Showing posts with label knit heart lace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label knit heart lace. Show all posts

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Lacy Heart

This sample was knit with Butterfly Cotton  on US 7 needles.   The sample I work on in the video is Cascade 220, same needles.   I had to switch yarn because the cotton somehow was hopelessly tangled inside the ball and I didn't feel like fighting with it to untangle the whole mess. 

This cute lacy heart would be nice on a Valentine's Day project.  It is actually very easy to knit, and the pattern is completed quickly.  You can set up the motifs any way you like - on top of each other as in the picture above (think scarf) or repeat the pattern lengthwise.

This is worked on a reverse stockinette background, so the fabric is going to curl.   For my sample, I added six extra stitches - three at the beginning and three at the end of the row - for a plain garter stitch border to help keep it flat.

SKPO = Slip next stitch as if to knit, knit 1, pass the slipped stitch over the knit stitch
S2KPO = Slip next two stitches together knitwise, knit 1, pass both slipped stitches over the knit stitch

This is worked on 17 stitches

Row 1: P8, K1, P8
Row 2: K8, P1, K8
Row 3: P7, K1, YO, SKPO, P7
Row 4: K7, P3, K7
Row 5: P6, K2tog, YO, K1, YO, SKPO, P6
Row 6: K6, P5, K6
Row 7: P5, K2tog, YO, K3, YO, SKPO, P5
Row 8: K5, P7, K5
Row 9: P4, K2tog, YO, K5, YO, SKPO, P4
Row 10: K4, P9, K4
Row 11: P3, K2tog, YO, K3, YO, SKPO, K2, YO, SKPO, P3
Row 12: K3, P11, K3
Row 13: P2, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K1, YO, SKPO, K2, YO, SKPO, P2
Row 14: K2, P13, K2
Row 15: P1, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K3, YO, SKPO, K2, YO, SKPO, P1
Row 16: K1, P15, K1
Row 17: K2tog, YO, K5, YO, S2KPO, YO, K5, YO, SKPO
Row 18: P17
Row 19: K8, P1, K8
Row 20: P8, K1, P8
Row 21: YO, SKPO, K4, K2tog, YO, P1, YO, SKPO, K4, K2tog, YO
Row 22: K1, P6, K3, P6, K1
Row 23: P1, YO, SKPO, K2, K2tog, YO, P3, YO, SKPO, K2, K2tog, YO, P1
Row 24: K2, P4, K5, P4, K2
Row 25: P2, YO, SKPO, K2tog, YO, P5, YO, SKPO, K2tog, YO, P2