Ribbed lace haramaki

morgybear
Wed, 01 Feb 2023 20:04:49 GMT

Numbers based on the Haramaki pattern by Amber of Porfavoray, but I didn’t like the knit triangles or the cables. I want something that will lay flat and be unobtrusive, but I’m thinking I might incorporate a simple lace pattern at the spots where the cables were. Just something flatter. I really like this Chain of Hearts pattern.

Instructions
Stitch number multiple of 9 + 2 edge stitches.

Row 1: p2, k2, yo, k1, sl1kw, k1, psso, p2

Row 2: p2, k5, p2

Row 3: p2, k2tog, k1, yo, k2, p2

Row 4: same as row 2

Repeat rows 1 through 4.

12/31/12
Cast on 180 sts, started in 1×1 rib. (was 2×2)
front: 52 stitches
lace panels: 8 stitches each
sides: 34 stitches each
back: 44 stitches
(52 + 8 + 34 + 44 + 34 + 8)

1/3/13
Of course, I need to take this out again to fix the 2 stitches I accidentally miscounted, plus I want to integrate the lace pattern now. Bah. Starting projects. Feh.

2/5/13
Slow going, due to my busy-ness elsewhere in life. I’m through 1 skein of yarn, so I guess that counts as 1/3 done, right? Although it doesn’t feel like it. I like the pattern as it’s materializing, so I hope when I’m finished, I’ll actually be finished. I also now have some black and some white alpaca to make some more, though those yarns are slightly thinner, so I might do 1x1 rib instead of 2x2 for the subsequent haramaki.

This Visual Knitting Counter app is saving my sanity since this pattern is so complicated — lace repeat every 4 rows, decreases every 3rd and 5th row…

3/11/13
Umm… Why is the top STILL too big? And this one seems even shorter than before.

Contemplating frogging it AGAIN. But maybe I’ll try a different variation in one of my other colors first before I rip all this out.