I know I told you that I won’t be doing corners for lace borders in my near future (remember cable edging corners?), but “Diamond of the Island” lace edging was staring at me.

You know – “why this white cables and laces got a corner, but I can’t” kind of way. I felt guilty.

“Diamond of the Island” lace border pattern was inspired by the sea and sand. This is where the name came from too. It’s like little diamonds are in the sand and waves are curling around them.

Now – the corner. For one corner, you should make at least 5 pattern repeats. I tried with 7 repeats and this is fine too, but 5 is minimum. Otherwise, it will start to tear and won’t look nice.

Abbreviations:

• sl 1st st = slip first stitch knitwise;
• k = knit
• p = purl
• YO = yarn over
• k2tog = knit 2 together
• ssk = slip, slip, knit together
• p2tog = purl 2 together
• wrap & turn

Knitting instructions:

Row 1: Slip first stitch knit wise, k3, YO, k2tog, k1, p1, k5, p2, k1, p1, k1, p2, k5, p1, k2, YO, k2tog, YO, YO, k2; turn;

Row 2: k3, p1, k2, YO, k2tog, k1, p3, p2tog, k2, YO, p1, k1, p1, YO, k2, p2tog, p3, k1, p3; wrap & turn;

Row 3: YO, k2tog, k1, p1, k2, k2tog, p2, YO, k2, p1, k2, YO, p2, ssk, k2, p1, k2, YO, k2tog, k4; turn;

Row 4: k6, YO, k2tog, k1, p1, p2tog, k2, YO, p3, k1, p3, YO, k2, p2tog, p1, k1; wrap & turn;

Row 5: p1, k2tog, p2, YO, k4, p1, k4, YO, p2, ssk, p1, k2, YO, k2tog, YO, YO, k2tog, YO, YO, k2; turn;

Row 6: k3, p1, k2, p1, k2, YO, k2tog, k1, p1, k2, p5, k1, p5, k2, p1, k1; wrap & turn;

Row 7: p1, k1, YO, p2, ssk, k3, p1, k3, k2tog, p2, YO, k1, p1, k2, YO, k2tog, k7; turn;

Row 8: Bind off 5 stitches, k3 (you have total of 4 stitches now), YO, k2tog, k1, p2, YO, k2, p2tog, p2, k1, p2, p2tog, k2, YO, p2, k1, p3; wrap & turn;

Row 9: YO, k2tog, k1, p1, k3, YO, p2, ssk, k1, p1, k1, k2tog, p2, YO, k3, p1, k2, YO, k2tog, k2; turn;

Row 10: k4, YO, k2tog, k1, p4, YO, k2, p2tog, k1, p2tog, k2, YO, p4, k1, p3, YO, k2tog, k2; turn;

Repeat 5 times for one corner.

This is how your corner will look before blocking. Kind of ugly, I know. But it will look better, I promise.

This is how it looks after blocking.