Wavy Openwork

By Tabetha Hedrick

Instagram handle: @tabismiles

Tabetha Hedrick is a knitwear designer and writer raising a family just outside the Great Smoky Mountains in eastern Tennessee. As the design director for SweetGeorgia Yarns, her days (and heart) are filled to the brim with knitting, art, writing, editing, planning, and finding ways to put it all together. In the midst of that fiber-filled life, you’ll find her living simply in the sweet spot where creativity, discovery, parenthood, and life intertwine.

Inspiration: I love lace as much as anyone, but I wanted to step away from the traditional leaf lace or feather & fan for something more modern. Lace takes on a whole new dimension when working eyelets and decreases on every row. Not only does it provide constant fun, but the final look is stunning in its sophistication. 

Tip: When it comes to planning projects, the trick is to break it down into all the baby steps. With paper and pen, set the timer for 15 minutes, and just brain dump all the tiny tasks that the project needs to be completed. Use that list to plug into your daily to-do list! 

Finished Stitch Block Measurements

8 x 8 inch /20 x 20cm stitch block square, blocked (including garter stitch borders)

Materials

Worsted weight yarn

Size 7 (4.5mm) needles

Gauge

17 sts and 25 rows = 4 inches/10cm in Wavy Openwork stitch pattern

Wavy Openwork Pattern (multiple of 9 sts)

Row 1 (RS): K7, k2tog, yo. 9 sts.

Row 2 (WS): Yo, p1, p2tog, p6. 

Row 3: K5, k2tog, k2, yo. 

Row 4: Yo, p3, p2tog, p4. 

Row 5: K3, k2tog, k4, yo. 

Row 6: Yo, p5, p2tog, p2. 

Row 7: K1, k2tog, k6, yo. 

Row 8: Yo, p7, p2tog. 

Row 9: K1, yo, k2tog, k6. 

Row 10: P5, p2tog, p1, yo, p1. 

Row 11: K1, yo, k2, k2tog, k4. 

Row 12: P3, p2tog, p3, yo, p1. 

Row 13: K1, yo, k4, k2tog, k2. 

Row 14: P1, p2tog, p5, yo, p1. 

Row 15: K1, yo, k6, k2tog. 

Row 16: Yo, p2tog, p7. 

Row 17: K6, k2tog, k1, yo. 

Row 18: Yo, p2, p2tog, p5. 

Row 19: K4, k2tog, k3, yo. 

Row 20: Yo, p4, p2tog, p3. 

Row 21: K2, k2tog, k5, yo. 

Row 22: Yo, p6, p2tog, p1. 

Row 23: K2tog, k7, yo. 

Row 24: P6, p2tog, yo, p1. 

Row 25: K1, yo, k1, k2tog, k5. 

Row 26: P4, p2tog, p2, yo, p1. 

Row 27: K1, yo, k3, k2tog, k3. 

Row 28: P2, p2tog, p4, yo, p1. 

Row 29: K1, yo, k5, k2tog, k1. 

Row 30: P2tog, p6, yo, p1. 

Rep Rows 1-30 for patt.

Stitch Block Instructions

Top Garter Stitch Edging

CO 33 sts.

Knit 5 rows.

Square Body

Change to pattern as follows: 

Row 1 (RS): K3, work Wavy Openwork patt Row 1 to last 3 sts, k3.

Row 2 (WS): K3, work Wavy Openwork patt Row 2 to last 3 sts, k3. 

Continue in Wavy Openwork pattern as established (knitting the first and last 3 sts of every row), repeating Rows 1-30, until block measures a finished length of 7½ inches/19cm in length, ending with a RS row. 

Bottom Garter Stitch Edging

Knit 5 rows. 

BO all sts loosely.