Diagonals
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Diagonals uses both knit stitch and purl stitch in the same row. It produces a decoratitive effect.
Diagonals are made with four stitches stitches of smooth (stocking) and knobbly (reverse stotcking) alternately. Each row moves this along one stitch.
The first row has four knit stitch, then four purl stitch. Since you are changing stitch within a wool, you must keep an eye on where the wool is. For knit stitch, the wool must be behind the knitting, and for purl, the wool must be in front. So when you change stitch, you must adjust the wool to the other side of the knitting. Do this by taking the wool between the needles.
The next row moves this along one. However, since you have turned the knitting round, you have to think a bit which way you want the diagonals to go, and whether you want three or one stitch to start with, and of which type (knit stitch or purl stitch).
Diagonals looks much the same on both sides, except the diagonals slope the other way.
While you knit both smooth (stocking) and knobbly (reverse stocking) diagonals the same, the knobbly ones push themselves forward on both sides.
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