Gritty: a free lace knitting stitch pattern

I accidentally deleted my Gritty post after publishing it, and I’m not going to restore it completely. Still, here’s the basics.

Natasha suggested the word on my Patreon, and I turned it into numbers, then charted the numbers and turned the results into lace.

Gritty: a free lace knitting stitch pattern

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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.
  • Gritty is a multiple of 12+12 stitches and 28 rows.
  • Rows 15-28 are the same as rows 1-14, offset horizontally by six stitches.
  • Purl all wrong-side rows, working (k1, p1) in each double yarnover
  • I’ve made a stitch map for it.
  • 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:

  • 1/1 LC: Slip next stitch to cable needle and place at front of work, knit 1, then knit 1 from cable needle.
  • 1/1 RC: Slip next stitch to cable needle and place at back of work, knit 1, then knit 1 from cable needle.
  • DSD: double slip decrease; ssk, slip the resulting stitch back to the left needle, pass the next stitch over, then slip the result. (Right-leaning double decrease. Substitute knit 3 together if desired; they are similar but don’t look quite the same.)
  • k: knit.
  • k2tog: knit 2 stitches together as if they were 1. (Right-leaning decrease)
  • p: purl.
  • sk2p: slip 1, k2tog, pass slipped stitch over. (Left-leaning double decrease.)
  • ssk: slip each of the next 2 stitches as if to knit, then knit them together through the back loop. (Left-leaning decrease)
  • yo: yarnover.

Row 1 (RS): k1, yo, k2, k2tog, k1, *k1, ssk, (k2, yo) x 2, k2, k2tog, k1; work from *, k1, ssk, k2, yo, k1.
Row 2 (WS): purl.
Row 3: yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, 1/1 RC, *yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo x 2, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, 1/1 RC; work from *, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo.
Row 4: p6, *p5, k1, p6; work from *, p6.
Row 5: k1, DSD, yo x 2, k2tog, yo, *yo, ssk, yo x 2, sk2p, k2, DSD, yo x 2, k2tog, yo; work from *, yo, ssk, yo x 2, sk2p, k1.
Row 6: p2, k1, p2, *k1, p2, k1, p5, k1, p2; work from *, k1, p2, k1, p3.
Row 7: k2tog, yo, k4, *k4, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k4; work from *, k4, yo, ssk.
Row 8: purl.
Row 9: yo, ssk, k1, yo, k1, ssk, *k2tog, k1, yo, k1, k2tog, yo x 2, ssk, k1, yo, k1, ssk; work from *, k2tog, k1, yo, k1, k2tog, yo.
Row 10: p6, *p5, k1, p6; work from *, p6.
Row 11: k1, 1/1 LC, k2, 1/1 RC, *k2, 1/1 RC, k2, 1/1 LC, k2, 1/1 RC; work from *, k2, 1/1 RC, k1.
Row 12: purl.
Row 13: k2, yo, sk2p, yo, k1, *k1, yo, DSD, yo, k4, yo, sk2p, yo, k1; work from *, k1, yo, DSD, yo, k2.
Row 14: purl.
Row 15: k1, ssk, k2, yo, k1, *k1, yo, k2, k2tog, k2, ssk, k2, yo, k1; work from *, k1, yo, k2, k2tog, k1.
Row 16: purl.
Row 17: k1, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, *yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, 1/1 RC, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo; work from *, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k1.
Row 18: p5, *k1, p11; work from *, k1, p6.
Row 19: yo, ssk, yo x 2, sk2p, k1, *k1, DSD, yo x 2, k2tog, yo x 2, ssk, yo x 2, sk2p, k1; work from *, k1, DSD, yo x 2, k2tog, yo.
Row 20: p2, k1, p3, *(p2, k1) x 3, p3; work from *, p2, k1, p3.
Row 21: k4, yo, ssk, *k2tog, yo, k8, yo, ssk; work from *, k2tog, yo, k4.
Row 22: purl.
Row 23: k2tog, k1, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, *yo, ssk, k1, yo, k1, ssk, k2tog, k1, yo, k1, k2tog, yo; work from *, yo, ssk, k1, yo, k1, ssk.
Row 24: p5, *k1, p11; work from *, k1, p6.
Row 25: k3, 1/1 RC, k1, *k1, 1/1 LC, k6, 1/1 RC, k1; work from *, k1, 1/1 LC, k3.
Row 26: purl.
Row 27: k1, yo, DSD, yo, k2, *k2, yo, sk2p, yo, k2, yo, DSD, yo, k2; work from *, k2, yo, sk2p, yo, k1.
Row 28: purl.

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