Knit A Special Baby Blanket with This Diamond Lace Stitch + Video

1. It’s elegant but not complicated, once you knit the first pattern repeat, you’ll understand it much better 😉
2. It’s great for baby stuff, shawls, and summer pieces
3. It has the best of two worlds: light, airy while featuring a solid geometric texture

Yarn And Needles

For this swatch I used 100% Merino Superwash wool yarn -worsted weight, medium or nº 4 (super soft, great for baby projects) #ad

And US 7 – 4.5 mm needles. This is one of my favorite bamboo needles sets with case: it comes with 18 sizes (they’re are not too long not too short), light, warm, not slippery, great for beginners #ad

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What You Need to Know About Lace Patterns

Before starting a new project, I’d suggest you to take a look at this “Lace Knitting Guide” that I wrote some months ago, with my best tips to succeed every time you want to knit something using a lace pattern.

So, if you like this diamonds lace stitch and would love to make a garment with it, go check that info first 😉

Abbreviations

CO: cast on

st: stitch 

sts: stitches

RS: right side of the work

K: knit

P: purl

yo: yarn over (bring the yarn over the needle to create a hole)

k2tog: knit two stitches together (a simple decrease)

k3tog: knit three stitches together (a double decrease)

sl1kw: slip one stitch knitwise (pass it onto the right-hand needle as if to knit)

psso: pass the slipped stitch over

BO: Bind off

WS: Wrong side of the work

Pattern Notes

• The odd rows form the right side of the work.
• For a nice edge, slip the first stitch as if to purl and knit the last on every row.
• The cast on row shouldn’t be too tight; if you’re using the Long Tail cast-on method, use two needles at a time (in case you can’t control the tension). I’ll show you in the video how to do it.

How to Knit the Diamond Lace Stitch

Stitch Multiple

CO multiples of 6 + 3 + 2 (edge sts); i.e.: 6 * 3 = 18 + 3 = 21 + 2 = 23 sts.

Row-by-Row Instructions

Row 1 (RS): wyif sl1pw, K5, k2tog, yo, *K4, k2tog, yo*. Repeat from * to , to last 3 sts, K2, K1 (edge)

Row 2 and every even row: P across

Row 3: wyif sl1pw, K1, *yo, sl1kw, K1, psso, K1, k2tog, yo, K1*. Repeat from * to , to last 3 sts, yo, sl1kw, K1, psso, K1 (edge)

Row 5: wyif sl1pw, K2, *yo, k3tog, yo, K3*. Repeat from * to , to last 2 sts, K1, K1 (edge)

Row 7: wyif sl1pw, K2, *k2tog, yo, K4*. Repeat from * to , to last 2 sts, K1, K1 (edge)

Row 9: wyif sl1pw, K1, *k2tog, yo, K1, yo, sl1kw, K1, psso, K1*. Repeat from * to , to last 3 sts, K2, K1 (edge)

Row 11: wyif sl1pw, k2tog, yo, *K3, yo, k3tog, yo*. Repeat from * to , to last 2 sts, K1, K1 (edge)

Row 12: P across

Repeat rows 1 – 12 until the desired length is reached. 

When finished, BO purlwise after row 11 (WS).

This is the other side of the work:

Diamonds Lace Stitch: Variations & Customizations