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Handy notes
This is a half-drop, make-and-lose pattern. The stitch counts do not stay constant.
Rows 1, 3, 9 and 11 use a multiple of 12 stitches plus 7 extra for the balanced edges.
Rows 5, 7, 13 and 15 use a multiple of 14 stitches plus 8 extra for the balanced edges.
These counts do not include your own selvedge stitches for seaming or extra stitches for
borders.
I like to set up with a purl (wrong side) row just to get the knitting ready for the pattern,
knitter's choice.
The pattern includes balanced edges. These centre the design and provide straight edges
for both flat knitting and inserting panels.
If knitting in rounds with a continuous all-over lace design use just the repeating part of
the pattern, written out separately for your convenience (below the main pattern). If using
a straight panel within a circular piece then use the instructions for balanced edges.
If you find when you do a SK2P that the locking stitch (the one that lies on top on the
right-hand side of the trio) stretches out more than you like then try one of these two
slightly different working methods to see if one of them helps you.:
1. Slip 1 knit-wise, K2T but do not drop them off the left-hand needle just yet, pass
the slipped stitch over the new stitch on your right-hand needle, now drop off the 2
stitches you knit together.
2. Slip 1 knit-wise, slip 2T knit-wise, insert the left-hand needle through all three
just-slipped stitches so that you can now knit all three reoriented stitches together.
Gauge
This stitch is very textured when first knitted and looks nothing like the final all-over lace
fabric. To achieve the final fabric it is also necessary to dress (block) your knitting.
Therefore to calculate your gauge I highly recommend that you knit a sample no less than
three repeats wide and three repeats tall and block it before judging if you are satisfied
with the fabric. Use the blocked sample to measure your gauge.
Abbreviations
K knit (if there is no number as well it means knit 1)
O yarn over
T together, (for example, K2T means knit 2 together)
Slip 1 knit-wise, slip another 1 knit-wise, insert the left-hand needle into the 2
SSK
just-slipped stitched from left to right so that you can now knit them together
SK2P Slip 1, K2T, pass the slipped stitch over
Means to do whatever is in the preceding brackets a total of the stated number of
x
times
Make 9 stitches from 3 thus: K3T, (O, K the same 3 together again) x 4. This
forms the base of the flower. Ensure that you pull each of the 9 stitches up to an
9/3
even, slightly tallish height as you make them. (See the picture, you might have
to experiment a little to find a height that works just right for you.)
Make 3 stitches from 1 thus: (K, O, K) all into the same stitch, pulling the
3/1
stitches up to the same height you use for 9/3.
Knit into the front and back of the stitch, pulling the stitches up to the same
M
height you use for 9/3.
sts stitches
* An asterisk denotes the start of a repeating part of the pattern.
Row 1: K2, *K3, O, SK2P, O, K6. Repeat from * to the last 5 sts, K3, O, SSK.
Row 3: M, 3/1, *SK2P, K3, SK2P, 9/3. Repeat from * to last 5 sts, SK2P, K2.
Row 5: K2, O, K3, *SSK, K, K2T, (K3, O) x 2, K3. Repeat from * to last 3 sts, SSK, K1.
Row 9: K2T, O, K3, *K6, O, SK2P, O, K3. Repeat from * to last 2 sts, K2.
Row 11: K2, SK2P, *9/3, SK2P, K3, SK2P. Repeat from * to last 2 sts, 3/1, M.
Row 13: K, K2T, *(K3, O) x 2, K3, SSK, K1, K2T. Repeat from * to last 5 sts, K3, O, K2.
Row 15: K2T, *SK2P, O, K, O, K3, O, K, O, (SK2P) x 2. Repeat from * to last 6 sts,
SK2P, (O, K) x 2, K.