After a focus on textured knitting and exploring colour knit stitches, this swatch of the Cascading Leaves Knit Stitch is a return to traditional, dainty lace knitting.
This lace knit stitch is worked on multiple of 10 plus 1 stitches over 16 rows. All wrong side rows are purled throughout, allowing for a modicum of relaxation working this stitch.
Whilst the Cascading Leaves stitch uses the most common in- and decreases (yo / k2tog / ssk), the sk2po is a lesser known method of decreasing two stitches. In this pattern the sk2po double decrease creates the tips of the leaves.
With the sk2po decrease the first stitch is initially slipped, the next two stitches are knit together (k2tog) and the slipped stitch is eventually passed over.
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Cascading Leaves Lace Knit Stitch Pattern
Cascading Leaves Lace Knit Stitch Pattern
Multiple of 10 plus 1 stitches
Row 1 (right side): K1, *k2, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k3; rep. from * to end.
Row 2 (wrong side): Purl all stitches.
Row 3: K1, *k1, k2tog, (k1, yo) twice, k1, ssk, k2; rep. from * to end.
Row 4: Purl all stitches.
Row 5: K1, *k2tog, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, ssk, k1; repeat from * to end.
Row 6: Purl all stitches.
Row 7: K2tog, *k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, sk2po; repeat from * to end working the last decrease as ssk.
Row 8: Purl all stitches.
Row 9: K1, *yo, ssk, k5, k2tog, yo, k1; rep. from * to end.
Row 10: Purl all stitches.
Row 11: K1, *yo, k1, ssk, k3, k2tog, k1, yo, k1; rep. from * to end.
Row 12: Purl all stitches.
Row 13: K1, *yo, k2, ssk, k1, k2tog, k2, yo, k1; rep. from * to end.
Row 14: Purl all stitches.
Row 15: K1, *yo, k3, sk2po, k3, yo, k1; rep. from * to end.
Row 16: Purl all stitches.
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Repeat rows 1 to 16 for pattern.
Can't get enough of knitted leaves? The knitting pattern for a leaf-motif edging is available via this link.
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