Miniature Leaf Pattern
Several kinds of small-patterned lace go by this name. Three versions are given here. Version I is essentially a scaled-down Openwork Diamonds. Note that the double decrease in Rows 4 and 8 is "si 2 knitwisc—kl—p2sso" instead of the usual "si 1 — k2 tog—psso". Version II is the "smallcst-of-all" lace, the solution to the problem of how small a lace motif can be made without turning into a mesh or a form of trellis. The answer, of course, is that the lace motif must be at least three stitches wide; to bring it down to two stitches is to turn it into a simple decrease. Version III, an Italian pattern, is somewhat more sophisticated in technique than the other two. The motifs are formed on the right and wrong sides alternately, and the shapes are reminiscent of the Shetland Bead Stitch.
VERSION I
Multiple of 6 sts plus 1.
Row 1 (Wrong side) and all other wrong-side rows—Purl. Row 2—Kl, * k2 tog, yo, kl, yo, ssk, kl; rep from *. Row 4—K2 tog, * yo, k3, yo, si 2 knitwise—kl—p2sso; rep from *, end last repeat ssk instead of si 2—kl—p2sso. Row 6—Kl, * yo, ssk, kl, k2 tog, yo, kl; rep from *.
Row 8—K2, * yo, si 2 knitwise—kl—p2sso, yo, k3; rep from *, end last repeat k2. Repeat Rows 1-8.
VERSION II
Multiple of 6 sts plus 2. Rows 1 and 3 (Wrong side)—Purl.
Row 2—Kl, * k3, yo, si 1—k2 tog—psso, yo; rep from *, end kl. Row 4—Kl, * yo, si 1—k2 tog—psso, yo, k3; rep from *, end kl.
- Miniature Leaf Pattern above: Version I center: Version II below: Version III
VERSION III
Multiple of 6 sts plus 3.
Row 1 (Right side)—Kl, * kl, yo, ssk, kl, k2 tog, yo; rep from *, end k2. Row 2—Kl, * p2, yo, p3 tog, yo, pi; rep from *, end pi, kl. Row 3—Knit.
Row 4—Kl, * pi, p2 tog-b, yo, pi, yo, p2 tog; rep from *, end pi, kl.
Row 5—Kl, k2 tog, * yo, k3, yo, si 1—k2 tog—psso; rep from *, end yo, k3, yo.
Repeat Rows 1-6.
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