étude no. 1: cross stitch
I took a cross-stitch chart, put yarn overs where the marked squares were, and then figured out where to place decreases to make good lace. Here is my blog post about the process.
Shown with a cast-on count of 28 stitches.
- Row 1 (RS): K1, *yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k3, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, repeat from * to last st, k1.
- Rows 2, 12, and 14: K1, *p13, repeat from * to last st, k1.
- Row 3: K1, *k1, yo, ssk, k1, yo, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k1, repeat from * to last st, k1 (multiple of 15 sts, plus 2).
- Row 4: K1, *[p4, k1] twice, p5, repeat from * to last st, k1.
- Row 5: K1, *k1, yo, k2tog, ssk, k1, [yo] 3 times, sl2-k1-p2sso, [yo] 3 times, k1, k2tog, ssk, yo, k1, repeat from * to last st, k1 (multiple of 17 sts, plus 2).
- Row 6: K1, *p6, k1, p3, k1, p6, repeat from * to last st, k1.
- Row 7: K1, *k2, yo, ssk, k9, k2tog, yo, k2, repeat from * to last st, k1.
- Row 8: K1, *p17, repeat from * to last st, k1.
- Row 9: K1, *ssk, k2, [yo] twice, sl1-k2tog-psso, sl2-k1-p2sso, k3tog, [yo] twice, k2, k2tog, repeat from * to last st, k1 (multiple of 13 sts, plus 2).
- Row 10: K1, *p3, [k1, p4] twice, repeat from * to last st, k1.
- Row 11: K1, *k4, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k4, repeat from * to last st, k1.
- Row 13: K1, *k3, k2tog, [k1, yo] twice, k1, ssk, k3, repeat from * to last st, k1.
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