4 of Diamonds

I’ve wanted to show you this handsome edging for some time! It will demand your attention, though, with lots of single and double yarn overs, k2togs and k3togs. This is not a good tv-watching pattern. This reversible 1892 Butterick edging pattern has 2 set-up rows and 32 repeating rows. 20 stitches are cast on to begin. All the odd rows are “fancy” rows. All the even rows are very simple: see the Shortcut note in the pattern. Skills needed: cast on, slip, knit, purl, YO, YO twice, k2tog, k3tog and bind off. Feel free to substitute any double decrease you’re comfortable with. I left the original K3tog decrease in the instructions but, in my swatches, I used SK2P for my own comfort in this pattern. Gauge is **not** important in this pattern. Any block-able yarn/thread will work. Make a swatch to check gauge and appearance. 57 yards of Aunt Lydia’s Classic 10 crochet thread will make 10 inches of this edging at gauge.