Lace Argyle Diamond Lace Knitting Stitch Free

3 thoughts on “Lace Argyle Diamond Lace Knitting Stitch Free”

1. Do you have a “key” for the meaning to your symbols in the pattern? I’m new to knitting and finding it difficult to understand all the symbol variations out there.

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2. It’s a beautiful pattern, but I can’t find the stitch symbols in any glossary. Can anybody translate?

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3. These are Japanese symbols:
   Empty box – knit RS; purl WS
   Horizontal dash – purl RS; knit WS
   Circle – yarn over
   Tripod lookin thing – CDD
   X over two stitches – right or left twist, depending on which leg of the X is on top
   ** the short hyphen below the X simply indicates that the cross will require purling one of the stitches (a modification to standard RT and LT techniques which knit both stitches)
   X over 3 boxes – any X covering more than 2 boxes *should* be a cable maneuver but the chart designer isn’t showing any detail other than the direction the work crosses over on (toward left on RS). Typically the X symbols for cable maneuvers contain additional info – at minimum, extra dashes or legs indicating how many stitches cross which direction, whereas this one is just a plain X like a standard LT, except it stretches over 3 boxes instead of 2, which means it’s no longer any kind of RT or LT I’ve ever heard of that didn’t require a cable needle..
   Perhaps it’s something like cable 1 front, work RT from left needle, then knit 1 from CN?
   Sorry I can’t find anything like this in my Japanese knitting book, X for RT/LT are always over 2 stitches, and X for twists/crosses involving CN always contain more info!

   Hope this helps anyway 🙂

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