Aunt Dahlia

KNITTING PATTERN: This doily (placemat, potholder ...) consists of 60 short-row diamonds that stack up to be triangles which in turn form a (slightly angular) circle – or a spiky hexagon. It starts with a provisional cast on and is finished by grafting in garter stitch. It is quite fiddly and not a beginner pattern. 

The pattern PDF contains 

• written row-by-row instructions for knitting this piece – including 8 in-process photos
• an explanation (plus schematic) of the construction, i.e. how the diamonds stack up to create the whole piece
• chart(s) of one diamond
• short photo tutorials for the following techniques
• provisional CO with a crochet hook and undoing it
• grafting in garter stitch
• short rows with wrap and turn and picking up the wraps 
• crochet CO (at the edge of a knitted piece)
• weaving in yarn while carrying it (backwards and forwards)

To knit this piece you need the following materials:

• Sports weight yarn 
• 120 metres in MC (main colour)
• 50 metres in CC (contour colour)
• 2.5 mm knitting needles 
• a crochet hook of a similar size (I used a 2.5mm hook)  
• scrap yarn
• a tapestry needle – for grafting and to weave in ends

The finished piece knitted in Sports weight yarn measures 30 - 33 cm in diameter.

The last photo shows the wrong side of the piece.