Grandmother's Edging

From "Home Work: A Choice Collection of Useful Designs for the Crochet and Knitting Needle," 1891 (see original on the Internet Archive at http://archive.org/details/cihm_08942)

Shown with a cast-on count of 15 stitches.   Getting chart...

  • Row 1 (RS): K2, yo, p2tog, k7, yo, k2tog, k2.
  • Rows 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14: Purl to last 4 sts, yo, p2tog, k2.
  • Row 3: K2, yo, p2tog, k3, k2tog, k2, [yo, k2tog] twice (14 sts).
  • Row 5: K2, yo, p2tog, k2, k2tog, k2, yo, k2tog, k2 (13 sts).
  • Row 7: K2, yo, p2tog, k1, k2tog, k2, [yo, k2tog] twice (12 sts).
  • Row 9: K2, yo, p2tog, k2tog, k2, yo, k1, yo, k3 (13 sts).
  • Row 11: K2, yo, p2tog, k2tog, k1, yo, k3, yo, k1, yo, k2tog (14 sts).
  • Row 13: K2, yo, p2tog, k2tog, yo, k5, yo, k3 (15 sts).