How to Knit the English Mesh Lace Stitch
Stitch Description
The English Mesh Lace Stitch creates a fancy lace design with lots of texture. The English Mesh Lace stitch would be great for shrugs, blouses, shawls!
Video Tutorial
Abbreviations
- K
- Knit Stitch
- P
- Purl Stitch
- k2tog
- Knit 2 Together
- yo
- Yarn Over
- psso
- Pass Slip Stitch Over
- SSK
- Slip Slip Knit – Slip the next 2 stitches, one at a time as if to knit, to the working needle. Insert the main needle into the fronts of these two stitches and knit them together.
Stitch Details
Stitch Characteristics
Pattern Instructions
Cast On: Multiple of 6 sts + 1.
- Row 1 (Wrong Side): purl.
- Row 2: k1, *yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k1; rep from *.
- Row 3: purl.
- Row 4: k1, *yo, k1, sl 1, k2tog, psso, k1, yo, k1; rep from *.
- Row 5: purl.
- Row 6: k1, *k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k1; rep from *.
- Row 7: purl.
- Row 8: k2tog, *(k1, yo) twice, k1, sl 1, k2tog, psso; rep from * to last 5 sts, end (k1, yo) twice, k1, ssk.
Repeat rows 1-8 until you have reached your desired length.
Swatch Photos
Example of the English Mesh Lace Stitch. RS
Example of the English Mesh Lace Stitch. WS
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