Lace Stitch Knitting Pattern #153
How to knit the Lace Stitch:
Work with a multiple of 6 stitches + 2 edge stitches.
Cast on 14 stitches (5 + 6 + 1 + 2 edge stitches) and work according to chart.
The chart shows right-side rows and wrong-side rows.
The numbers at right edge of chart indicate right-side rows, and at left edge wrong-side rows.
Read right-side rows from right to left, wrong-side rows from left to right.
The pattern repeat is 6 stitches wide.
Abbreviation:
k: knit stitch
p: purl stitch
yo: yarn over
k2tog: knit 2 stitches together
skpo: slip 1 stitch as if to knit, knit 1 and pass the slipped stitch over the knitted stitch
p2tog: purl 2 stitches together
p2tog tbl: purl 2 stitches together through the back loop
Written row-by-row instructions:
Row 1 (right side): 1 edge stitch, k3, k2tog, yo, * k4, k2tog, yo *; repeat from * to *; end with k1, 1 edge stitch.
Row 2 (wrong side): 1 edge stitch, p1, * p1, yo, p2tog, p3 *; repeat from * to *; end with p1, yo, p2tog, p2, 1 edge stitch.
Row 3: 1 edge stitch, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, * k2, k2tog, yo, k2 *; repeat from * to *; end with k1, 1 edge stitch.
Row 4: 1 edge stitch, p1, * p3, yo, p2tog, p1 *; repeat from * to *; end with p3, yo, p2tog, 1 edge stitch.
Row 5: 1 edge stitch, k1, * yo, skpo, k4 *; repeat from * to *; end with yo, skpo, k3, 1 edge stitch.
Row 6: 1 edge stitch, p2, p2tog tbl, yo, p1, * p3, p2tog tbl, yo, p1 *; repeat from * to *; end with p1, 1 edge stitch.
Row 7: 1 edge stitch, k1, * k2, yo, skpo, k2 *; repeat from * to *; end with k2, yo, skpo, k1, 1 edge stitch.
Row 8: 1 edge stitch, p2tog tbl, yo, p3, * p1, p2tog tbl, yo, p3 *; repeat from * to *; end with p1, 1 edge stitch.
Repeat rows 1-8 throughout.