Introducing a garland of leaves for home décor – drape it along the mantle, over a window and even down the middle of your Thanksgiving table. Choose a gradient yarn for multi-colored leaves that change as you knit.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Size: 180.5″ / [458.5 cm] long
Gauge: 16 sts and 20 rows = 4” [10 cm] in St st; one repeat of Leaf A and B = 10.5” [26.5 cm] and 2” [5 cm].
Materials
Yarn: Knit Picks Chroma Worsted (70% Superwash Wool, 30% Nylon; 198 yards [180 meters]/100 grams): 26549 Lake Front (1 skein)
Needles: US size 8 (5.0 mm) 16” circular or DPNS
Notions: Tapestry needle
Abbreviations
cdd (center double decrease) – Slip 2 sts k-wise, k1, slip 2 sts over k1.
m1 (make 1) – With left needle, lift strand between needles from front to back, knit lifted loop through the back to twist stitch.
Special Stitches
I-cord (3 sts)
*Slide sts to the right, towards needle tip (the working yarn is at end of row). Pull yarn across back of work to first st and knit all sts; rep from * for patt.
Leaf A (varying stitch count)
Row 1 (RS): (K1, m1) twice, k1. (5 sts)
Row 2 (WS): Sl1 wyif, k1, sl1 wyif, k2.
Row 3: Sl1, (k1, m1) twice, k2. (7 sts)
Row 4: Sl1 wyif, k2, sl1 wyif, k3.
Row 5: Sl1, k2, m1, k1, m1, k3. (9 sts)
Row 6: Sl1 wyif, k3, sl1 wyif, k4.
Row 7: Sl1, k3, m1, k1, m1, k4. (11 sts)
Row 8: Sl1 wyif, k4, sl1 wyif, k5.
Row 9: Sl1, k10.
Row 10: Rep Row 8.
Row 11: Sl1, k2, ssk, k1, k2tog, k3. (9 sts)
Row 12: Rep Row 6.
Row 13: Sl1, k8.
Row 14: Rep Row 6.
Row 15: Sl1, k1, ssk, k1, k2tog, k2. (7 sts)
Row 16: Rep Row 4.
Row 17: Sl1, k6.
Row 18: Rep Row 4.
Row 19: Sl1, ssk, k1, k2tog, k1. (5 sts)
Row 20: Rep Row 2.
Row 21: Sl1, k4.
Row 22: Rep Row 2.
Row 23: Sl1, cdd, k1. (3 sts)
Leaf B (varying stitch count)
Row 1 (RS): (K1, m1) twice, k1. (5 sts)
Row 2 (WS): Sl1 wyif, k1, sl1 wyif, k2.
Row 3: Sl1, (k1, m1) twice, k2. (7 sts)
Row 4: Sl1 wyif, k1, p1, sl1 wyif, p1, k2.
Row 5: Sl1, k2, yo, k1, yo, k3. (9 sts)
Row 6: Sl1 wyif, k1, p2, sl1 wyif, p2, k2.
Row 7: Sl1, k3, yo, k1, yo, k4. (11 sts)
Row 8: Sl1 wyif, k1, p3, sl1 wyif, p3, k2.
Row 9: Sl1, k4, yo, k1, yo, k5. (13 sts)
Row 10: Sl1 wyif, k1, p4, sl1 wyif, p4, k2.
Row 11: Sl1, k12.
Row 12: Rep Row 10.
Row 13: Sl1, k1, ssk, k5, k2tog, k2. (11 sts)
Row 14: Rep Row 8.
Row 15: Sl1, k1, ssk, k3, k2tog, k2. (9 sts)
Row 16: Rep Row 6.
Row 17: Sl1, k1, ssk, k1, k2tog, k2. (7 sts)
Row 18: Rep Row 4.
Row 19: Sl1, k1, cdd, k2. (5 sts)
Row 20: Rep Row 2.
Row 21: K1, cdd, k1. (3 sts)
Pattern Notes
Garland alternates between two leaf designs that flow in and out of an I-cord.
Slip sts p-wise.
Pattern
Set-up
CO 3 sts. Work I-cord pattern 10 times or until cord meas 2” / [5 cm].
Leaf A
Work Rows 1-23 of Leaf A.
Work I-cord patt 10 times or until cord meas 2” / [5 cm].
Leaf B
Work Rows 1-21 of Leaf B.
Work I-cord pattern 10 times or until cord meas 2” / [5 cm].
Repeat (Leaf A followed by Leaf B) 16 more times.
Finishing
Pull yarn through. Weave in ends and block to measurements.
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