Diamond window pattern

Knitted Textile

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Name/Title

Diamond window pattern

Entry/Object ID

2020.1.470

Description

From the book: "Most cable patterns are composed of motifs in knit stitches, displayed against a purled background. This pattern is the reverse: the diamond motifs are purled (and therefore indented) while the borders and background are made of knit stitches. If desired, the pattern can be worked the other way, with knit diamonds on a purled ground, simply by reading "knit" for "purl" and vice versa. This is a very handsome pattern for a sweater, and readily lends itself to further embellishment with touches of embroidery or bobbles or some other accent worked into the center of each diamond."

Collection

Barbara Walker Swatch Project

Category

Chapter 12 : Cable Stitch Patterns

Acquisition

Accession

2020.1

Made/Created

Artist

Val Hildebrand

Date made

Oct 14, 2014

Notes

Val learned to knit from her mother when she was nine or ten. At the time, she mastered knit but not purl stitch, though she got a lot of mileage out of garter stitch before giving up on knitting. She started knitting again 50 years later and still has issues with purl stitch! Val thinks her mom would be proud of her for knitting this swatch with all the purl stitches.

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

knitters, knitting (needlework), knitting (process)

Parts

Count

2

Parts

Swatch, handwritten letter.

Color

Blue

Location

Box

Barbara Walker Swatch Collection

Room

Library