Double Rose Leaf

In A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns*, Barbara Walker’s original pattern is a panel of 17 stitches. Here, it’s a repeated pattern. See also this Ravelry post.


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Shown with a cast-on count of 33 stitches.   Getting chart...

  • Row 1 (WS): Purl.
  • Row 2: *K1, yo, k1, ssk, p1, k2tog, k1, p1, k1, ssk, p1, k2tog, k1, yo, repeat from * to last st, k1 (multiple of 14 sts, plus 1).
  • Row 3: *P4, [k1, p2] twice, k1, p3, repeat from * to last st, p1.
  • Row 4: *[K1, yo] twice, ssk, p1, k2tog, p1, ssk, p1, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, repeat from * to last st, k1.
  • Row 5: *P5, [k1, p1] twice, k1, p4, repeat from * to last st, p1.
  • Row 6: *K1, yo, k3, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, p1, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, repeat from * to last st, k1.
  • Row 7: *P7, k1, p6, repeat from * to last st, p1.
  • Row 8: *K1, yo, k5, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k5, yo, repeat from * to last st, k1 (multiple of 16 sts, plus 1).