Diamonds: Tapestry Crochet Colorwork Generator

A diamond with a counted breathing space

The seventeen-column, thirteen-row panel places one plum diamond inside cream fabric. Unlike an edge-to-edge repeat, this drawing leaves three cream columns beside its widest section and a cream row above and below its tips. The design goal is a centered accent that can be evaluated before deciding on a border or neighboring panel. The background is part of the crochet rectangle, not waste to cut away after finishing.

Verify the outline independently

The plum horizontal widths progress through one, three, five, seven, nine, eleven, nine, seven, five, three and one stitches. Their sum is sixty-one. The full rectangle contains 221 stitches, leaving 160 cream stitches. Both reflection axes pass through the single central cell. Check those values and the margins in the supplied graph. An accidentally shifted diamond can preserve the sixty-one-stitch budget, so compare placement as well as totals.

Use the margin as a working check

Make a thirteen-row practice panel with similarly weighted smooth yarns. Place a removable marker in the center foundation position and compare the widening colored runs with it as you work. The visual chart reads from left to right, but the first working row begins at its right. On odd-numbered rows, enter the plum region from the opposite side to the next row. Read the exact written order and change yarn on the preceding stitch's final pull-through.

Avoid tightening the narrow tips

The first and last plum marks are single stitches surrounded by cream. A firm tug on their short carried yarn can make these tips disappear into the background. Leave enough slack to maintain the same stitch width as the adjacent fabric. At the eleven-stitch middle run, the unused cream supply crosses a much longer distance than at a tip. Check the carry after spreading the stitches naturally rather than measuring the panel while stretched on the hook.

Finish before choosing an application

After the last cream row, fasten off and weave tails through matching colors. Compare the relaxed left and right margins and inspect the diamond's top and bottom points. The digital diamond is symmetric in cell coordinates; the physical result inherits stitch and row gauge. A narrow bag front or cushion insert needs its own seam and size calculation. Do not call seventeen stitches a finished width without measuring the actual washed fabric.

FAQ and corrections

Can I remove the cream margin?

That is a new graph. Recalculate the foundation, row count and color budgets rather than omitting cells from the current instructions.

Why does the motif lean?

First check alternating row direction and yarn changes. If the saved coordinates are correct, investigate the stitch's physical lean and carry tension in a sample.

Can I repeat this beside itself?

Plan the spacing explicitly. Joining two full graphs doubles their side margins; an edge-sharing repeat needs a new counted layout.

Exact parameters and complete pattern

Set width 17 stitches and height 13 rows, with US terminology. The palette and visible stitch budgets are yarn 1 #F6EDD9: 160 stitches; yarn 2 #88405E: 61 stitches. These totals exclude carried lengths and tails. All 221 cells are worked once. In UK terminology every US sc below is dc; changing terminology preserves the graph.

Download the exact original project JSON and restore it in the Tapestry Crochet Colorwork Generator. The chart shows the bottom row first in the working order, the separate foundation and alternating arrows. Read the stitch-chart guide when comparing chart coordinates with the written route. Finish after the final row by fastening off and weaving all yarn ends; no border is included.

1. In the first listed working color, ch 18. Start in the second chain from hook. Read right to left: #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [17 stitches]
2. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #88405E, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [17 stitches]
3. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [17 stitches]
4. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [17 stitches]
5. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [17 stitches]
6. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [17 stitches]
7. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [17 stitches]
8. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [17 stitches]
9. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [17 stitches]
10. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [17 stitches]
11. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #88405E, #88405E, #88405E, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [17 stitches]
12. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #88405E, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [17 stitches]
13. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9, #F6EDD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [17 stitches]