Closeup Picture Diamond Lap Robe Pattern
Diamond Pattern Lap Robe
by
Ann V. Gallentine
Size: 42 x 25 inches blocked
Materials: 5 mm Addi needles (#8)
4.5 skeins Worsted weight Wool-Ease Color Mink Brown #127
Gauge: 5 sts and 6.5 rows = 1 inch in st st
Notes:
Keep 2 garter sts on either side of pattern
Pattern adapted from “A Treasury of Knitting Patterns” by B. Walker, pages 282-3
Abbreviations:
BKC: Slip 1 st to cable needle and hold in back of work, k2, k1 from cable needle
FKC: Slip 2 sts to cable needle and hold in front of work, k1, k2 from cable needle
BPC: Slip 1 st to cable needle and hold in back of work, k2, p1 from cable needle
FPC: Slip 2 sts to cable needle and hold in front of work, p1, k2 from cable needle
CO 130 sts
Work 5 rows of garter stitch, increasing 4 sts in last row – 134 sts
Row 1: (WR) k2, *k5, p16, k5, Rep from * to last 2 sts, k2
Row 2: k2, *p4, BKC, k12, FKC, p4, Rep from * to last 2 sts, k2
Row 3 and all wrong side rows: Keeping the first and last 2 stitches in garter stitch border, knit the knit sts and purl the purl sts
Row 4: k2, *p3, BKC, k4, BPC, FPC, k4, FKC, p3, Rep from * to last 2 sts, k2
Row 6: k2, *p2, BKC, k4, BPC, p2, FPC, k4, FKC, p2, Rep from * to last 2 sts, k2
Row 8: k2, *p1, BKC, k4, BPC, p4, FPC, k4, FKC, p1, Rep from * to last 2 sts, k2
Row 10: k2, *BKC, p4, BPC, p6, FPC, k4, FKC, Rep from * to last 2 sts, k2
Row 12: k2, *k6, BPC, p8, FPC, k6, Rep from * to last 2 sts, k2
Row 14: k2, *k6, FKC, p8, BKC, k6, Rep from * to last 2 sts, k2
Row 16: k2, *FPC, k4, FKC, p6, BKC, k4, BPC, Rep from * to last 2 sts, k2
Row 18: k2, *p1, FPC, k4, FKC, p4, BKC, k4, BPC, p1, Rep from * to last 2 sts, k2
Row 20: k2, *p2, FPC, k4, FKC, p2, BKC, k4, BPC, p2, Rep from * to last 2 sts, k2
Row 22: k2, *p3, FPC, k4, FKC, BKC, k4, BPC, p3, Rep from * to last 2 sts, k2
Row 24: k2, *p4, FPC, k12, BPC, p4, Rep from * to last 2 sts, k2
Rep Rows 1-24 for desired length
Copyright © 2005 Ann V. Gallentine
