Weldon's Wanzer Border by Vicki Monthei

Weldon's Wanzer Border

Knitting
August 2025
Thread ?
9.7 stitches and 10.5 rows = 1 inch
in Weldon's Wanzer Border - blocked
US 2 - 2.75 mm
N/A
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

This border from Weldon’s Practical Needlework, vol. 5, p.11 is broad with a 30-row repeat. 30 rows are a lot but the pattern is repetitive and predictable. (It’s not that hard.) It starts with 26 stitches, increases slowly to 34 stitches and returns to 26 stitches for the next repeat. I changed the area next to the header from garter stitch to stockinette stitch for more textural interest.
Wanzer is a village in Germany and also a surname.
The swatch is 3.5 inches at its deepest at gauge. The motifs are about 3 inches across at their widest.
I recommend blocking moderately horizontally but aggressively vertically to show the lace in the motifs.

Skills needed: cast on, slip, knit, purl, YO, k2tog, k3tog and bind off.

Gauge is not important in this pattern. Any block-able yarn/thread will work. Make a swatch to check gauge and appearance.

53 yards of Aunt Lydia’s Classic 10 thread will make 10 inches of a 26-stitch-wide strip at gauge.