Mermaid’s Mesh

From A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara Walker. Compare with Subtle Mesh.

Shown with a cast-on count of 31 stitches.   Getting chart...

  • Row 1 (WS): P1, k1, p1, *p7, k1, p1, repeat from * to last st, p1.
  • Row 2: K1, yo, *[ssk, yo] 3 times, k3tog, [yo] twice, repeat from * to last 3 sts, ssk, k1.
  • Row 3: P2, *k1, p8, repeat from * to last 2 sts, p2.
  • Row 4: *K2tog, [yo] twice, [ssk, yo] twice, k3tog, yo, repeat from * to last 4 sts, k2tog, yo, k2.
  • Row 5: P10, *k1, p8, repeat from * to last 3 sts, k1, p2.
  • Row 6: K1, *k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, yo, k3tog, yo, k2tog, yo, repeat from * to last 3 sts, k2tog, yo, k1.
  • Row 7: P9, *k1, p8, repeat from * to last 4 sts, k1, p3.
  • Row 8: K2tog, yo, *k2tog, [yo] twice, sl1-k2tog-psso, [yo, k2tog] twice, yo, repeat from * to last 2 sts, k2.
  • Row 9: P8, *k1, p8, repeat from * to last 5 sts, k1, p4.
  • Row 10: K1, k2tog, yo, *k2tog, [yo] twice, sl1-k2tog-psso, [yo, k2tog] twice, yo, repeat from * to last st, k1.
  • Row 11: *P7, k1, p1, repeat from * to last 4 sts, p4.
  • Row 12: K2tog, yo, *k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2tog, yo, repeat from * to last 2 sts, k2.
  • Row 13: P1, *p7, k1, p1, repeat from * to last 3 sts, p3.
  • Row 14: K1, k2tog, *[yo] twice, [ssk, yo] twice, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2tog, repeat from * to last st, yo, k1.
  • Row 15: P2, *p7, k1, p1, repeat from * to last 2 sts, p2.
  • Row 16: K2tog, *[yo] twice, [ssk, yo] 3 times, k3tog, repeat from * to last 2 sts, [yo] twice, ssk.