Italian Lace Curtain

By Just call me Ruby

Materials

2 x 25gm balls Rowan Kid Silk Haze shade 634(cream)
approx 210m = 25gm.
(70% super kid mohair, 30% silk)

1 pair 5mm (US #6) needles
1 pair 4.5mm (US #7) needles
approx 100 beads
sewing needle

Tension

(after pressing) 18sts x 26rows over pattern using 5mm (US #6) needles

Italian Lace Pattern

(this pattern is a 6 st repeat +2 sts)

Row 1(RS): k1, *k4, k2tog, yfwd, rep from * to last st, k1.
Row 2: p1, *yrn, p1, p2tog, p3, rep from * to last st, p1.
Row 3: k1, *k2, k2tog, k2, yfwd, rep from * to last st, k1.
Row 4: p1, *yrn, p3, p2tog, p1, rep from * to last st, p1.
Row 5: k1, *k2tog, k4, yfwd, rep from * to last st, k1.
Row 6: p1, *p4, yrn, p2tog, rep from * to last st, p1.
Row 7: k1, *k1, yfwd, k3, k2tog, rep from * to last st, k1.
Row 8: p1, *p2tog, p2, yrn, p2, rep from * to last st, p1.
Row 9: k1, *k3, yfwd, k1, k2tog, rep from * to last st, k1.
Row 10: p1, *p2tog, yrn, p4, rep from * to last st, p1.

These 10 rows form pattern repeat.

Pattern

Cast on 98sts using preferred method provisional cast on or waste yarn, and 5mm (US #6) needles.

Using main yarn, and commencing with row 1 of pattern, continue in pattern until all 10 rows of pattern have been completed. Repeat pattern until work is of required length ending with a WS row.

Change to 4.5mm (US #7) needles.
Knit 3 rows.
Next row: Purl.
Next row: (k3, yfwd, k2tog) rep to last 3 sts, k3.
Next row: Purl.
Knit 2 rows.
Cast off.

Returning to cast on edge use 4.5mm (US #7) needles, remove cast on row and place 98sts onto needle. Thread approx 98 beads onto yarn before rejoining to work.

Join in yarn and knit one row, bringing a bead through to sit on top of needle with each stitch worked.

Leaving a long tail break yarn. Thread tail through a sewing needle and take back through each stitch. Firmly secure yarn at end of row.

Making up

Darn in all ends.

Just call me Ruby is the design name of Susan Crawford, co-author of A Stitch in Time, Vintage Knitting and Crochet patterns 1920-1949 : Vol.1 and Vintage Gifts to Knit. You can read more at www.justcallmeruby.com