Playing in the Leaves by Jackie Erickson-Schweitzer

Playing in the Leaves

Knitting
October 2008
Lace ?
8 stitches = 1 inch
in Stockinette
US 2 - 2.75 mm
10 - 14 yards (9 - 13 m)
Finished sizes range from 3¼" to 4¼" high excluding stem and 3" to 5" wide.
English
This pattern is available for $6.50 USD
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Here’s a trio of lace leaf designs to delight anyone and everyone. I chose autumn colors in memory of the piles of leaves I loved to jump into.

Maybe you and I don’t jump into piles of leaves now, but undoubtedly you’ll enjoy making a whole pile of these knitted leaves to play in!

This pattern has been a long time a’comin, but here finally is the second installment of designs for shaped leaves in lace that I began several years ago that premiered the stunning Oak Leaf Medallion.

Included in this latest pattern are an Aspen Leaf in trellis lace with serrated edging, a 5-point increase Maple Leaf, and an Oak Leaf with an interesting lace edging construction built around the I-cord stem.

There is no sewing; finishing merely involves weaving in the tails from the start and completion of knitting, then a simple blocking.


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