Chair Cover 9 - Shield Pattern, surrounded with Open Work
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[edit] Chair Cover 9 - Shield Pattern, surrounded with Open Work.
From Exercises in Knitting by Cornelia Mee. Original text at Project Gutenberg.
[edit] Original Pattern
Pins No. 11; 15 stitches to a pattern. Ten shades of four-threaded German wool, 8 rows of each shade, the shades to be reversed from the centre the same as No. 2. Cast on 113 stitches.
First row:—Knit 2 together, knit 3, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 3, knit 2 together.
Second row:—Seamed.
Third row:—Knit 2 together, knit 3, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 3, knit 2 together.
Fourth row:—Seamed.
Fifth row:—Knit 2 together, knit 2, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 3, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2, knit 2 together.
Sixth row:—Seamed.
Seventh row:—Knit 2 together, knit 1, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 5, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1, knit 2 together.
Eighth row:—Seamed.
Ninth row:—Knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 7, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2 together.
Tenth row:—Seamed.
Eleventh row:—Knit 1, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 3, knit 2 together, knit 4, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1.
Twelfth row:—Seamed.
Thirteenth row:—Knit 1, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 3, knit 2 together, knit 2 together at the back, knit 3, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1.
Fourteenth row:—Seamed.
Fifteenth row:—Same as the 13th row.
Sixteenth row:—Seamed.
Seventeenth row:—Same as the 13th.
Eighteenth row:—Seamed.
Nineteenth row:—Knit 2, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2, knit 2 together, knit 2 together at the back, knit 2, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2.
Twentieth row:—Seamed.
Twenty-first row:—Knit 3, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 2 together at the back, knit 1, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 3.
Twenty-second row:—Seamed.
Twenty-third row:—Knit 4, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2 together, knit 2 together at the back, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 4.
Twenty-fourth row:—Seamed.
Twenty-fifth row:—Knit 2 together, knit 3, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 3, knit 2 together.
Twenty-sixth row:—Seamed.
Twenty-seventh row:—Knit 2 together at the back, knit 3, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 3, knit 2 together.
Twenty-eighth row:—Seamed.
Repeat from 1st row.
[edit] Updated Version
Pattern is worked over 15 stitches and 28 rows.
Choose number of patterns, yarn, and needles to suit your project.
Sample shows 2 patterns (30 stitches across) worked 1.5 times (42 rows), with 2 rows of garter stitch around.
Worked on 4 mm needles, using Rowan Wool Cotton, to give 14sts/10cm after blocking.
Row 1: K2tog, K3, yo, K2tog, yo, K1, yo, K2tog, yo, K3, K2tog
Row 2 and all even rows: Purl
Row 3: K2tog, K3, yo, K2tog, yo, K1, yo, K2tog, yo, K3, K2tog
Row 5: K2tog, K2, yo, K2tog, yo, K3, yo, K2tog, yo, K2, K2tog
Row 7: K2tog, K1, yo, K2tog, yo, K5, yo, K2tog, yo, K1, K2tog
Row 9: K2tog, yo, K2tog, yo, K7, yo, K2tog, yo, K2tog
Row 11: K1, yo, K2tog, yo, K3, K2tog, K4, yo, K2tog, yo, K1
Row 13: K1, yo, K2tog, yo, K3, K2tog, SSK, K3, yo, K2tog, yo, K1
Row 15: same as Row 13
Row 17: same as Row 13
Row 19: K2, yo, K2tog, yo, K2, K2tog, SSK, K2, yo, K2tog, yo, K2
Row 21: K3, yo, K2tog, yo, K1, K2tog, SSK, K1, yo, K2tog, yo, K3
Row 23: K4, yo, K2tog, yo, K2tog, SSK, yo, K2tog, yo, K4
Row 25: K2tog, K3, yo, K2tog, yo, K2tog, yo, K2tog, yo, K3, K2tog
Row 27: SSK, K3, yo, K2tog, yo, K1, yo, K2tog, yo, K3, K2tog
[edit] Abbreviations
K = Knit
K2tog = Knit 2 together
yo = yarn over
SSK = slip slip knit
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