Small lacy hearts form this elegant checkered pattern. It requires a bit of knitting experience and attention to the knitting chart.

Difficulty level: Medium

Instructions

You need a stitch number multiple of 8 + 8 + 2 edge stitches. Repeat the pattern between the arrows as many times as you like.

Work right side rows (1, 3, etc.) from right to left, as shown in the chart. Purl all stitches on the wrong side.

Symbol Key

- 1 edge stitch

- knit 1

- 1 yarn over, purl 1 in the next wrong side row

- slip 1 knitwise, knit 1, pass the slipped stitch over

- knit 2 together

- knit 3 together

Traditional Instructions

Row 1: edge st, * yo, sl1kw, k1, psso, k6; repeat from * to last 9 sts, yo, sl1kw, k1, psso, k6, edge st
Row 2 & all other wrong side rows: edge st, purl across to last st, edge st
Row 3: edge st, * k1, yo, sl1kw, k1, psso, k3, k2tog, yo; repeat from * to last 9 sts, k1, yo, sl1kw, k1, psso, k3, k2tog, yo, edge st
Row 5: edge st, * k2, yo, sl1kw, k1, psso, k1, k2tog, yo, k1; repeat from * to last 9 sts, k2, yo, sl1kw, k1, psso, k1, k2tog, yo, k1, edge st
Row 7: edge st, * yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, sl1kw, k1, psso; repeat from * to last 9 sts, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, sl1kw, k1, psso, edge st
Row 9: edge st, * k4, yo, sl1kw, k1, psso, k2; repeat from * to last 9 sts, k4, yo, sl1kw, k1, psso, k2, edge st
Row 11: edge st, * k2, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, sl1kw, k1, psso, k1; repeat from * to last 9 sts, k2, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, sl1kw, k1, psso, k1, edge st
Row 13: edge st, * k1, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, sl1kw, k1, psso; repeat from * to last 9 sts, k1, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, sl1kw, k1, psso, edge st
Row 15: edge st, * k2, yo, sl1kw, k1, psso, yo, k3tog, yo, k1; repeat from * to last 9 sts, k2, yo, sl1kw, k1, psso, yo, k3tog, yo, k1, edge st

Repeat rows 1 through 16.