Leaf Pattern for Half-Square Shawl
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[edit] Leaf Pattern for Half-Square Shawl.
From Exercises in Knitting by Cornelia Mee. Original text at Project Gutenberg.
[edit] Original Pattern
Twelve stitches to a pattern, pins No. 10. This may either be done in Shetland or German wool, and is very pretty in black Shetland wool. Cast on 3 stitches; increase at the beginning of each row till you have 12.
First pattern row:—Make 1, knit 2 together, knit 3, make 1, knit 1, make 1, knit 3, knit 2 together, knit 1, make 1.
Second row:—Seamed, making a stitch at the beginning.
Third row:—Make 1, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 2, make 1, knit 3, make 1, knit 2, knit 2 together, knit 2.
Fourth row:—Seamed, making 1 at the beginning.
Fifth row:—Make 1, knit 2, knit 2 together, knit 1, make 1, knit 5, make 1, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 3.
Sixth row:—Seamed, making 1 at the beginning.
Seventh row:—Make 1, knit 3, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 7, make 1, knit 2 together, knit 4.
Eighth row:—Seamed, making 1 at the beginning.
Ninth row:—Make 1, knit 5, make 1, knit 3, knit 2 together, knit 4, make 1, and knit the remainder.
Tenth row:—Seamed, making 1 at the beginning.
Eleventh row:—Make 1, knit 2 together, knit 3, make 1, knit 1, make 1, knit 3 (knit 2 together twice), knit 3, make 1, knit 1, make 1, knit 3, knit 2 together, knit remainder.
Twelfth row:—Seamed, make 1 at the beginning.
Thirteenth row:—Make 1, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 2, make 1, knit 3, make 1, knit 2 (knit 2 together twice), knit 2, make 1, knit 3, make 1, knit 2, knit 2 together, knit the remainder.
Fourteenth row:—Seamed, make 1 at the beginning.
Fifteenth row:—Make 1, knit 2, knit 2 together, knit 1, make 1, knit 5, make 1, knit 1, knit 2 together, * knit 2 together, knit 1, make 1, knit 5, make 1, knit 1, knit 2 together, and repeat from *, knit those left at the end.
Sixteenth row:—Seamed, make 1 at the beginning.
Seventeenth row:—Make 1, knit 3, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 7, make 1, knit 2 together, * knit 2 together, make 1, knit 7, make 1, knit 2 together, and repeat from *, knit those left at the end.
Eighteenth row:—Seamed, make 1 at the beginning.
Nineteenth row:—Make 1, knit 5, make 1, knit 3, knit 2 together, knit 4, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 3, knit 2 together, knit 4, make 1, knit the rest.
Twentieth row:—Seamed: make 1 at the beginning.
Twenty-first row same as 11th.
The shawl can be made any size by repeating these 10 rows till you have it as large as you wish.
[edit] Updated Version
This is a 12-stitch repeat, knitted with US3/3.25mm needles, with lace or fingering weight yarn. This sample was knit in KnitPicks Shadow laceweight, in the colorway Midnight.
Cast on 3 stitches; increase at the beginning of each row until you have 12 stitches with which to begin. I chose to increase by knitting in the front and back of the first stitch in each row. In the following pattern, all rows begin with an increase, and due to the location of these increases, I cast on a stitch using the backwards-loop method in order to make 1 for each; the notation CO 1 will be used for these increases. For the increases within the body of the row, I used a yarnover (YO). For increases at the end of the row, I knit into the front and the back of the stitch. The knitter may choose to vary the increases, but unless the yarnover is used in the body of the row, the lace will not come out correctly.
Row 1: CO 1, k2tog, k3, YO, k1, YO, k3, k2tog.
Row 2 and all even rows: CO 1, then purl every stitch to the end.
Row 3: CO 1, k1, k2tog, k2, YO, k3, YO, k2, k2tog, k2.
Row 5: CO 1, k2, k2tog, k1, YO, k5, YO, k1, k2tog, k3.
Row 7: CO 1, k3, k2tog, YO, k7, YO, k2tog, k4.
Row 9: CO 1, k5, YO, k3, k2tog, k4, YO, k to end.
Row 11: CO 1, k2tog, k3, YO, k1, YO, k3, (k2tog) twice, k3, YO, k1, YO, k3, k2tog, k to end.
Row 13: CO 1, k1, k2tog, k2, YO, k3, YO, k2, (k2tog) twice, k2, YO, k3, YO, k2, k2tog, k to end.
Row 15: CO 1, K2, k2tog, k1, YO, k5, YO, k1, k2tog; * k2tog, k1, YO, k5, YO, k1, k2tog, and repeat from *, k to end.
Row 17: CO 1, k2tog, YO, k7, YO, k2tog; * k2tog, YO, k7, YO, k2tog, and repeat from *, k to end.
Row 19: CO 1, k5, YO, k3, k2tog, k4, YO, k2tog, YO, k3, k2tog, k4, YO, knit to end.
Row 21: repeat row 11.
IN PROGRESS!
"The shawl can be made any size by repeating these 10 rows until you have it as large as you wish."
still deciding how to rewrite rows 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 so that they repeat neatly in units
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