Diamant is a design from the Strikkekraft knitwear collection.

In 2024, Anne Björke asked 10 designers to revisit traditional Norwegian patterns by Norlender, to honour the local machine knitting heritage with a handknit tribute.

I decided to focus on the small diamond-shaped filler, so that it could have pride of place in my design instead of being the insignificant background to a larger, more intricate motif.
It is a very simple yet effective repetitive motif that I enjoyed translating into brioche knitting.
I added a ribbed border to the upper edge of the shawl as a reference to the sweater inspiration behind this shawl design.
Diamant is a large triangle shawl worked from the tip upwards to the upper edge.
It features a two-colour brioche diamond motif that is worked in reverse colours in two large V shapes, two-colour side edges and one-colour brioche ribbing.
The diamond motif looks like a collection of short sticks on the wrong side, and the shawl is fully reversible.

YARN

Hillesvåg Ullvarefabrikk, Ask, 100% Norwegian wool, 315 m / 100 g
MC 316135 Cyclamen (kald) (pink)
CC 316088 Klar eplegrønn (green)

Grams used in total: 450 g
Meters used in total: 1420 m

Grams used for each colour:
MC: 270 g
CC: 180 g
Meters used for each colour:
MC: 850 m
CC: 570 m

EU yarn equivalent: sport weight airy, woolly wool such as Retrosario Rosa Pomar Vovò or De Rerum Natura Ulysse.

NEEDLES AND NOTIONS

4 mm / US 6 circular needles, or size required to obtain gauge
markers, tapestry needle

GAUGE

18 sts x 16 rows = 10 cm over brioche diamond pattern after light blocking

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

200 cm wingspan along top edge
105 cm depth from cast-on tip to top edge

The pattern is available in Norwegian: there is a link to an online Flipbook in Norwegian in the ENG version of the pattern.