starfish
See this blog post for more information.
The first six rows of the stitch pattern are the code for star; the last six rows are fish. (This kind of neat division doesn't always happen when I work up stitch patterns for compound words, so I like to point it out when it works out.)
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- Naomi (gannet)
Shown with a cast-on count of 66 stitches.
- Row 1 (RS): K1, k2tog, yo, k4, ssk, yo, k2, *k2, yo, k2tog, k4, yo, ssk, k2, k2tog, yo, k4, ssk, yo, k2, repeat from * to last 11 sts, k2, yo, k2tog, k4, yo, ssk, k1.
- Rows 2, 6, 12, 14, 18, and 24: Purl.
- Row 3: Yo, sl2-k1-p2sso, [yo] twice, k2tog, k4, ssk, yo, *yo, k2tog, k4, ssk, [[yo] twice, sl2-k1-p2sso] twice, [yo] twice, k2tog, k4, ssk, yo, repeat from * to last 11 sts, yo, k2tog, k4, ssk, [yo] twice, sl2-k1-p2sso, yo.
- Row 4: P2, k1, p7, k1, *p7, [k1, p2] twice, k1, p7, k1, repeat from * to last 11 sts, p7, k1, p3.
- Row 5: K3, yo, k1, ssk, k2, yo, k2tog, k1, *k1, ssk, yo, k2, k2tog, k1, yo, k6, yo, k1, ssk, k2, yo, k2tog, k1, repeat from * to last 11 sts, k1, ssk, yo, k2, k2tog, k1, yo, k3.
- Row 7: K1, yo, ssk, yo, [k2, ssk] twice, yo, *yo, [k2tog, k2] twice, yo, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, yo, [k2, ssk] twice, yo, repeat from * to last 11 sts, yo, [k2tog, k2] twice, yo, k2tog, yo, k1.
- Rows 8 and 22: P10, k1, *p21, k1, repeat from * to last 11 sts, p11.
- Row 9: Yo, k2, ssk, k2, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k1, *k1, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k2, k2tog, k2, [yo] twice, k2, ssk, k2, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k1, repeat from * to last 11 sts, k1, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k2, k2tog, k2, yo.
- Rows 10 and 20: P11, *p10, k1, p11, repeat from * to last 11 sts, p11.
- Row 11: K7, yo, ssk, yo, k2tog, *ssk, yo, k2tog, yo, k14, yo, ssk, yo, k2tog, repeat from * to last 11 sts, ssk, yo, k2tog, yo, k7.
- Row 13: K2, yo, k2tog, k4, yo, ssk, k1, *k1, k2tog, yo, k4, ssk, yo, k4, yo, k2tog, k4, yo, ssk, k1, repeat from * to last 11 sts, k1, k2tog, yo, k4, ssk, yo, k2.
- Row 15: Yo, k2tog, k4, ssk, [yo] twice, sl2-k1-p2sso, yo, *yo, sl2-k1-p2sso, [[yo] twice, k2tog, k4, ssk] twice, [yo] twice, sl2-k1-p2sso, yo, repeat from * to last 11 sts, yo, sl2-k1-p2sso, [yo] twice, k2tog, k4, ssk, yo.
- Row 16: P7, k1, p2, k1, *p2, [k1, p7] twice, k1, p2, k1, repeat from * to last 11 sts, p2, k1, p8.
- Row 17: K1, ssk, yo, k2, k2tog, k1, yo, k3, *k3, yo, k1, ssk, k2, yo, k2tog, k2, ssk, yo, k2, k2tog, k1, yo, k3, repeat from * to last 11 sts, k3, yo, k1, ssk, k2, yo, k2tog, k1.
- Row 19: Yo, [k2tog, k2] twice, yo, k2tog, yo, k1, *k1, yo, ssk, yo, [k2, ssk] twice, [yo] twice, [k2tog, k2] twice, yo, k2tog, yo, k1, repeat from * to last 11 sts, k1, yo, ssk, yo, [k2, ssk] twice, yo.
- Row 21: K1, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k2, k2tog, k2, yo, *yo, k2, ssk, [k2, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo] twice, k2, k2tog, k2, yo, repeat from * to last 11 sts, yo, k2, ssk, k2, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k1.
- Row 23: Ssk, yo, k2tog, yo, k7, *k7, yo, [ssk, yo, k2tog] twice, yo, k7, repeat from * to last 11 sts, k7, yo, ssk, yo, k2tog.
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