Ostrich Plumes

A lovely variant of the feather and fan pattern. From the Barbara Walker's "A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns".

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

  • Rows 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, and 19 (WS): Purl.
  • Rows 2, 6, 10, 14, and 18: Knit.
  • Rows 4, 8, 12, and 16: [K1, yo] 3 times, *[ssk] twice, sl2-k1-p2sso, [k2tog] twice, [yo, k1] 5 times, yo, repeat from * to last 14 sts, [ssk] twice, sl2-k1-p2sso, [k2tog] twice, [yo, k1] 3 times.
  • Rows 20, 24, 28, and 32: [K2tog] 3 times, *[yo, k1] 5 times, yo, [ssk] twice, sl2-k1-p2sso, [k2tog] twice, repeat from * to last 11 sts, [yo, k1] 5 times, yo, [ssk] 3 times.
  • Rows 22, 26, and 30: Knit.