Textured Diamonds

Let's take a look at a really fun knit and pearl stitch pattern. I'm gonna show you how to do the texture, diamond stitch pattern. It's really beautiful. It makes awesome texture, obviously texture. It's in the name and it's really great for all sorts of projects.

This is one that I would definitely use on a baby blanket, but I would use this stitch pattern on just about anything. I think you could knit it up into a pair of socks, a hat, you could do this stitch pattern on a sweater. There's just no limit to this one. It's just so beautiful and it's actually very easy. So for this stitch pattern, you need a multiple of eight plus one stitches on the needle to work this particular stitch pattern.

So here I have a swatch where I have um my multiple of eight plus one stitches in between my stitch markers here. And then I just made myself a little bit of a border and um I have stitch markers here marking that and I've got just two little border stitches here that I will be working. So let's just double check that we do have that multiple of eight plus one stitches on the needle. So two 257 10, 12, 15, 16, 17. So yes, that works because eight times two is 16 and then 16 plus one is 17.

So for row one, we're gonna pearl one and then knit seven pearl one all the way to the end. So pearl one, it seven one 23456 and seven. And then pearl one n 712 3456 and seven pearl one. And then I'll just work my last couple stitches that are my border. Now we're on to row two, which is a wrong side row.

So we're gonna pearl one nt one, pearl 51 to three four and five. And then N one and now we'll repeat that again. Pearl one knit one pearl 51 two three four and five T one. And you're gonna keep repeating that until you have one stitch left which I do right here. And then pearl one.

And that takes care of row two of our stitch pattern for row three. We're gonna knit one and then our repeat is gonna be knit one, pearl one N 3123 pearl one knit too. So I'm just gonna repeat that across that one. Pearl one, it 31 to three pearl one and then knit two. So that takes care of row three of our texture diamonds pattern for row four.

We're gonna pearl 3123 net one pearl one N one pearl 21 two. And then we're just gonna repeat that over again. Pearl 3123 net one pearl one N one pearl two. And then once we have one stitch left, we're going to end with a pearl one. So that takes care of the first half of our stitch pattern.

So let's set this down and just take a look at it. So what has happened is we have created sort of the first half of this diamond while starting to finish off the second half of this diamond. So these diamonds do interlock and you can see this here on the finish swatch. So when you're halfway through, you've started forming half of a diamond here while you're finishing off half of a diamond here. So that's kind of an interesting thing that happens because now we are going to work row five.

But then after that, we're gonna just be repeating rows that we've already done um in order to um complete the stitch pattern. So for row five, we're gonna knit one and then knit 3123, pearl one, knit 4123 and four, we're gonna do the repeat again, knit 3123 and then pearl one. But I want to just pause here just so you can really see what's happening. So this pearl one here is you can see these pearls on the right side sort of coming up towards this stitch and same thing over here. It might actually be a little bit easier to see you have your pearl stitches coming up along here.

And so this is where we're gonna pearl one. So this is on this row and row one. It's a nice way to read your knitting um to see if that pearl one is going into the right place. So if it's not going into the right place um and finishing off the top of um the diamond, then you know that you've made a mistake and then you can go back and fix it. So now you can see here we've made our full diamond here.

So that takes care of row five. And now for row six, we're just repeating row number four. So I'll just work my little border stitches get over here. So we're gonna pearl three 12, three knit one pearl one N one pearl 21 and two. And then repeat that again.

Pearl three nit one, pearl one N one pearl two and then end with a pearl one and that's row six done for row seven. We're gonna be repeating row three. So row three was knit one. And then we're gonna start our repeat of knit one pearl one T 312, three pearl one knit two. And then we're just gonna repeat that once more.

Net one pearl one knit 3123 pearl one knit too that takes care of row seven. Now we're on to row eight. So just one more row to go for row eight, we're going to pearl one nt one pearl 51 to three, four and five and then knit one. Now we're gonna repeat all that again. Pearl one knit one, pearl 51 chew three four and five knit one.

And then when you have one stitch remaining, we're just gonna pearl one. Now, when I'm working this stitch pattern, I like to typically end on either a row one or on a row number five. And the reason being is that if we stop right now, we have not closed the diamonds that um are almost completed. So we have our half diamonds here. But then we also have these other diamonds, the interlocking diamonds that still could use that one pearl right at the top.

So when I'm knitting this particular stitch pattern into a project, whether it's a hat or some kind of shawl or scarf, I like to end either on a row five or row one. And what I mean by that is that I want to complete either row one or row five before then I move on to something else. So let's just work one more row of row one. So we're gonna pearl one t 712 three 456 and seven pearl one. Then knit Stitch remains pearl one and let's just set this down once more.

So now you can see where I had this diamond almost complete because I worked that extra row one. Now, I have closed off this diamond here and um you know, this is just a little swatch, but I had half of a diamond forming here, but that one is still closed at the top and that one's still closed at the top. And what I mean by that is we've worked that final row so we can have that pearl right at the top center of that diamond to complete it. And so then from here, I would just move on with whatever I was gonna do in the pattern. Next, maybe you're gonna just work a little garter stitch and bind off.

But again, when I'm working this pattern, I try to end such that I have just completed a row one or a row five. So that's all there is to the texture diamond stitch pattern. It's really, really beautiful. And I think that you're really going to enjoy making it as much as I do.