Knitting Galore: Saturday Stitch: Garlands of Leaves

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Saturday, September 22, 2012

Saturday Stitch: Garlands of Leaves

Every Saturday I will share with you a new stitch.
Today's stitch is: Garlands of Leaves.

Ready for Autumn a gorgeous eyelet stitch with ribs looking like leaf garlands. Suitable for sweaters, scarves, throws etc.

Instructions

You need a stitch number multiple of 10 + 2 edge stitches. Repeat the pattern between the * as many times as you like.

Row 1: edge st, * p2, k4, k2tog, yo, p2; repeat from * to last st, edge st
Row 2 & all other wrong side rows: edge st, * k2, p6, k2; repeat from * to last st, edge st
Row 3: edge st, * p2, k3, k2tog, k1, yo, p2; repeat from * to last st, edge st
Row 5: edge st, * p2, yo, sl1kw, k1, psso, k4, p2; repeat from * to last st, edge st
Row 7: edge st, * p2, yo, k1, sl1kw, k1, psso, k3, p2; repeat from * to last st, edge st

Repeat rows 1 through 8.

sl1kw - slip one knitwise

Difficulty level: Medium

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