This original pattern is ©1997 and 2001 by Kim Salazar. Please see the copyright note
at the end of the pattern. It was originally shared with the
KnitList - (a knitting-oriented mailing list).
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Introduction
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I used this stitch pattern as a side panel a on cardigan for my daugther. It's sort of
noodled together from several other leaf edgings and cable patterns, but I haven't seen anything exactly like this
elsewhere. My Lily of the Valley pattern has pairs of puffy embossed leaves with the standard double eyelet
center vein; a 2x2 cable from which the paired leaves grow; and small knot-type bobbles arching along the tops of
the leaves (the flower pips). I'd rate this as an intermediate level Aran-type pattern. It's mostly
logical with minor tricky bits only on lines 2, 8, and 18.
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Special Instructions
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These abbreviations and symbols are used in this pattern.
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| P2tog |
Purl two together - Purl the next two stitches together.
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| K2tog |
Knit two together - Knit the next two stitches together
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| SSK |
Slip, slip, knit - Make a decrease that slants to the left by slipping the next stitch purlwise, and the
stitch after that knitwise. Return both stitches to the other needle, then knit them together through the
back of the loop.
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| PFB |
Purl front/back - Purl into the front and then the back of the same stitch.
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| Mbob |
Make a bobble - K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, in the next stitch (five loops on the needle). Now one at a time,
take the secondmost, then thirdmost (and so on) loops you just created and draw them over the first loop. This makes
a little knot of stitches. Secure this little knot so it stays on the right side of the work by knitting into the
back of the stitch now holding the accumulated loops.
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| M1p |
Make one purl - Lift bar between the last stitch made and the next stitch, purl into the back of this bar.
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| FC |
Front 2x2 cable - slip 2 st to dpn and hold in back of work, k2, k2 from dpn
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| BC |
Back 2x2 cable - slip 2 st to dpn and hold in front of work, k2, k2 from dpn
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| s1-K2tog-psso |
Slip, knit two together, pass slipped stitch over - Slip the next stitch knitwise, knit
the next two together, then pass the slipped stitch over
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Directions
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***Note: Stitch counts do NOT remain constant ***
Cast on 26 stitches
Row 1: [wrong side]K8, p10, k8
Row 2: P6, p2tog, (k1, yo)2x, k1, M1p, k4, M1p, (k1, yo)2x, k1, p2tog, p6
Row 3: K7, p5, k1, p4, k1, p5, k7
Row 4: P5, p2tog, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, PFB, FC, PFB, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p2tog, p5
Row 5: K6, p7, k2, p4, k2, p7, k6
Row 6: P4, p2tog, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, PFB, p1, k4, p1, PFB, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, p2tog, p4
Row 7: K5, p9, k3, p4, k3, p9, k5
Row 8: P3, p2tog, k4, yo, k1, yo, k4, PFB, MBob, p1, FC, p1, MBob, PFB, k4, yo, k1, yo, k4, p2tog, p3
Row 9: K4, p11, k4, p4, k4, p11, k4
Row 10:P2, p2tog, ssk, k7, k2tog, PFB, MBob, p2, k4, p2, MBob, PFB, ssk, k7, k2tog, p2tog, p2
Row 11:K3, p9, k5, p4, k5, p9, k3
Row 12:P1, p2tog, ssk, k5, k2tog, PFB, MBob, p3, FC, p3, MBob, PFB, ssk, k5, k2tog, p2tog, p1
Row 13:K2, p7, k6, p4, k6, p7, k2
Row 14:P2, ssk, k3, k2tog, PFB, MBob, p4, k4, p4, MBob, PFB, ssk, k3, k2tog, p2
Row 15:K2, p5, k7, p4, k7, p5, k2
Row 16:P2, ssk, k1, k2tog, PFB, MBob, p5, FC, p5, MBob, PFB, ssk, k1, k2tog, p2
Row 17:K2, p3, k8, p4, k8, p3, k2
Row 18:P2, sl-k2tog-psso, p1, MBob, p3, k1, FC, BC, k1, p3, MBob, p1, sl-k2tog-psso, p2
Repeat rows 1-18
Here's the garden sweater's back - with the lily cable used in combo with a flower from L. Stanfield's New Knitting Stitch Library (page 248).
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