Wheat ear edging (aka Dayflower?)

Number 63 in "Knitting Lace" by Barbara Abbey.

The main motif of this is very similar to Dayflower in Barbara Walker's "Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns".

Shown with a cast-on count of 20 stitches.   Getting chart...

  • Row 1 (RS): Sl1 wyib, k1, [yo, k2tog] twice, k2tog, k2tog, k2, yo, k3, yo, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, yo, k2 (22 sts).
  • Row 2: K3, p1, k3, p13, k2.
  • Row 3: Sl1 wyib, k1, yo, k2tog, sl1-k2tog-psso, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k1, yo, k2, [k2tog, yo] twice, k5 (20 sts).
  • Row 4: BO 2 sts, k4, p8, p2tog, p1, k2 (17 sts).
  • Row 5: Sl1 wyib, k1, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k3, yo, k2, [k2tog, yo] twice, k1, yo, yo, k2 (20 sts).
  • Rows 6 and 14: K3, p1, k3, p11, k2.
  • Row 7: Sl1 wyib, k1, yo, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, k2, k2tog, yo, k2, [k2tog, yo] twice, k5 (22 sts).
  • Rows 8 and 16: BO 2 sts, k4, p13, k2 (20 sts).
  • Row 9: Sl1 wyib, k1, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, k2, k2tog, yo, ssk, ssk, yo, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, yo, k2 (23 sts).
  • Row 10: K3, p1, k3, p14, k2.
  • Row 11: Sl1 wyib, k1, [yo, k2tog] twice, k2, yo, k1, yo, ssk, ssk, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2tog, yo, k5 (22 sts).
  • Row 12: BO 2 sts, k3, p3tog, p2tog, p9, k2 (17 sts).
  • Row 13: Sl1 wyib, k1, [yo, k2tog] twice, k2, yo, k3, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k1, yo, yo, k2 (20 sts).
  • Row 15: Sl1 wyib, k1, [yo, k2tog] twice, k2, yo, k2tog, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, yo, k5 (22 sts).