Aunt Dahlia

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.

The pattern PDF contains

- written row-by-row instructions for knitting this piece – including 8 in-process photos

- explanation and 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)