Bound Off Fringe Edging

 

Sample knit with worsted weight yarn, US 6 needles

This edging is worked lengthways.

Note that you will want to end your last repeat on Row 3 once the edging is long enough.  I use the cable cast on for Row 4, but the knitted cast on will also work.

Cast on 3

Rows 1, 2 and 3: sl, k2

Row 4: Cast on 6 sts, bind off same 6 sts.  You should have one stitch on the right needle and two on the left; k2

Repeat these 4 Rows for the pattern.

Happy Knitting!

Neapolitan Lace Edging - Vintage Stitch Series

Sample knit with fingering weight yarn, US 7 needles

 

Sample knit with worsted weight yarn, US 8 needles

                                                                                   

                                                                                 

And here are both - each sample is six repeats of the pattern.  Hopefully you can see the difference in size between yarn weights.  You don't need to use light weight yarn to knit beautiful lace!

I copied this off from an old newspaper; unfortunately the name and edition date of the newspaper do not show on the copy. I have a lot of stitches saved from a paper out of New York from the late 1800's, so my best guess is that this particular lace comes from an edition of that paper.

A note as to Row 4 - the instructions for Row 4 begin as follows:

"Slip the first stitch, knit the second and slip the first one over the second, leaving only one stitch on the needle. Knit the next stitch and bind it off in the same manner.  Continue this binding off until there are but fourteen stitches on the left hand needle, which, with one on the other will make fifteen stitches, the number started with."

I tried Row 4 with the first stitch slipped and also knitted as I show in the video.  I don't think it makes any difference whether or not the first stitch is slipped, at least I didn't see any.  Also, you will be binding off 4 stitches - unless you've made an error in a previous row, binding off 4 stitches should leave you with the required 15.

Cast on 15 stitches

Knit one row - this set up row is not repeated

Row 1: k3, yo, k2tog, k3, yo, k1, yo, k6

Row 2: k6, yo, k3, yo, k2tog, k3, yo, k2tog, k1

Row 3: k3, yo, (k2tog) twice, yo, k5, yo, k6

Row 4: Bind off 4 stitches - you should have 14 sts on the left needle and 1 on the right - k1, yo, k2tog, k3, k2tog, yo, k2tog, k1, yo, k2tog, k1

Row 5: k3, yo, k2tog, k1, yo, k2tog, k1, k2tog, yo, k3

Row 6: k3, yo, k1, yo, s2kpo, yo, k4, yo, k2tog, k1

Repeat these 6 Rows for the pattern.

Wheat Ear Lace Edging

Sample knit with lace weight silk and US 7 needles

Cast on 5

Row 1 (RS): k2, yo, k1, yo, p2tog
Row 2: yo, p2tog, k1, p1, k2
Row 3: k3, yo, k1, yo, p2tog
Row 4: yo, p2tog, k1, p1, k3
Row 5: k4, yo, k1, yo, p2tog
Row 6: yo, p2tog, k1, p1, k4
Row 7: k6, yo, p2tog
Row 8: yo, p5tog, k3

Repeat these 8 rows for the pattern.


Happy Knitting!

Lace Leaf Edging

Sample knit with silk/linen lace weight on US #4 needles

8 Row Repeat:

Cast on 12 stitches

Row 1: (RS) yo, k1, yo, k2, (k2tog) twice, k2, yo, k2tog, k1
Row 2 and all WS Rows: purl
Row 3: yo, k3, yo, k1, (k2tog) twice, k1, yo, k2tog, k1
Row 5: yo, k5, yo, (k2tog) twice, yo, k2tog, k1
Row 7: yo, k3, k2tog, k2, yo, k2tog, yo, k2tog, k1
Don't forget Row 8 - purl!

Repeat these 8 rows for the pattern until edging is as long as desired.

Happy Knitting!

The Frances Edging

This lace edging comes from Weldon's Knitted Edgings and Insertions No. 442, Vol. 37.  I am using it for a shawl knit with my Silk Camel yarn.

It knits up quickly and is an easy pattern to remember.  

I have tweaked it ever so slightly by changing the last stitch on the ws rows to a knit instead of a purl.  The pattern instructs to just slip the first stitch on rs rows - I slip purlwise with the yarn in front, so by knitting the last ws stitch instead of purling, I have a nice clean edge to pick up for my shawl.  There are of course other ways to get the clean edge, but this way is my preferred method.

Cast on 8 stitches

Row 1: (RS) Sl 1, k1, yo, k2tog, k2, yo twice, k2
Row 2: yo, k2tog, p1, k1, p to last st, k
Row 3: Sl 1, k1, yo, k2tog, k to end
Row 4: sk2po, p to last st, k

Repeat these four rows for the pattern.  Happy Knitting!

