Leaf and Acorn Lace

from Needlecraft Magazine, October 1925

This pattern is an adaptation by Mrs G.H. Kimball, of Leaf and Acorn Lace. This version has been corrected, updated into modern knitting language and charted by Sarah Bradberry, 2016.

k5tog=ssk, slip 1, k2tog, psso, pass the second stitch on the right hand needle over the first

Shown with a cast-on count of 40 stitches.   Getting chart...

  • Row 1 (RS): K3, yo, k2tog, k1, yo, kfb, yo, k2, ssk, p1, k2tog, k3, yo, k2tog, yo, k2, p1, k2tog, k1, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, k4, [yo, k2tog] twice, yo, k2 (44 sts).
  • Row 2: Yo, p2tog, p18, [k1, p9] twice, k4.
  • Row 3: K3, yo, k2tog, k1, yo, [kfb] 3 times, yo, k2, ssk, p1, k2tog, k3, yo, k2tog, yo, ssk, p1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, [yo, k5] twice, [yo, k2tog] twice, yo, k2 (49 sts).
  • Row 4: Yo, p2tog, p20, k1, p8, k1, p13, k4.
  • Row 5: K3, yo, [k2tog] twice, yo, k6, yo, k2, ssk, p1, k2tog, k3, yo, k2tog, yo, k3tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k7, yo, k6, [yo, k2tog] twice, yo, k2 (50 sts).
  • Row 6: Yo, p2tog, p30, k1, p13, k4.
  • Row 7: K3, yo, [k2tog] twice, yo, k6, yo, k2, ssk, p1, k2tog, k3, yo, k5tog, yo, k4, p1, k4, yo, k4, ssk, yo, k1, [yo, k2tog] twice, yo, k2 (49 sts).
  • Row 8: Yo, p2tog, p17, k1, p11, k1, p13, k4.
  • Row 9: K3, yo, [k2tog] twice, yo, k6, yo, k2, ssk, p1, k2tog, k2, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, ssk, p1, k2tog, k3, yo, k3, ssk, yo, k3, [yo, k2tog] twice, yo, k2.
  • Row 10: Yo, p2tog, p18, k1, p10, k1, p4, [kfb] 6 times, p3, k4 (55 sts).
  • Row 11: K3, yo, [k2tog] twice, yo, p12, yo, k2, ssk, p1, k2tog, k1, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, ssk, p1, k2tog, k3, yo, k4, yo, k2tog, k3, [yo, k2tog] twice, yo, k2.
  • Row 12: Yo, p2tog, p19, k1, p9, k1, p4, [k2tog] 6 times, p3, k4 (49 sts).
  • Row 13: K3, yo, [k2tog] twice, yo, p6, yo, k2, ssk, p1, k2, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, ssk, p1, k2tog, k3, yo, k4, yo, k2tog, k1, ssk, [yo, k2tog] 3 times, k1 (48 sts).
  • Row 14: Yo, p2tog, p18, k1, p9, k1, p4, [k2tog] 3 times, p3, k4 (45 sts).
  • Row 15: K3, yo, k2tog, [k1, yo] twice, p3tog, yo, k2, ssk, p1, k2, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, ssk, p1, k2tog, k2, yo, kfb, yo, k5, yo, k3tog, [yo, k2tog] 3 times, k1 (46 sts).
  • Row 16: Yo, p2tog, p19, k1, p9, k1, p10, k4.
  • Row 17: K3, yo, k2tog, k1, yo, k3, yo, k2tog, yo, k1, ssk, p1, k2, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, ssk, p1, k2tog, k2, yo, [kfb] 3 times, yo, k5, k2tog, [yo, k2tog] 3 times, k1 (50 sts).
  • Row 18: Yo, p2tog, p22, k1, p9, k1, p11, k4.
  • Row 19: K3, yo, k2tog, k1, yo, k5, yo, k2tog, yo, ssk, p1, [k2tog, yo] twice, k3, ssk, p1, k2tog, k2, yo, k6, yo, k2tog, k3, k2tog, [yo, k2tog] 3 times, k1 (49 sts).
  • Row 20: Yo, p2tog, p21, k1, p8, k1, p12, k4.
  • Row 21: K3, yo, k2tog, k1, yo, k7, yo, k2tog, yo, k3tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, ssk, p1, k2tog, k2, yo, k6, yo, k2tog, k2, k2tog, [yo, k2tog] 3 times, k1 (48 sts).
  • Row 22: Yo, p2tog, p20, k1, p21, k4.
  • Row 23: K3, yo, k2tog, k1, yo, k4, p1, k4, yo, k5tog, yo, k3, ssk, p1, k2tog, k2, yo, k6, yo, k2tog, k3, [yo, k2tog] 3 times, k1 (46 sts).
  • Row 24: Yo, p2tog, p10, [kfb] 6 times, p4, k1, p11, k1, p7, k4 (52 sts).
  • Row 25: K3, yo, k2tog, k1, yo, k3, ssk, p1, k2tog, k3, yo, k2tog, yo, k2, ssk, p1, k2tog, k2, yo, p12, yo, k2tog, k3, [yo, k2tog] 3 times, k1 (51 sts).
  • Row 26: Yo, p2tog, p10, [k2tog] 6 times, p4, k1, p10, k1, p7, k4 (45 sts).
  • Row 27: K3, yo, k2tog, k1, yo, k3, ssk, p1, k2tog, k3, yo, k2tog, yo, k1, ssk, p1, k2tog, k2, yo, p6, yo, k2tog, k1, k2tog, [yo, k2tog] 3 times, k1 (43 sts).
  • Row 28: Yo, p2tog, p9, [k2tog] 3 times, p4, k1, p9, k1, p7, k4 (40 sts).
  • Row 29: K3, yo, k2tog, k1, yo, k3, ssk, p1, k2tog, k3, yo, k2tog, yo, k2, p1, k2tog, k2, yo, p3tog, yo, k1, yo, k3, [yo, k2tog] 3 times, k1.
  • Row 30: Yo, p2tog, p16, k1, p9, k1, p7, k4.