Knitting Pattern: Pair of Eyelets

Pair Of Eyelets (multiple of 16 sts plus 12)

Note: the instructions below are a generic description of how to execute this stitch pattern. For a single repeat, you'd only need twenty-eight stitches. In the example shown, there are a single repeat of the stitch, so to make a swatch that looks like the one shown, you need to cast on 28 stitches.

Rows 1, 3, 5, 7 (WS) P3, k1, *k5, p3, k4, p4; rep from *, end k5, p3. 
Rows 2 and 6 K3, p5, *yo, k2tog, SKP, yo, p4, yo, SKP, k1, p5; rep from *, end p1, k3. 
Rows 4 and 8 K3, p5, *yo, k2tog, SKP, yo, p4, k1, yo, k2tog, p5; rep from *, end p1, k3. 
Rep rows 1-8.

Stitch directions reproduced with permission, from Vogue Knitting Stitchionary: Volume One, Sixth & Spring Books, 2005