Edging 4
From Shetland Lace Knitting From Charts by Hazel Carter.
“To accommodate the extra length at the outer edge, Shetland knitters often ‘lengthen the edge’ by knitting two sts in from the edge and then back again, each side of the point.” Shown in this stitch map via short rows.
Shown with a cast-on count of 19 stitches.
- Row 1 (RS): K2, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, p1, [k2tog, yo] twice, k2, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2 (20 sts).
- Row 2: K8, [yo, k2tog] twice, k2tog, [yo] twice, [k2tog, yo] twice, k2 (21 sts).
- Row 3: K2, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, p1, [k2tog, yo] twice, k4, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2 (22 sts).
- Row 4: K10, [yo, k2tog] twice, k2tog, [yo] twice, [k2tog, yo] twice, k2 (23 sts).
- Row 5: K2, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, p1, [k2tog, yo] twice, k6, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2 (24 sts).
- Row 6: K12, [yo, k2tog] twice, k2tog, [yo] twice, [k2tog, yo] twice, k2 (25 sts).
- Rows 7 and 13: K2, turn (2 sts).
- Rows 8 and 14: K2.
- Row 9: K2, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, p1, [k2tog, yo] twice, k8, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2 (26 sts).
- Row 10: K14, [yo, k2tog] twice, k2tog, [yo] twice, [k2tog, yo] twice, k2 (27 sts).
- Row 11: K1, [k2tog, yo] twice, k2tog, p1, k2, [yo, k2tog] twice, k8, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2 (26 sts).
- Row 12: K12, [k2tog, yo] twice, k2tog, [yo] twice, sl1-k2tog-psso, [yo, k2tog] twice, k1 (25 sts).
- Row 15: K1, [k2tog, yo] twice, k2tog, p1, k2, [yo, k2tog] twice, k6, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2 (24 sts).
- Row 16: K10, [k2tog, yo] twice, k2tog, [yo] twice, sl1-k2tog-psso, [yo, k2tog] twice, k1 (23 sts).
- Row 17: K1, [k2tog, yo] twice, k2tog, p1, k2, [yo, k2tog] twice, k4, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2 (22 sts).
- Row 18: K8, [k2tog, yo] twice, k2tog, [yo] twice, sl1-k2tog-psso, [yo, k2tog] twice, k1 (21 sts).
- Row 19: K1, [k2tog, yo] twice, k2tog, p1, k2, [yo, k2tog] twice, k2, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2 (20 sts).
- Row 20: K6, [k2tog, yo] twice, k2tog, [yo] twice, sl1-k2tog-psso, [yo, k2tog] twice, k1 (19 sts).
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