Cane Work Pattern - Sixth in the Vintage Stitch Series

Sample knit with Patons Lace Yarn on US Size 4 needles

I found this stitch in an old, old book (and conveniently forgot to write down the name of the book, sorry).  It looks a lot like a pattern I have seen elsewhere, called Little Flowers, or Lace Flowers... I made a half hearted attempt to search my new stitch books for this, but couldn't find anything.  I am pretty sure I have seen this before under a different name though.

At any rate, this is a beautiful stitch that would make a great summer scarf or shawl, even a shrug.  You could use any yarn of course, but I think it looks best in a lace weight animal fiber yarn so the item can be properly blocked to open up the stitch to its full potential.

The pattern did not indicate any edge stitches, but I definitely recommend a border of some sort, or at least 2 extra stitches on each edge to neaten things up, depending on what you use the stitch for.

10 Row Repeat

Cast on any multiple of 4

Row 1: *YO, K1, YO, K3*
Row 2 and all even numbered Rows: Purl all stitches
Row 3: *K3, YO, SL1, K2TOG, PSSO, YO*
Row 5: *YO, SL1, K2TOG, PSSO, YO, K3*
Row 7: *K3, YO, SL1, K2TOG, PSSO, YO*
Row 9: *YO, SL1, K2TOG, PSSO, YO, K3*

Repeat Rows 3 through 10 for pattern

Here is the video.  Happy Knitting and Enjoy!