maybe I should explain...

how I figured that out. The peach one, I mean. I did the hem/border just as it was in the magazine. By the way, am using Wool Crepe Deluxe, leftover from Peachy Keen, Knitwords #52, so, no swatching, going with the same gauge I’ve been using all along and Lauren is another little bit of a thing, so, finished 32 bust. The diamond combination in the centre of the front is a 32-row repeat. There are 160 rows to the beginning of the underarm shaping, and I want the top of the last diamond to be just around there. The scalloped hem and the garter ridge line took up 32 rows. 4 repeats of the vertical diamonds would be 128 rows, taking me to RC160, but I thought it would look better if it ended a little higher and on a motif like this you want to end at the top of the diamond, not in the middle, a full repeat. I knit 10 rows plain, did 4 repeats of the large diamond and then ended with another 10 rows plain to offset the motif. Did the same thing with the row of horizontal diamonds in the yoke area. It’s a 22-row repeat so balanced it off with 6 plain rows below and above. That extra stitch that was required in the border, wasn’t needed after that so I got rid of it in the underarm shaping so didn’t have to worry about it for the neckline and shoulders. The back is plain except for the hem/border.
On the wine Mini Dina tank from last week, I forgot to say that when knitting the back in plain stockinette, I had to remember to reverse the extra stitch so the garment would match over the shoulders.
Looking at the final peach tank, it’s nice but I notice a mistake, or is it just different from the original? I’m not good at following my own instructions, it seems. I think I know what I’m doing and miss the final details sometimes! At the top of the large centre diamond, that centre stitch that shows up so nicely on the brown tunic, I did it different. On the Lace Medley tunic, the centre stitch is left in place, behind the transfers coming into the centre. On the peach one, I turned it into a two-step so doesn’t show the same. I guess I’ll just have to make another one…

P.S. Since Knit ‘n Style is no longer available, if anyone wants the Lace Medley pattern, just say. email me knitwords@shaw.ca