Leave it to Karen Hennessey of Zecca to provide another clever take on a diamond stitch and have a wonderfully bright stitched example to go with it.
The stitch begins as your more traditional diamond with outer rows over three rows and a row over two in between the rows going over three. But, she skips a row between the outer edges and that's where things get interesting.
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Due to the many unique components of this stitch, this might be one stitch that I don't see with threads all of one color. It almost NEEDS the multiple thread colors to add definition. As an example, the oblique tied crosses in the center of the diamonds stand out in their own color. I love how the diamonds are in a darker shade to help add to that definition.
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I hope you have the perfect spot for this stitch! Enjoy!