Lace Knitting Knitting Sampler Lace Stitch 1

Lace Knitting Knitting Sampler Lace Stitch 1

Lace Stitch 1

Broken Lines openwork

To begin: Cast on 34 stitches, knit 6 rows.

multiples of 8 + 1

Row 1: k 5, place marker  *k3, yo, k1, yo twice, k 1,  yo twice, k 1, yo, k 2* across row to last five stitches,  k 1, place marker , K 4.

back side 

Row  2: k 4, slip marker, knit across row, allowing extra loops to fall to their full length, slip marker, k 5

Row 3: knit

Rows 4: knit

Row 5: k 5, slip marker,  *k 1, yo twice, k 1, yo, k 5, yo, k 1, yo twice,* Repeat from * across row to one stitch before marker,  k 1, slip marker, K 4.

Row 6: k 4, slip marker, knit across row, allowing extra loops to fall to their full length, slip marker, k 5.

Row 7: knit

Row 8: knit

Repeat pattern rows 1 to 6 once more. Knit 6 rows, removing markers on the 6th row.

To use the pattern in a design of your own, remember the edge stitches are not figured into the multiples of 8 + 1, just the stitches between the markers. So to use it you would use pattern rows 1 to 8 and not the edge stitches.