Crystal Pattern

From A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns* by Barbara Walker. See also this Ravelry post.


*Affiliate link. Buy the book and I get a couple pennies.

Shown with a cast-on count of 23 stitches.   Getting chart...

  • Rows 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15 (WS): Purl.
  • Row 2: K1, *k4, k2tog, yo, k5, repeat from *.
  • Rows 4 and 16: K1, *k3, [k2tog, yo] twice, k4, repeat from *.
  • Rows 6 and 14: K1, *k2, [k2tog, yo] 3 times, k3, repeat from *.
  • Rows 8 and 12: K1, *k1, [k2tog, yo] 4 times, k2, repeat from *.
  • Row 10: K1, *[k2tog, yo] 5 times, k1, repeat from *.