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Yarn and needles

• Jaeger Albany
• 4.5mm circular needle

Abbreviations

• ms = moss stitch
• wrap = slip next st purlwise wyib, yf, return slipped st to lh needle.

Back, first piece

• Cast on 130 stitches using a provisional cast-on.
• Work seven rows in moss stitch with a selvedge [always slip first st purlwise, always k last st].
• sl1p, ms4, k to last 5 st, ms 4, k1.
• sl1p, ms4, p to last 5 st, ms4, k1.
• Repeat last two rows four times for a total of 8 rows.
• s1p, ms4, k to last 10 st, wrap next st, turn.
• p to last 10 st, wrap next st, turn.
• k to last 11 st, wrap, turn.
• p to last 11 st, wrap, turn.
• repeat until you're purling to last 14 st, wrap, turn.
• k to last 5 st, working wraps along with wrapped st as follows - work to st before wrapped st, slip wrapped st purlwise, pick up wrap knitwise with tip of lh needle, return slipped st to lh needle, knit wrap and wrapped stitch together - ms4, k1.
• s1p, ms4, p to last 5 st, working wraps along with wrapped st as follows - work to st before wrapped st, slip wrapped st purlwise, pick up wrap knitwise with tip of lh needle, return slipped st to lh needle, purl wrap and wrapped stitch together tbl - ms4, k1.
• s1p, ms4, k to last 5 st, ms4, k1.
• s1p, ms4, p to last 5 st, ms4, k1
• repeat last two rows x times.

Front, first piece

Work as for Back, first piece.

joining the pieces

• working on front piece, s1p, ms4, k to last 5 st. Place Back piece alongside front and work 5 moss stitch, working one stitch from front along with one stitch from back each time (this needs better explanation). k to last 5 st of back, do the joining trick again.
• work 2 rounds keeping the moss stitch columns.
• work 1 round doing purls instead of the moss stitch column.
• work 4 rounds in stocking stitch.
• work from chart at each side "seam".

E = s1p, k2togtbl, psso
3 = k3tog
o = yo

= k2togtbl

/ = k2tog
l = s1p, k2tog, psso
. = k

./o/..o/..o..o
..o..o...o/..o/
...o..o.o/..o/
....o..o...o/
.....o..o.o/
......o..o
....o/.o..o
...o/..olo..o
./o/..o/..o..o
..o..o...o/..o/
...o..o.o/..o/
....o..o...o/
.....o..o.o/
......o..o      [dec 1]
.../o/.o..o     [dec 2]
...o/..olo..o    [dec 1]
./o/..o/..o..o   [dec 1]
..Eo..o...o/..o3  [dec 2]
...Eo..o.o/..o3   [dec 2]
....o..o...o/
.....o.o.o/     [dec 1]
......o..o      [dec 1]
.../o/.o..o     [dec 2]
...o/..olo..o    [dec 1]
./o/..o/..o..o   [dec 1]
..o.o...o/..o/  [dec 1]
...o..o.o/./o/   [dec 1]
....o..o...o/
.....o.o.o/     [dec 1]  
......o...o/

Split for back

Continue on chart until completed on both sides and a plain knit row worked over both sides.

Now continue to K across back until you reach the near edge of the other side's lace pattern (93 st). Turn.

• s1p, p91, k1, turn.
• s1p, k85, turn.
• s1p, p77, k1, turn.
• s1p, k78, turn
• s1p, p77, k1, turn.
• s1p, k1, k2togtbl, k71, k2tog, k2, turn.
• s1p, p75, k1, turn.
• s1p, k1, k2togtbl, k69, k2tog, k2, turn.
• s1p, p73, k1, turn.
• s1p, k1, k2togtbl, k67, k2tog, k2, turn.
• s1p, p71, k1, turn.
• s1p, k72, turn.
• Repeat last two rows 2 times.