Set up round: K2tog, k5, continue lace panel pattern over next 11 sts, k5, k2tog, k3, (k16, k2tog) 4 times – [94 sts]. Knit to beginning of lace panel pattern.

Knit bralette and bikini top patterns with lace can be a ton of fun, but oftentimes there’s a time and place for designs like this too. After all, more complicated doesn’t always mean more ...

He came across pages dedicated to European lace knitting patterns and was fascinated. He began collecting the patterns and then, at about age 25, he took the plunge.

Slip 1, knit 4 (yarn fwd knit 2 tog)twice . Yarn fwd Knit 2 (12sts)Row 8. Slip 1, Knit 11 stsRow 9. Slip 1 Knit 11 sts Row 10 cast off 4 Sts Knit to the end ( 8sts) These 10 rows form the pattern.

Delicate and fine, Shetland lace was made popular in the 19th century by British royalty — most notably Queen Victoria, who sported shawls and stockings knitted from the soft fabric.

I like patterns, I said, I like the algebra of lace and colourwork. The first computer programmes were weaving patterns. You knit lace in binary, every increase balanced by a decrease, zeros and ones.