Nellie Latimer’s Mother’s Lace

From The Lacy Knitting of Mary Schiffmann*.


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Shown with a cast-on count of 15 stitches.   Getting chart...

  • Row 1 (RS): Sl1 wyib, k8, p1, yo, k1, yo, p1, k3 (17 sts).
  • Row 2: K4, p3, k3, [yo] twice, k2tog, k5 (18 sts).
  • Row 3: Sl1 wyib, k6, p1, k2, p1, k1, [yo, k1] twice, p1, k3 (20 sts).
  • Row 4: K4, p5, k11.
  • Row 5: Sl1 wyib, k9, p1, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p1, k3 (22 sts).
  • Row 6: K4, p7, k3, [[yo] twice, k2tog] twice, k4 (24 sts).
  • Row 7: Sl1 wyib, k5, [p1, k2] twice, p1, k7, p1, k3.
  • Row 8: K4, p7, k13.
  • Row 9: Sl1 wyib, k11, p1, ssk, k3, k2tog, p1, k3 (22 sts).
  • Row 10: K4, p5, k2, [[yo] twice, k2tog] 3 times, k5 (25 sts).
  • Row 11: Sl1 wyib, k6, p1, [k2, p1] twice, k1, p1, ssk, k1, k2tog, p1, k3 (23 sts).
  • Row 12: K4, p3, k16.
  • Row 13: Sl1 wyib, k14, p1, sl2-k1-p2sso, p1, k3 (21 sts).
  • Row 14: Knit.
  • Row 15: Sl1 wyib, knit.
  • Row 16: BO 6 sts, knit (15 sts).