Shiny border

See this blog post for more information.

As written, this is a border. It would need to be recharted to be suitable as an allover design. The downward pointing bits should nestle between the upward pointing bits.

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Shown with a cast-on count of 30 stitches.   Getting chart...

  • Row 1 (RS): *K7, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k1, repeat from * to last 6 sts, k6.
  • Rows 2 and 18: P6, *p2, k1, p9, repeat from *.
  • Row 3: *K6, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, repeat from * to last 6 sts, k6.
  • Rows 4, 6, 8, 12, 14, 16, 20, 22, 24, 28, 30, 32, 36, and 38: Purl.
  • Rows 5 and 7: *K6, ssk, yo, k2, yo, k2tog, repeat from * to last 6 sts, k6.
  • Row 9: *K1, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k2, k2tog, yo, repeat from * to last 6 sts, k1, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k1.
  • Rows 10 and 34: P2, k1, p3, *p8, k1, p3, repeat from *.
  • Row 11: *K2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, yo, k2tog, k2, ssk, yo, repeat from * to last 6 sts, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk.
  • Row 13: *Ssk, yo, k2, yo, k2tog, k1, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k1, repeat from * to last 6 sts, ssk, yo, k2, yo, k2tog.
  • Row 15: *Ssk, yo, k2, yo, k2tog, k1, yo, k2tog, ssk, yo, k1, repeat from * to last 6 sts, ssk, yo, k2, yo, k2tog.
  • Row 17: *Yo, ssk, k2, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k1, repeat from * to last 6 sts, yo, ssk, k2, k2tog, yo.
  • Row 19: *Yo, k2tog, k2, ssk, yo, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, repeat from * to last 6 sts, yo, k2tog, k2, ssk, yo.
  • Row 21: *K1, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k1, ssk, yo, k2, yo, k2tog, repeat from * to last 6 sts, k1, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k1.
  • Row 23: *K1, yo, k2tog, ssk, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k1, repeat from * to last 6 sts, k1, yo, k2tog, ssk, yo, k1.
  • Row 25: *K1, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k2, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k1, repeat from * to last 6 sts, k1, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k1.
  • Row 26: P2, k1, p3, *p2, k1, p5, k1, p3, repeat from *.
  • Row 27: *K2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k1, repeat from * to last 6 sts, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk.
  • Row 29: *Ssk, yo, k2, yo, [k2tog] twice, yo, k2, yo, ssk, repeat from * to last 6 sts, ssk, yo, k2, yo, k2tog.
  • Rows 31 and 35: *K1, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k7, repeat from * to last 6 sts, k1, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k1.
  • Row 33: *K1, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k7, repeat from * to last 6 sts, k1, k2tog, [yo] twice, ssk, k1.
  • Row 37: *K2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k6, repeat from * to last 6 sts, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk.