Bond Machine Knitting - Eyelet Swirl Doily Pattern

Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 10:31:17 -0800
From: Lu Kelce (kelulu@pacbell.net)

EYELET SWIRL DOILY

SIZE:
Approximately 15 inches in diameter.
Size may be increased by casting on more stitches or decreased by casting
on less stitches.

MATERIALS:
1  2 oz. skein Coats & Clark Luster Sheen
6 claw weights
Size E/4 crochet hook
Yarn Needle

GAUGE:
Not necessary
Keyplate # 1

NOTE:
When using KP#1, apply a little more pressure to the carriage.
Check each row to correct any dropped stitches or stitches that do not
knit.
Hang hem weight and CO 30 st with waste yarn. 15 st each side of  0.
Knit 8 to 10 rows. (Knit more rows than you would for a sweater as this
work is more open and waste yarn may ravel out as work progresses.)
Change to MY and K 2 rows
*Leaving 4 needles on the far right hand side in WP, put the remaining 26
needles in HP.
Knit 2 rows.

NOTE:
Start hanging claw weights and continue to hang them as soon as there is
space to add a new one. About the time the first "Panel" is finished, the
hem weight must be removed. DO NOT REMOVE WASTE YARN. Move claw weights up
as you go.
Push next needle on right hand side into FWP and knit 2 rows.
Continue to push one needle into FWP in this manner and knit 2 rows until 3
stitches remain.
Push next needle to FWP, knit 1 row (COL) and pass yarn under the next
needle and over the last needle. Knit back to the right. DO NOT WORK LAST
TWO STITCHES. LEAVE THEM IN HP.
Knit 2 rows.*
Repeat from *to* 4 more times. 5 "panels".
Remove stitches from needles on waste yarn.
Gather center stitches carefully with yarn needle and pull up snugly.
Graft stitches on beginning and ending waste yarn together.

NOTE:
You may want to carefully steam press the doily at this point. Be sure to
use the proper setting, possibly the lowest temperature that will give you
steam on the iron. Press on a towel.
Using E/4 crochet hook and working from the wrong (purl) side of doily,
crochet one or two rows of single crochet around edge of doily taking
stitches 1 complete stitch in from edge.
If you like, you may put a scalloped pattern on the second row. This gives
the edge more weight and helps the doily lay flat.
By making a gauge swatch, you can use other types of yarn and adjust sizes
of the circle.

Happy Knitting, Lu in Riverside, Ca.

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