Pique Pattern

From the Project Gutenberg version of Knitting, Crochet, and Netting, with Twelve Illustrations by Eléonore Riego de la Branchardière. See also v2, this Ravelry post, and this Ravelry post.

Shown with a cast-on count of 25 stitches.   Getting chart...

  • Row 1 (RS): *K2, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, k1, repeat from * to last st, k1.
  • Rows 2, 4, 6, and 8: Purl.
  • Row 3: *K1, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, k2tog, repeat from * to last st, k1.
  • Row 5: *K2, yo, k1, k2tog, k2, yo, k1, repeat from * to last st, k1 (multiple of 9 sts, plus 1).
  • Row 7: K2tog, *yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, k1, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, repeat from * to last 8 sts, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, k1, yo, k2tog (multiple of 8 sts, plus 9).