Lantern diamond

Route checked: each drawn unit edge has one passage on each face.

Original teaching motif: a diamond with inner upper diagonals and two lower branches.

Thread: Dark blue thread. Grid: 5 × 5 holes. Coordinates are x,y from top left.

Motif chart

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Front · aligned

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Back · mirrored as viewed after turning fabric

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Travel instructions

Each thread begins on front at its stated start hole. Every movement alternates face. A new thread starts front. Back coordinates remain in original front coordinate system even when diagram is mirrored.

Thread 1: start 2,0; end 2,0.

StepThreadFaceFromTo
11Front2,01,1
21Back1,10,2
31Front0,21,3
41Back1,32,2
51Front2,21,1
61Back1,12,2
71Front2,23,1
81Back3,12,0
91Front2,03,1
101Back3,14,2
111Front4,23,3
121Back3,32,2
131Front2,23,3
141Back3,32,4
151Front2,41,3
161Back1,32,4
171Front2,43,3
181Back3,34,2
191Front4,23,1
201Back3,12,2
211Front2,21,3
221Back1,30,2
231Front0,21,1
241Back1,12,0

Structural checks cannot verify physical stitchability, tension, carries, knots, starting or finishing. Crossed diagonal lines connect only at shared grid holes. Holbein Route 1.0.0.