Bessie's Leaf Lace (Corrected)
Bessie's Leaf Lace from Home Work, published in Toronto in 1891 This pattern is also available in regular chart form on my website at http://www.knitting-and.com/wiki/Bessies_Leaf_Lace/ All the knitted lace patterns from Home Work (plus many, many more) can be found at http://www.knitting-and.com/knitting/patterns-lace.htm
Shown with a cast-on count of 12 stitches.
- Row 1 (RS): Sl1 wyib, k1, yo, k2tog, p1, k4, yo, k2tog, yo, k1 (13 sts).
- Row 2: Yo, purl (14 sts).
- Row 3: Sl1 wyib, k1, yo, k2tog, p1, k2tog, k2, yo, k2tog, yo, k3.
- Row 4: Yo, purl (15 sts).
- Row 5: Sl1 wyib, k1, yo, k2tog, p1, k2tog, k1, yo, k2tog, yo, k5.
- Row 6: Yo, purl (16 sts).
- Row 7: Sl1 wyib, k1, yo, k2tog, p1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k7.
- Row 8: Yo, purl (17 sts).
- Row 9: Sl1 wyib, k1, yo, k2tog, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k9.
- Row 10: Yo, purl (18 sts).
- Row 11: Sl1 wyib, k1, yo, k2tog, k1, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, ssk, p1, k2tog, k3 (17 sts).
- Rows 12, 14, 16, and 18: Purl.
- Row 13: Sl1 wyib, k1, yo, k2tog, k2, yo, k2tog, yo, k2, ssk, p1, k2tog, k2 (16 sts).
- Row 15: Sl1 wyib, k1, yo, k2tog, k3, yo, k2tog, yo, k1, ssk, p1, k2tog, k1 (15 sts).
- Row 17: Sl1 wyib, k1, yo, k2tog, k4, yo, k2tog, yo, ssk, p1, k2tog (14 sts).
- Row 19: Sl1 wyib, k1, yo, k2tog, k5, yo, k2tog, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso (13 sts).
- Row 20: P2tog, p11 (12 sts).
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