Fern Pattern Lap Robe

Ann V. Gallentine

Size 42x23 inches blocked

Materials: 5 mm Addi needles (#8)

5 ¼ skeins - 3 ounce skeins worsted weight Wool-Ease, color Denim Blue #114

Gauge: 5.5 sts and 7 rows = 1 inch in st st

Notes:

Keep 2 garter sts on either side of pattern

Pattern adapted from “The Complete Book of Knitting” By Barbara Abbey page 226, #194, Fern Pattern

Abbreviations:

K3tog: knit 3 stitches together

K3togB: Slip 1 st to right needle and return it to left needle, keeping it twisted, k3 sts together through back loops

Cast on 140 sts. Knit 6 rows

Row 1 and all odd rows: (WS) k2, p13, *k2, p25, rep from * to last 17 sts, k2, p13, k2

Row 2: k3, *k3tog B, k8, yo, k1, yo, p2, yo, k1, yo, k8, k3tog, k1, Rep from * to last 2 sts, k2

Row 4: k3, *k3togB, k7, (yo, k1) twice, p2, (k1, yo) twice, k7, k3tog, k1, Rep from * to last 2 sts, k2

Row 6: k3, *k3tog B, k6, yo, k1, yo, k2, p2, k2, yo, k1, yo, k6, k3tog, k1, Rep from * to last 2 sts, k2

Row 8: k3, *k3togB, k5, yo, k1, yo, k3, p2, k3, yo, k1, yo, k5, k3tog, k1, Rep from * to last 2 sts, k2

Row 10: k3, *k3togB, k4, yo, k1, yo, k4, p2, k4, yo, k1, yo, k4, k3tog, k1, Rep from * to last 2 sts, k2

Work 24 patterns or desired length ending with row 1.

K 5 rows. BO on WS in knit

Corrected version April 2005