Fountain Lace

From A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara Walker*.


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Shown with a cast-on count of 49 stitches.   Getting chart...

  • Rows 1, 3, 5, and 7 (WS): Purl.
  • Row 2: Ssk, *yo, k2, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k2, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, repeat from * to last 15 sts, yo, k2, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k2, yo, k2tog.
  • Row 4: Ssk, *k3, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, yo, k3, sl1-k2tog-psso, repeat from * to last 15 sts, k3, yo, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, yo, k3, k2tog.
  • Row 6: Ssk, *[k2, yo] twice, k2tog, k1, ssk, [yo, k2] twice, sl1-k2tog-psso, repeat from * to last 15 sts, [k2, yo] twice, k2tog, k1, ssk, [yo, k2] twice, k2tog.
  • Row 8: Ssk, *k1, yo, k3, yo, k2tog, k1, ssk, yo, k3, yo, k1, sl1-k2tog-psso, repeat from * to last 15 sts, k1, yo, k3, yo, k2tog, k1, ssk, yo, k3, yo, k1, k2tog.