Vintage Knitting Pattern
43. Leaf Pattern for Half-Square Shawl.
Twelve stitches to a pattern, pins No. 10. This may either be done in Shetland or German wool, and is very pretty in black Shetland wool. Cast on 3 stitches; increase at the beginning of each row till you have 12.
First pattern row:—Make 1, knit 2 together, knit 3, make 1, knit 1, make 1, knit 3, knit 2 together, knit 1, make 1.
Second row:—Seamed, making a stitch at the beginning.
Third row:—Make 1, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 2, make 1, knit 3, make 1, knit 2, knit 2 together, knit 2.
Fourth row:—Seamed, making 1 at the beginning.
Fifth row:—Make 1, knit 2, knit 2 together, knit 1, make 1, knit 5, make 1, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 3.
Sixth row:—Seamed, making 1 at the beginning.
Seventh row:—Make 1, knit 3, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 7, make 1, knit 2 together, knit 4.
Eighth row:—Seamed, making 1 at the beginning.
Ninth row:—Make 1, knit 5, make 1, knit 3, knit 2 together, knit 4, make 1, and knit the remainder.
Tenth row:—Seamed, making 1 at the beginning.
Eleventh row:—Make 1, knit 2 together, knit 3, make 1, knit 1, make 1, knit 3 (knit 2 together twice), knit 3, make 1, knit 1, make 1, knit 3, knit 2 together, knit remainder.
Twelfth row:—Seamed, make 1 at the beginning.
Thirteenth row:—Make 1, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 2, make 1, knit 3, make 1, knit 2 (knit 2 together twice), knit 2, make 1, knit 3, make 1, knit 2, knit 2 together, knit the remainder.
Fourteenth row:—Seamed, make 1 at the beginning.
Fifteenth row:—Make 1, knit 2, knit 2 together, knit 1, make 1, knit 5, make 1, knit 1, knit 2 together, * knit 2 together, knit 1, make 1, knit 5, make 1, knit 1, knit 2 together, and repeat from *, knit those left at the end.
Sixteenth row:—Seamed, make 1 at the beginning.
Seventeenth row:—Make 1, knit 3, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 7, make 1, knit 2 together, * knit 2 together, make 1, knit 7, make 1, knit 2 together, and repeat from *, knit those left at the end.
Eighteenth row:—Seamed, make 1 at the beginning.
Nineteenth row:—Make 1, knit 5, make 1, knit 3, knit 2 together, knit 4, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 3, knit 2 together, knit 4, make 1, knit the rest.Twentieth row:—Seamed: make 1 at the beginning.
Twenty-first row same as 11th.
The shawl can be made any size by repeating these 10 rows till you have it as large as you wish.
