Mamaw's Galaxy Afghan Panel
This is the pattern my Mamaw used to make Afghan panels. She said she learned the pattern from someone who came to Ohio from Minnesota.
Panel is started by casting on 16 stitches and knitting 8 rows of garter, then repeating the lace pattern until the panel is as long as you wish it to be. Finish with 8 rows of garter then bind off. Make as many same-length panels as you need and sew together. You can put on …
This is the pattern my Mamaw used to make Afghan panels. She said she learned the pattern from someone who came to Ohio from Minnesota.
Panel is started by casting on 16 stitches and knitting 8 rows of garter, then repeating the lace pattern until the panel is as long as you wish it to be. Finish with 8 rows of garter then bind off. Make as many same-length panels as you need and sew together. You can put on a border, if you choose.
Previously published with Mamaw's permission on The Knit List 15-Aug-1995 then on Wool Works http://www.woolworks.org/patterns/galaxy.txt. Those instructions are as Mamaw's pattern card were written, but there was a slight error. The pattern says to repeat Row 10 until there are 16 remaining stitches, but mistakenly said that is 5 times not 3. This error is corrected here.
Shown with a cast-on count of 16 stitches.
- Rows 1, 3, 5, 7, 15, 17, 19, and 21 (RS): Knit.
- Rows 2, 4, 6, 8, 16, 18, 20, and 22: Knit.
- Row 9: K4, *yo wrapping yarn twice, k1, repeat from * to last 4 sts, yo, k4 (25 sts).
- Row 10: K4, drop st, purl to last 4 sts, k4 (24 sts).
- Row 11: K4, k2tog, k12, k2tog, k4 (22 sts).
- Row 12: K4, k2tog, k10, k2tog, k4 (20 sts).
- Row 13: K4, k2tog, k8, k2tog, k4 (18 sts).
- Row 14: K4, k2tog, k6, k2tog, k4 (16 sts).
- Repeat rows 9-14.
Cast-on count
- 16 stitches
Row repeat
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- added 20 Sep 2016
- last edited 21 Sep 2016
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