Wiesenkerbel

Wiesenkerbel is a pretty lace border for a handkerchief or tablecloth/doily. Size depends on the size of thread or yarn and needles you use. As far as I can tell it was originally published in 1950, and has been reprinted in a couple of other publications. You can see it here.

This graceful work is a lace edging attached to a linen center. Cast on 280 stitches and join into a round.

  • Round 1: knit 34 stitches, place marker, knit 34 stitches place marker, knit 2 (corner stitches), place marker. Repeat three more times, and use a different color or style marker at the end of the round, to mark the beginning of the next round.
  • Rounds 2 - 4: Knit all stiches, slipping the markers when you come to them.
  • Begin following the chart at Round 5. When you come to the corner stitches, knit the stitches surrounded by red lines an additional time to form the corner.
  • Once the lace square is complete, bind off with a crochet hook. The original pattern gives no instructions for this, except to chain 9 stitches between decreases. So, you can maybe decrease 5 stitches into 1 with a crochet hook, and then chain 9 after each decrease. Join the last ch9 to the first dec.
  • Block the square lace frame and starch it lightly. Pin and baste the lace square to a square of linen. Carefully stitch down the cast-on edge to the linen cloth, using the same thread or yarn you knitted with. Turn over the fabric and lace, and carefully trim along the stitching, leaving a narrow seam allowance, about 3/8" or 10 mm. Roll that seam allowance under to hide the raw edge and sew it down with tiny stitches. Press and display proudly. And share a photo with me on Ravelry!
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