Moon: a free lace knitting stitch pattern

Each month my Patreon supporters suggest words for me to encode as knitting stitches, and each month a random number generator chooses a word from that collection. Rebecca’s word moon is the word for this month, and here we are. In truth, only the first eight rows are necessary – the second eight are the same stitch pattern offset horizontally.

Pattern repeats over 12 stitches and 16 rows.

Notes:

• This is a stitch pattern such as might be found in a stitch dictionary. It is not a pattern for a finished object. You will need to add selvedges or some other form of knitted stitches to either side.
• Moon is a multiple of 12 stitches and 16 rows.
• I’ve made a stitch map for it.
• Designers, please feel free to use this stitch in your patterns. I’d like credit but won’t be offended if people don’t give it.
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Abbreviations:

• k: knit.
• k2tog: knit 2 stitches together as if they were 1. (Right-leaning decrease)
• p: purl.
• sl2, k1, p2sso: slip the next 2 stitches as if to knit 2 together, knit the next stitch, then pass the 2 slipped stitches over the third.
• ssk: slip each of the next 2 stitches as if to knit, then knit them together through the back loop. (Left-leaning decrease)
• yo: yarn over.

Row 1 (RS): *K1, k2tog, (k2, yo) x 2, k2, ssk, k1 ; work from *.
Row 2 and all even rows: Purl, working (k1, p1) in each double yarnover.
Row 3: *Yo, k2tog, k1, yo, ssk, k2, k2tog, yo, k1, ssk, yo ; work from *.
Row 5: *(K1, yo, ssk) x 2, (k2tog, yo, k1) x 2 ; work from *.
Row 7: *K1, yo x 2, sl2, k1, p2sso, k2tog, yo x 2, ssk, sl2, k1, p2sso, yo x 2, k1 ; work from *.
Row 9: *K1, yo, k2, ssk, k2, k2tog, k2, yo, k1 ; work from *.
Row 11: *K1, k2tog, yo, k1, ssk, yo x 2, k2tog, k1, yo, ssk, k1 ; work from *.
Row 13: *K2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk ; work from *.
Row 15: *Yo, ssk, sl2, k1, p2sso, yo x 2, k2, yo x 2, sl2, k1, p2sso, k2tog, yo ; work from *.

I’ve also included a variation that doesn’t have the offset in mind. I don’t have a nice swatch for it at the moment.

Here is the stitch map for this pattern.

Row 1 (RS): K3, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k3.
Row 2 and all even rows: Purl, working (k1, p1) in each double yarnover.
Row 3: Yo, k2tog, k1, yo, ssk, k2, k2tog, yo, k1, ssk, yo.
Row 5: (K1, yo, ssk) x 2, (k2tog, yo, k1) x 2.
Row 7: K1, yo x 2, sl2, k1, p2sso, k2tog, yo x 2, ssk, sl2, k1, p2sso, yo x 2, k1.

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