Bell Lace in the round

See also the original Bell Lace from Barbara Walker’s A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns*, and this Ravelry post.


*Affiliate link. Buy the book and I get a couple pennies.

Shown with a cast-on count of 36 stitches.   Getting chart...

  • Round 1: *[K1, p2] 4 times, k1, yo, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, yo, repeat from * (multiple of 20 sts).
  • Round 2: *[K1, p2] 4 times, k8, repeat from *.
  • Round 3: *[K1, p2] 4 times, k1, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, yo, repeat from * (multiple of 22 sts).
  • Round 4: *[K1, p2] 4 times, k10, repeat from *.
  • Round 5: *[K1, p2tog] 4 times, k1, yo, k2tog, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, ssk, yo, repeat from * (multiple of 18 sts).
  • Round 6: *[K1, p1] 4 times, k10, repeat from *.
  • Round 7: *[K1, p1] 4 times, k1, yo, k2tog, yo, k1 tbl, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k1 tbl, yo, ssk, yo, repeat from * (multiple of 20 sts).
  • Round 8: *[K1, p1] 4 times, k12, repeat from *.
  • Round 9: *[Ssk] twice, k1, [k2tog] twice, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, yo, ssk, yo, repeat from *.
  • Rounds 10, 12, 14, 24, 26, and 28: Knit.
  • Round 11: *Ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, ssk, yo, repeat from * (multiple of 18 sts).
  • Round 13: *Sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2tog, yo, k1 tbl, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k3, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k1 tbl, yo, ssk, yo, repeat from *.
  • Round 15: *Yo, k1, yo, ssk, yo, [k1, p2] 4 times, k1, yo, k2tog, repeat from * (multiple of 20 sts).
  • Round 16: *K6, [p2, k1] 3 times, p2, k3, repeat from *.
  • Round 17: *Yo, k3, yo, ssk, yo, [k1, p2] 4 times, k1, yo, k2tog, repeat from * (multiple of 22 sts).
  • Round 18: *K8, [p2, k1] 3 times, p2, k3, repeat from *.
  • Round 19: *Yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, ssk, yo, [k1, p2tog] 4 times, k1, yo, k2tog, repeat from * (multiple of 18 sts).
  • Round 20: *K8, [p1, k1] 3 times, p1, k3, repeat from *.
  • Round 21: *Yo, k1 tbl, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k1 tbl, yo, ssk, yo, [k1, p1] 4 times, k1, yo, k2tog, repeat from * (multiple of 20 sts).
  • Round 22: *K10, [p1, k1] 3 times, p1, k3, repeat from *.
  • Round 23: *Yo, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, yo, ssk, yo, [ssk] twice, k1, [k2tog] twice, yo, k2tog, repeat from *.
  • Round 25: *Yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, repeat from * (multiple of 18 sts).
  • Round 27: *Yo, k1 tbl, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k3, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k1 tbl, yo, ssk, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2tog, repeat from *.