Moon: a free lace knitting stitch pattern

Each month my Patreon supporters suggest words for me to encode as knitting stitches, and each month a random number generator chooses a word from that collection. Rebecca’s word moon is the word for this month, and here we are. In truth, only the first eight rows are necessary – the second eight are the same stitch pattern offset horizontally.

Moonrise is a coordinating stitch pattern.

Notes:

• This is a stitch pattern such as might be found in a stitch dictionary. It is not a pattern for a finished object. You will need to add selvedges or some other form of knitted stitches to either side.
• The repeats in the charts and the text aren’t in the same places. (The double YOs complicate writing the repeats logically in the text.)
• Moon is a multiple of 12 + 12 stitches and 16 + 8 rows (end after either row 8 or 16). Moon variation is a multiple of 12 + 12 stitches and 8 rows.
• I’ve made a stitch map for Moon.
• Designers, please feel free to use this stitch in your patterns. I’d like credit but won’t be offended if people don’t give it.
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Abbreviations:

• CDD: slip the next 2 stitches as if to knit 2 together, knit the next stitch, then pass the 2 slipped stitches over the third. (Stands for centered double decrease.)
• k: knit.
• k2tog: knit 2 stitches together as if they were 1. (Right-leaning decrease)
• ssk: slip each of the next 2 stitches as if to knit, then knit them together through the back loop. (Or substitute your favorite left-leaning decrease)
• yo: yarnover. Bring the yarn forward between the needles so that it will make a loop over the needle when the next stitch is worked. When there are two in a row, bring the yarn forward, wrap it once around the needle, and leave the yarn in front so it makes a second loop.

Moon

Row 1 (RS): k1, k2tog, k2, yo, k1, *k1, yo, k2, ssk, k2, k2tog, k2, yo, k1; work from *, k1, yo, k2, ssk, k1. (24 sts)

Row 2 (WS): purl.

Row 3: yo, k2tog, k1, yo, ssk, k1, *k1, k2tog, yo, k1, ssk, yo × 2, k2tog, k1, yo, ssk, k1; work from *, k1, k2tog, yo, k1, ssk, yo.

Row 4: p6, *p5, (k1, p1) in double yo, p5; work from *, p6.

Row 5: (k1, yo, ssk) × 2, *k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk; work from *, (k2tog, yo, k1) × 2.

Row 6: purl.

Row 7: k1, yo × 2, sl2, k1, p2sso, k2tog, *yo × 2, ssk, sl2, k1, p2sso, yo × 2, k2, yo × 2, sl2, k1, p2sso, k2tog; work from *, yo × 2, ssk, sl2, k1, p2sso, yo × 2, k1.

Row 8: p1, (k1, p1) in double yo, p2, (k1, p1) in double yo, *[p2, (k1, p1) in double yo] × 3; work from *, p2, (k1, p1) in double yo, p1.

Row 9: k1, yo, k2, ssk, k1, *k1, k2tog, (k2, yo) × 2, k2, ssk, k1; work from *, k1, k2tog, k2, yo, k1.

Row 10: purl.

Row 11: k1, k2tog, yo, k1, ssk, *yo × 2, k2tog, k1, yo, ssk, k2, k2tog, yo, k1, ssk; work from *, yo × 2, k2tog, k1, yo, ssk, k1.

Row 12: p5, (k1, p1) in double yo, *p10, (k1, p1) in double yo; work from *, p5.

Row 13: (k2tog, yo, k1) × 2, *(k1, yo, ssk) × 2, (k2tog, yo, k1) × 2; work from *, (k1, yo, ssk) × 2.

Row 14: purl.

Row 15: yo, ssk, sl2, k1, p2sso, yo × 2, k1, *k1, yo × 2, sl2, k1, p2sso, k2tog, yo × 2, ssk, sl2, k1, p2sso, yo × 2, k1; work from *, k1, yo × 2, sl2, k1, p2sso, k2tog, yo.

Row 16: p3, (k1, p1) in double yo, p1, *p1, [(k1, p1) in double yo, p2] × 2, (k1, p1) in double yo, p1; work from *, p1, (k1, p1) in double yo, p3.

Moon variation

I’ve also included a variation that doesn’t have the offset in mind. I don’t have a nice swatch for it at the moment.

Here is the stitch map for Moon variation.

Row 1 (RS): k3, k2tog, yo, k1, *k1, yo, ssk, k6, k2tog, yo, k1; work from *, k1, yo, ssk, k3. (24 sts)

Row 2 (WS): purl.

Row 3: yo, k2tog, k1, yo, ssk, k1, *k1, k2tog, yo, k1, ssk, yo × 2, k2tog, k1, yo, ssk, k1; work from *, k1, k2tog, yo, k1, ssk, yo.

Row 4: p6, *p5, (k1, p1) in double yo, p5; work from *, p6.

Row 5: (k1, yo, ssk) × 2, *k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk; work from *, (k2tog, yo, k1) × 2.

Row 6: purl.

Row 7: k1, yo × 2, sl2, k1, p2sso, k2tog, *yo × 2, ssk, sl2, k1, p2sso, yo × 2, k2, yo × 2, sl2, k1, p2sso, k2tog; work from *, yo × 2, ssk, sl2, k1, p2sso, yo × 2, k1.

Row 8: p1, (k1, p1) in double yo, p2, (k1, p1) in double yo, *(p2, (k1, p1) in double yo) × 3; work from *, p2, (k1, p1) in double yo, p1.