Madeira Mesh

From "A Treasury of Knitting Patterns" by Barbara Walker (The First Treasury).

I've changed the way the repeats are handled in the instructions, but the knitted result is identical.

Shown with a cast-on count of 19 stitches.   Getting chart...

  • Rows 1, 3, and 5 (RS): *K2, yo, p3tog, yo, k1, repeat from * to last st, k1.
  • Rows 2, 4, and 6: *K2, yo, p3tog, yo, k1, repeat from * to last st, k1.
  • Rows 7, 9, and 11: K5, *yo, p3tog, yo, k3, repeat from * to last 2 sts, k2.
  • Rows 8, 10, and 12: K5, *yo, p3tog, yo, k3, repeat from * to last 2 sts, k2.