Lace edge found in free pattern Osprey Distaff by Melissa Walshe.

See also: Osprey cable pattern

See pattern for the designer's stitch notation and stitch guide for:

• Row 7 after k1, before k11 ('ssk, s1r' = ssk, put last st worked (the ssk) on lh needle, slip 1 st over it to the right, move back to rh needle).

• In Row 5: the ssk (in the written instruction below this chart) is done this way: sl1-k1-psso.

My notes:

• CO 8 with Judy's Magic Cast On (I used the tutorial found in PURL Magazine, Issue 1, Cast On, Autumn 2026 - page 125). Put 8 sts on waste yarn/barber cord.

• Variation on WS rows: last k1 tbl

• On Row 8 you slip the first stitch (purlwise wyib), then k1, psso, and that's your first BO. Continue to bind-off sts until you have 9 sts left on lh needle, k4, p3tog, k2 (8 sts). The designer's pattern notes are not very clear on this.

• Used Kitchener stitch (sans set-up) with the tail end of the CO to join both ends in the round.

• Picked up 56 sts with ball end yarn (so I don't have to cut my yarn) to continue with the cable pattern.

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