Cherry Stitch (modified)
Adapted from Cherry Stitch in "Charted Knitting Designs" by Barbara Walker (page 166), to make a more compact version with fewer rows.
Taking this process one stage further would lead to Dorothy Reade's pattern B-10.
Shown with a cast-on count of 25 stitches.
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- Rows 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, and 17 (WS): Purl.
- Row 2: K3tog, *yo, kfb, k1, kfb, yo, k5tog, repeat from * to last 6 sts, yo, kfb, k1, kfb, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso.
- Row 4: K1 tbl, *yo, k2tog, k3, ssk, yo, k1 tbl, repeat from * to last 8 sts, yo, k2tog, k3, ssk, yo, k1 tbl.
- Row 6: K1 tbl, *yo, ssk, k3, k2tog, yo, k1 tbl, repeat from * to last 8 sts, yo, ssk, k3, k2tog, yo, k1 tbl.
- Row 8: K1 tbl, *yo, k1 tbl, yo, k5tog, yo, k1 tbl, yo, k1 tbl, repeat from * to last 8 sts, yo, k1 tbl, yo, k5tog, yo, k1 tbl, yo, k1 tbl.
- Row 12: K1, *kfb, yo, k5tog, yo, kfb, k1, repeat from * to last 8 sts, kfb, yo, k5tog, yo, kfb, k1.
- Row 14: K1, *k1, ssk, yo, k1 tbl, yo, k2tog, k2, repeat from * to last 8 sts, k1, ssk, yo, k1 tbl, yo, k2tog, k2.
- Row 16: K1, *k1, k2tog, yo, k1 tbl, yo, ssk, k2, repeat from * to last 8 sts, k1, k2tog, yo, k1 tbl, yo, ssk, k2.
- Row 18: K3tog, *yo, k1 tbl, yo, k1 tbl, yo, k1 tbl, yo, k5tog, repeat from * to last 6 sts, yo, k1 tbl, yo, k1 tbl, yo, k1 tbl, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso.
Cast-on count
- multiple of 8 stitches, plus 9
Row repeat
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- added 21 Jul 2015
- last edited 25 Jul 2015
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