Waves of Grain

From Vogue Knitting Stitchionary Volume Five: Lace Knitting*, with slight modifications to the vertical repeat. See also this Ravelry post.


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Shown with a cast-on count of 35 stitches.   Getting chart...

  • Row 1 (RS): *K9, yo, k1, yo, k4, sl1-k2tog-psso, repeat from * to last st, k1.
  • Rows 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, and 26: Purl.
  • Rows 3 and 15: *K10, yo, k1, yo, k3, sl1-k2tog-psso, repeat from * to last st, k1.
  • Rows 5 and 17: *K11, yo, k1, yo, k2, sl1-k2tog-psso, repeat from * to last st, k1.
  • Rows 7 and 19: *K1, k3tog, k4, yo, k1, yo, k3, [yo, k1] twice, sl1-k2tog-psso, repeat from * to last st, k1.
  • Rows 9 and 21: *K1, k3tog, k3, yo, k1, yo, k9, repeat from * to last st, k1.
  • Rows 11 and 23: *K1, k3tog, k2, yo, k1, yo, k10, repeat from * to last st, k1.
  • Row 13: *K1, k3tog, [k1, yo] twice, k3, yo, k1, yo, k4, sl1-k2tog-psso, repeat from * to last st, k1.
  • Row 25: *K1, k3tog, [k1, yo] twice, k11, repeat from * to last st, k1.
  • Repeat rows 3-14.