Lace Stitch Knitting Pattern #381
How to knit the Lace Stitch:
Work with a multiple of 13 stitches + 10 + 2 edge stitches.
Cast on 25 stitches (13 + 10 + 2 edge stitches) and work according to the chart.
The chart shows only right-side Rows.
On wrong-side rows, work stitches as they appear; purl the yarn overs.
The pattern repeat is 13 stitches wide.
Begin with 1 edge stitch, work the pattern repeat throughout, end with 10 stitches after the pattern repeat and 1 edge stitch.
Abbreviation:
k: Knit
p: Purl
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
k3tog: knit 3 stitches together
Written row-by-row instructions:
Row 1 (right side): 1 edge stitch, * yo, skpo, k3, k2tog, k3, yo, p3 *; repeat from * to *; end with yo, skpo, k3, k2tog, k3, yo, 1 edge stitch.
Row 2 and all even-numbered rows (wrong side): work stitches as they appear; purl the yarn overs.
Row 3: 1 edge stitch, * k1, yo, skpo, k1, k2tog, k3, yo, k1, p3 *; repeat from * to *; end with k1, yo, skpo, k1, k2tog, k3, yo, k1, 1 edge stitch.
Row 5: 1 edge stitch, * k2, yo, k3tog, k3, yo, k2, p3 *; repeat from * to *; end with k2, yo, k3tog, k3, yo, k2, 1 edge stitch.
Row 7: 1 edge stitch, * k2, k2tog, k3, yo, k3, p3 *; repeat from * to *; end with k2, k2tog, k3, yo, k3, 1 edge stitch.
Row 9: 1 edge stitch, * k1, k2tog, k3, yo, k4, p3 *; repeat from * to *; end with k1, k2tog, k3, yo, k4, 1 edge stitch.
Row 11: 1 edge stitch, * k2tog, k3, yo, k1, yo, skpo, k2, p3 *; repeat from * to *; end with k2tog, k3, yo, k1, yo, skpo, k2, 1 edge stitch.
Row 13: 1 edge stitch, * skpo, k2, yo, k3, yo, skpo, k1, p3 *; repeat from * to *; end with skpo, k2, yo, k3, yo, skpo, k1, 1 edge stitch.
Row 15: 1 edge stitch, * skpo, k1, yo, k5, yo, skpo, p3 *; repeat from * to *; end with skpo, k1, yo, k5, yo, skpo, 1 edge stitch.
Row 17: 1 edge stitch, * skpo, yo, k6, yo, skpo, p3 *; repeat from * to *; end with skpo, yo, k6, yo, skpo, 1 edge stitch.
Repeat Rows 1-18 throughout.