Open Twist Lace Edging

Sample knit with #10 Crochet Cotton on US Size 0 Needles

K = Knit

YO = Yarn Over

P = Purl

K2tog = Knit 2 together

The double yarn over in Row 1 will be worked as separate loops on Row 2.  The third stitch of the K3 is the first loop of the yarn over, and the purl stitch is the second loop of the yarn over. 

Cast on 7 stitches

Row 1: K3, YO, K2tog, YO twice, K2

Row 2: K3, P1, K2, YO, K2tog, K1

Row 3: K3, YO, K2tog, K4

Row 4: BO 2, K3, YO, K2tog, K1

Repeat these 4 rows for the pattern

In the video, the sample is knit with worsted weight yarn on US Size 10 needles.  I also show you the sample above to compare the two.  Fine yarn and small needles can create very elegant lace.

Bias Eyelet Point Edging - Vintage Stitch Series

Sample knit with Patons Lace on US Size 6 needles

This edging comes from a "Housekeeper", submitted to the knit and crochet column of the NY Daily Tribune on Sunday, February 22, 1880.

Cast on 4

Row 1: K1, YO, K2tog, YO, K1

Row 2: Knit

Row 3: K2, YO, K2tog, YO, K1

Row 4: Knit

Row 5: K3, YO, K2tog, YO, K1

Row 6: Bind off 3, K3

Repeat from Row 1 until edging is as long as needed

French Lace Edging - Vintage Stitch Series

Sample knit with Patons Grace on US Size 5 needles (Kollage Yarns Square  Needles)

I decided to do another vintage lace edging this week.  I have seen "French Lace" stitch patterns several times in the old books and newspapers, and this is the one I chose this time.  This appeared in the March 19, 1882 New-York Daily Tribune and was submitted by Emma Estelle Wetsel.

Cast on 15 stitches

Row 1: K3, YO, K2tog, K3, YO, K1, YO, K6

Row 2: K6, YO, K3, YO, K2tog, K3, YO, K2tog, K1

Row 3: K3, YO, K2tog, K2tog, YO, K5, YO, K6

Row 4: Bind Off 4 sts, K1, YO, K2tog, K3, K2tog, YO, K2tog, K1, YO, K2tog, K1

Row 5: K3, YO, K2tog, K1, YO, K2tog, K1, K2tog, YO, K3

Row 6: K3, YO, K1, YO, S2KP, YO, K4, YO, K2tog, K1

And here is the video.  Happy Knitting and Enjoy! 

Shell Lace Edging - Vintage Stitch Series

This sample knit with Butterfly Cotton on US Size 6 needles

There was no picture accompanying this stitch pattern, so I was very pleasantly surprised after I had finished the first repeat of it!  This is one of the prettiest stitches I think I have ever seen!  And it is easy to remember too even though it is a 12 Row repeat.  I found this gem of an edging in the NY Daily Tribune for February 29, 1880.  It was submitted by a Mrs. T. H. Corbett.  

Notes:  

1. The first stitch of every row is slipped as if to purl, with the yarn held at the front of the work.  (The pattern does not state to slip the first stitch on the plain knitted rows, and did not indicate how the stitch is to be slipped.  I decided to slip the first stitch on all of the rows pwise wyif, so that I would have nice, neat edges.)
2. You will be making a double yarn over on several of the rows; on the following row, you will be working both of these yarn overs - the first is knit, and the second is always purled.  

Cast on 9 stitches

Row 1: Slip 1, K1 [(YO twice, K2tog) 3 times] K1

Row 2: Slip 1, K2, P1, K2, P1, K2, P1, K2

Row 3: Slip 1, Knit

Row 4: Slip 1, Knit 

Row 5: Slip 1, K1, YO twice, K2tog, K8

Row 6: Slip 1, K9, P1, K2

Row 7: Slip 1, Knit

Row 8: Slip 1, Knit

Row 9: Slip 1, K1, [(YO twice, K2tog) 2 times] K7

Row 10: Slip 1, K8, P1, K2, P1, K2

Row 11: Slip 1, Knit

Row 12: Slip 1, K6 - Pass the first 6 stitches over the stitch just knit, K8

Repeat these twelve Rows for the pattern

Here is a sample I knit on Size 10 Crochet thread with US Size 0 needles.  It is hard to tell in the picture, but obviously the stitches are much smaller with the lighter cotton thread and smaller needles.  It makes a more dainty piece of fabric.  You will see the difference in the video.

And here is a video of the Shell Lace Edging.  Happy Knitting, and Enjoy!