from “The Ladies’ Guide to Elegant Lace Patterns, Etc.”
Pattern
Materials and Gauge
This pattern can be knit with any weight yarn and needles to match.
The original pattern contained no information about yarn weight or needle sizes but suggests 6 leaf shapes would fit around the average wrist.
I knit the sample with fingering weight yarn and 3mm needles at a gauge of 28sts per 10 cm/4″ and it will fit a hand 7½ inches around, which was the average size of the era.
Pattern
Cast on 6 sts using a provisional cast on and knit as follows until you have enough leaf shapes to fit around your wrist. Make sure they will also fit over your hand or you will need to add buttons to get them on.
Note: The second loop of all double yarn overs are dropped on the following row.
In Words
Row 1 (RS): sl 1, (k1, yo) three times, p2tog
Row 2 (WS): (yo) twice, p2tog, k1, p3, k2
Row 3: sl, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, yo, p2tog
Row 4: (yo) twice, p2tog, k1, p5, k2
Row 5: sl 1, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, yo, p2tog
Row 6: (yo) twice, p2tog, k1, p7, k2
Row 7: sl 1, k4, yo, k1, yo, k4, yo, p2tog
Row 8: (yo) twice, p2tog, k1, p2tog, p7, k2
Row 9: sl 1, k1, ssk, k7, yo, p2tog
Row 10: (yo) twice, p2tog, k1, p2tog, p5, k2
Row 11: sl 1, k1, ssk, k5, yo, p2tog
Row 12: (yo) twice, p2tog, k1, p2tog, p3, k2
Row 13: sl 1, k1, ssk, k3, yo, p2tog
Row 14: (yo) twice, p2tog, k1, p2tog, p1, k2
Row 15: sl 1, k1, ssk, k1, yo, p2tog
Row 16: (yo) twice, p2tog, p2, k2
Charted
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Cast off using a three needle bind off to join the cast on and cast off edges together to form a loop.
Pick up the slipped stitches along the straight edge and work k1, p1 rib in the round for your desired length. Cast off.
The original publication of this pattern is in the public domain. However, this modernised version, chart and all photographs are copyright Sarah Bradberry, September 26th 2014.