Weldon’s Practical Needlework (vol. 10, pp.5-6) ca. 1897 didn’t name this pattern and I felt the 6 little forms looked like grape hyacinth blossoms. Weldon’s pattern had some major errors, so I improvised using Weldon’s image as a guide. I also converted Weldon’s in-the-round instructions to flat knitting. 4 triangles are sewn into a square for an afghan block.
I’ve never seen this rounded form in knitting before or since. This style of increasing on either side of a center stitch inside 2 side stitches makes a nice round form, useful for depicting knitted berries, balls, or even fish with their little mouths open! Consider using this “grape hyacinth” form for other projects.

At gauge, a 4-triangle block is 8” square. The triangle has 53 pattern rows and starts with 2 stitches. The double increases can get tight especially for tight knitters. I tried 1-size-larger needles (U.S. 3) but found the resulting piece too loose. Please make a swatch to find your optimal needle size.

Skills needed: cast on, knit, purl, YO, M1L, M1R, p2tog and bind off in knit stitch.

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

80 yards of Aunt Lydia’s Classic 10 thread will make 1 triangle at gauge.