FAIR ISLE SNOWFLAKE ORNAMENT
With A, cast on 6 sts.
Row 1: Purl.
Row 2: K in front and back of each st across – 12 sts.
Rows 3, 5, 7, 9 , 11 and 13: With A, purl.
Row 4: With A, *M1, k1, rep from * – 24 sts.
Row 6: With A, *M1, k2, rep from * across – 36 sts.
Row 8: With A, *M1, k3, rep from * across – 48 sts.
Row 10: With A, *M1, k4, rep from * across – 60 sts.
Row 12: With A, *M1, k5, rep from * across – 72 sts.
Row 14: With A, knit, increase 5 sts evenly spaced across – 77 sts.
Row 15: With A, purl.
Row 16: With A, k2; *work Row 1 of chart across next 23 sts, with A, k2, rep from * 2 times more.
Continue as established, working in Stockinette st (k on RS, p on WS), following chart and keeping first and last 2 sts, and 2 sts between each chart rep in A, until 23 rows of chart have been completed.
Next Row: With A, purl.
Next Row: With A, knit, decrease 5 sts evenly spaced across – 72 sts.
Next Row: With A, purl.
Next Row: With A, *K4, k2tog, rep from * across – 60 sts.
Next Row: With A, purl.
Next Row: With A, *K3, k2tog, rep from * across – 48 sts.
Next Row: With A, purl.
Next Row: With A, *K2, k2tog, rep from * across – 36 sts.
Next Row: With A, purl.
Next Row: With A, *K1, k2tog, rep from * across – 24 sts.
Next Row: With A, purl.
Next Row: With A, *K2tog, rep from * across – 12 sts.
Next Row: With A, purl.
Rep last 2 rows once more – 6 sts.
Next Row: Change to double pointed needles. With A, k2tog across – 3 sts.
Hanging Loop
Do not turn work. Slide sts to other end of needle and k3.
Continue to slide sts to other end of needle and k3 until cord measures about 7 in (18 cm). Bind off. Sew bound-off end of cord to beginning to make loop.
FINISHING
Wrap piece around foam ball and sew seam, drawing in sts of bound-off and cast-on edges. Sew bound off end of cord to top of Ornament.
Weave in ends.
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