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Scallop Edging

Scallop Edging

Four repeats of Scallop Edging from “The Delineator” c1900

Cast on 21 stitches and knit one row.

1st row: K11, (yo, k2tog) twice, yo 4 times, (k2tog) twice, yo, k2tog

2nd row: K4; then out of the 4 yarn-overs, k1, p1, k1, p1, slipping off 1 loop of yarn-over at a time, k15.

3rd row: K5, k2tog, yo twice, k2tog, k3, (yo, k2tog) twice, k4, k2tog, yo, k1.

4th row: K16, p1, k6

5th row: K3, k2tog, yo twice, (k2tog) twice, yo twice, k2tog, k2,  (yo, k2tog) twice, k3, k2tog, yo, k1.

6th row: K14, p1, k3, p1, k4.

7th row: K5, k2tog, yo twice, k2tog, k5, (yo, k2tog) twice, k2, k2tog, yo, k1.

8th row: K16, p1, k6.

9th row: K3, k2tog, yo twice, (k2tog) twice, yo twice, k2tog, k4, (yo, k2tog) twice, k1, k2tog, yo, k1

10th row: K14, p1, k3, p1, k4.

11th row: K5, k2tog, yo twice, k2tog, k7, (yo, k2tog) twice, k2tog, yo, k1

12th row: K16, p1, k6.

13th row: K17, (yo, k2tog) twice, slip the stitch just made back to the left-hand needle, pass the last two stitches on this needle over the stitch, and then return it back to the right hand needle.

14th row: Knit.

Repeat rows 1 – 14 for desired length


The original version of this pattern is in the public domain. Updated version of this pattern is Copyright © Sarah Bradberry April 1999