Chinese Lace

A variation on Chinese Lace as found in Barbara Walker’s A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns,* and as used in the Elland cowl.


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Shown with a cast-on count of 28 stitches.   Getting chart...

  • Round 1: *Ssk, k7, yo, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.
  • Round 2: *Ssk, k6, yo, k1, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.
  • Round 3: *Ssk, k5, yo, k2, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.
  • Round 4: *Ssk, k4, yo, k3, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.
  • Round 5: *K3, k2tog, k4, yo, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.
  • Round 6: *K2, k2tog, k4, yo, k1, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.
  • Round 7: *K1, k2tog, k4, yo, k2, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.
  • Round 8: *K2tog, k4, yo, k3, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.
  • Round 9: *Yo, k3, k2tog, k4, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.
  • Round 10: *K1, yo, k2, k2tog, k4, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.
  • Round 11: *K2, yo, k1, k2tog, k4, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.
  • Round 12: *K3, yo, k2tog, k4, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.
  • Round 13: *Yo, k7, k2tog, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.
  • Round 14: *K1, yo, k6, k2tog, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.
  • Round 15: *K2, yo, k5, k2tog, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.
  • Round 16: *K3, yo, k4, k2tog, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.
  • Round 17: *Yo, k4, ssk, k3, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.
  • Round 18: *K1, yo, k4, ssk, k2, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.
  • Round 19: *K2, yo, k4, ssk, k1, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.
  • Round 20: *K3, yo, k4, ssk, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.
  • Round 21: *K4, ssk, k3, yo, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.
  • Round 22: *K4, ssk, k2, yo, k1, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.
  • Round 23: *K4, ssk, k1, yo, k2, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.
  • Round 24: *K4, ssk, yo, k3, p2, k1 tbl, p2, repeat from *.