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Openwork Patterns

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?<ims im afjcaalły gooj fur pauerns hkc this (irmut/imd Lice.

Openwork patterns. also called filigree patterns. are the laciest patterns you can make.

the yarn over the needle from from to back. slip 1 stitch, knit the next stitch, and pass the slipped stitch over.

Stitch, knit the following stitch, and pass the slipped stitch over, then put the yarn over the needle from front to back and continue knitting normally.

Thcre are no limit* on the pat-tenis you can come up with. The larger the patiem design*, the lighter and airier the piece wili lix-łk.

The lioles are madę with simpte yarn ovcr», which can be armnged horizontally, verrically. or Jiagonully. The working yarn is placed ovcr the neeJle from front to back. In most patterns, these yam overs are ptirled in the row on the uroni: side of the work. Every yam over forms a neu stitch. >o the nurnber of stitches Iws to he corrected with corrcsponding dccrcascs.

Openwork patterns are frequenrly worked ovcr the entire piece. How-ever. they can also he vcry cftccrive as u single sepanite design, horitontal borders. or vertically arranged partem strip*. Leaf and di.tmond patterns are especially nrrracriie. Lace patterns with a lot of openwork, which are practkally an art in rhem-»clvcs. are always fashkmable.

Make surę that the openwork patterns start l to 2 stitches in front the edges, so that you don t have any prohlems when you sew the picces together.

By the way. the most inconspictiotis buttonholes are worked tike a mini-openwork partem (see buttonholes, startingon pnge 100).

Yam ovor boforo 2 stitches knitted together: Put the yarn over the needle from front to back, then knit the next 2 stitches together.

Yam over after 2 stitches knitted together Knit two stitches together, then put the yarn over the needle from front to back.

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