checkered fern leaf pattern

James Norbury, The Family Knitting Book, p 46

Shown with a cast-on count of 20 stitches.   Getting chart...

  • Rows 1, 3, and 5 (RS): K2, *p2, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, repeat from * to last 4 sts, p2, k2.
  • Rows 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16: P2, *k2, p5, repeat from * to last 4 sts, k2, p2.
  • Rows 7 and 15: K2, *p2, k5, repeat from * to last 4 sts, p2, k2.
  • Rows 9, 11, and 13: K2, *p2, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, repeat from * to last 4 sts, p2, k2.