, 1A, *(1B, 1A) × 2, (2B, 1A) × 2, 1B, 1A; work from *, (1B, 1A) × 2.

Round 22: work knit as follows; 1A, 1B, 1A, *2A, 1B, 2A, 3B, 2A, 1B, 1A; work from *, 2A, 1B, 1A.

Round 23: work knit as follows; 3B, *1A, 3B, 2A, 1B, 2A, 3B; work from *, 1A, 3B.

Round 24: work knit as follows; 2A, 1B, *2B, (4A, 1B) × 2; work from *, 2B, 2A.

Round 25: work knit as follows; 3A, *(1B, 5A) × 2; work from *, 1B, 3A.