Dragon Scales
once again i wish i could set this to private, but oh well!
Variation on a classic knitting machine pattern, mostly charted because I was bad at remembering how many to cast on. For best results, twist the yarn overs as you knit/purl them so that on the purl side (which is the right side on this, typically), the leg leans towards the CDD. That creates a nice outline on each of the scales. If you plan on having this …
once again i wish i could set this to private, but oh well!
Variation on a classic knitting machine pattern, mostly charted because I was bad at remembering how many to cast on. For best results, twist the yarn overs as you knit/purl them so that on the purl side (which is the right side on this, typically), the leg leans towards the CDD. That creates a nice outline on each of the scales. If you plan on having this knit side forward, twist the other way.
Also, if you wanna decrease the upcoming rep's scale size, you can take the row without cdd's or yo's (like 11) and add a cdd in each of the spots where they'll be on the next repeat (aka row 12), but still skip the yo's. Also, you can appropriately slant the k2tog/p2togs whichever way you prefer, but they make such an insignificant impact on the edges that I can't be bothered, especially when I'll be adding a cable trim lmao
Converting knitting machine patterns to hand-knitting and vice versa is fun, actually. May do more of it. Oh, and for longer/more featherlike scales, you can treat every row as a knit-side row and insert a purl row between each. Have fun!
Shown with a cast-on count of 69 stitches.
- Row 1 (RS): K2, *yo, k9, sl2-k1-p2sso, k9, yo, k1, repeat from * to last st, k1.
- Row 2: P2, *p1, yo, p8, cddp, p8, yo, p2, repeat from * to last st, p1.
- Row 3: K2, *k2, yo, k7, sl2-k1-p2sso, k7, yo, k3, repeat from * to last st, k1.
- Row 4: P2, *p3, yo, p6, cddp, p6, yo, p4, repeat from * to last st, p1.
- Row 5: K2, *k4, yo, k5, sl2-k1-p2sso, k5, yo, k5, repeat from * to last st, k1.
- Row 6: P2, *p5, yo, p4, cddp, p4, yo, p6, repeat from * to last st, p1.
- Row 7: K2, *k6, yo, k3, sl2-k1-p2sso, k3, yo, k7, repeat from * to last st, k1.
- Row 8: P2, *p7, yo, p2, cddp, p2, yo, p8, repeat from * to last st, p1.
- Row 9: K2, *k8, yo, k1, sl2-k1-p2sso, k1, yo, k9, repeat from * to last st, k1.
- Row 10: P2, *p9, yo, cddp, yo, p10, repeat from * to last st, p1.
- Row 11: Knit.
- Row 12: P1, p2tog, *p9, yo, p1, yo, p9, cddp, repeat from * to last 22 sts, p9, yo, p1, yo, p9, p2tog, p1.
- Row 13: K1, k2tog, *k8, yo, k3, yo, k8, sl2-k1-p2sso, repeat from * to last 22 sts, k8, yo, k3, yo, k8, k2tog, k1.
- Row 14: P1, p2tog, *p7, yo, p5, yo, p7, cddp, repeat from * to last 22 sts, p7, yo, p5, yo, p7, p2tog, p1.
- Row 15: K1, k2tog, *k6, yo, k7, yo, k6, sl2-k1-p2sso, repeat from * to last 22 sts, k6, yo, k7, yo, k6, k2tog, k1.
- Row 16: P1, p2tog, *p5, yo, p9, yo, p5, cddp, repeat from * to last 22 sts, p5, yo, p9, yo, p5, p2tog, p1.
- Row 17: K1, k2tog, *k4, yo, k11, yo, k4, sl2-k1-p2sso, repeat from * to last 22 sts, k4, yo, k11, yo, k4, k2tog, k1.
- Row 18: P1, p2tog, *p3, yo, p13, yo, p3, cddp, repeat from * to last 22 sts, p3, yo, p13, yo, p3, p2tog, p1.
- Row 19: K1, k2tog, *k2, yo, k15, yo, k2, sl2-k1-p2sso, repeat from * to last 22 sts, k2, yo, k15, yo, k2, k2tog, k1.
- Row 20: P1, p2tog, *p1, yo, p17, yo, p1, cddp, repeat from * to last 22 sts, p1, yo, p17, yo, p1, p2tog, p1.
- Row 21: K1, k2tog, *yo, k19, yo, sl2-k1-p2sso, repeat from * to last 22 sts, yo, k19, yo, k2tog, k1.
- Row 22: Purl.
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