mermaid v2
see this blog post for information on how I designed this stitch pattern.
The bottom part of the swatch I uploaded shows version 1, which is just the first eight rows of version 2.
Shown with a cast-on count of 66 stitches.
Swatch photo uploaded by Gannet
- Row 1 (RS): K1, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k3, ssk, yo, k1, *k1, yo, k2tog, k3, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k2, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k3, ssk, yo, k1, repeat from * to last 11 sts, k1, yo, k2tog, k3, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k1.
- Row 2: P2, k1, p1, p7, *p7, k1, p1, p4, k1, p1, p7, repeat from * to last 11 sts, p7, k1, p1, p2.
- Row 3: K2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k3, *k3, [yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k2] twice, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k3, repeat from * to last 11 sts, k3, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk.
- Rows 4 and 12: Purl.
- Row 5: Ssk, yo, k2tog, [yo] twice, k2tog, k3, k2tog, *[yo] twice, ssk, k3, ssk, [yo] twice, [ssk, yo, k2tog] twice, [yo] twice, k2tog, k3, k2tog, repeat from * to last 11 sts, [yo] twice, ssk, k3, ssk, [yo] twice, ssk, yo, k2tog.
- Row 6: P3, k1, p1, p5, k1, p1, *p5, k1, p1, p6, k1, p1, p5, k1, p1, repeat from * to last 10 sts, p5, k1, p1, p3.
- Row 7: Ssk, yo, k3, ssk, [yo] twice, k3tog, yo, k1, *k1, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, [yo] twice, k2tog, k3, yo, k2tog, ssk, yo, k3, ssk, [yo] twice, k3tog, yo, k1, repeat from * to last 11 sts, k1, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, [yo] twice, k2tog, k3, yo, k2tog.
- Row 8: P6, k1, p1, p3, *p3, k1, p1, p12, k1, p1, p3, repeat from * to last 11 sts, p3, k1, p1, p6.
- Row 9: K1, yo, k2tog, k3, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k1, *k1, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k3, ssk, yo, k2, yo, k2tog, k3, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k1, repeat from * to last 11 sts, k1, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k3, ssk, yo, k1.
- Row 10: P7, k1, p1, p2, *p2, k1, p1, p14, k1, p1, p2, repeat from * to last 11 sts, p2, k1, p1, p7.
- Row 11: K3, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, *k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k6, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, repeat from * to last 11 sts, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k3.
- Row 13: Yo, ssk, k3, ssk, [yo] twice, ssk, yo, k2tog, *ssk, yo, k2tog, [yo] twice, k2tog, k3, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k3, ssk, [yo] twice, ssk, yo, k2tog, repeat from * to last 11 sts, ssk, yo, k2tog, [yo] twice, k2tog, k3, k2tog, yo.
- Row 14: P6, k1, p1, p3, *p3, [k1, p1, p5] twice, k1, p1, p3, repeat from * to last 11 sts, p3, k1, p1, p6.
- Row 15: K1, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, [yo] twice, k2tog, k3, yo, k2tog, *ssk, yo, k3, ssk, [yo] twice, k3tog, yo, k2, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, [yo] twice, k2tog, k3, yo, k2tog, repeat from * to last 11 sts, ssk, yo, k3, ssk, [yo] twice, k3tog, yo, k1.
- Row 16: P3, k1, p1, p6, *p6, [k1, p1, p6] twice, repeat from * to last 11 sts, p6, k1, p1, p3.
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