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The inspiration for the Dangling Diamonds scarf / stole was from a pair of elegant silk stockings that are part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. They are displayed online at http://tinyurl.com/metmusestockings.

The beginning and ending sections of the scarf / stole are large diamonds within diamonds, suspended from a single small lace diamond. Next is a more complex section of lace diamonds with center lace flowers, and bordered by diagonal pathways dotted with single lace holes.

The original stitch pattern was worked in silk stockings in very fine gauge. Hopefully the lady that wore them found a way of artfully showing off these stunning stockings amidst her billowing skirts. The lace would have been greatly admired!

Sample on left shown in Shelridge Yarns Lace, colour Turquoise.
Sample shown in additional images knit with Shelridge Yarns Touch, colour Natural White.
Pattern written for both lace and light fingering weight yarns.

Pattern was professionally tech edited by Robin Melanson.

NOTE: Provenance Knit patterns use charts.
Recommended for Intermediate lace knitters.

Recommended yarn:
Lace: 1050 yds (960 m) – 2 x 50 gr skeins Shelridge Yarns Lace – see tab above for colours
Light Fingering: 525 yds (480 m) 1 x 100 gr skeins Shelridge Yarns Touch – see tab above for colours

Approximate finished and blocked size:
Scarf in light fingering – 10” wide by 50” long
Stole in lace-weight – 19” wide by 64” long

Gauge: in pattern stitch
Lace: 23 sts / 35 rows = 4”
Light Fingering: 23 sts / 33 rows = 4”