© 2018 Irina Ferrer Davydova, ElvesWorld. All rights reserved.
Photo tutorial “Oak leaf ornament”
Designer: Irina Ferrer Davydova
This oak leaf ornament is knitted flat in garter stitch.
The finished leaf is about 14 cm [5.5 inches] length.
Materials needed:
Yarn (see also recommendations below):
– 5 g [0.18 oz] of your choice of yarn for each leaf;
– knitting needles in size 2.5 mm [US1.5],
– crochet hook,
– tapestry needle.
Yarn recommendations:
The pictured sample leaves were made from:
Novita Joki (100% wool; 50 g [1.76 oz] = 105 m [115 yds]) in multi-green-ochre-petrol
color;
Novita Nordic Wool (100% wool; 50g [1.75 oz] = 115 m [125 yds]) in olive green.
You may use any yarn you like (recommended Double knitting (DK) yarn (equivalent
weight in US - light worsted, Australia - 8 ply)), as long as it is of similar yarn weight
and has a comparable fiber content. Softer yarns are better suited.
Please note the needle size recommendations. The author prefers to use needles one or
one-and-a-half sizes smaller than stated on the ball band, which helps to achieve a dense
fabric.
Using yarn of a different yarn weight than that of the pictured sample leaves is also
perfectly acceptable, but will affect the size of the finished ornament.
Stitch patterns used:
Garter stitch – k all rows
Abbreviations used:
RS – right side row
k – knit
p – purl
k2tog – knit two stitches together (1 decreased, right-leaning)
st(s) – stitch(es)
ssk – slip 2 sts to right needle individually, return both to left needle and knit them
together through the back loop (1 decreased, left-leaning)
m1 – pick up the loop between the stitch just worked and the next stitch with left hand
needle then knit into the back of it to make a new stitch.
w&t – wrap and turn (see short row video tutorial in the supplement “useful links”)
wst – knit the wrap and stitch together (see “Knit Wrapped Stitch with its Wrap”
tutorial)
cable cast on – see video tutorial in the supplement “useful links”
The pattern instructions
Cast on 17 sts, leaving a tail of 8 inches.
Row 1: k8, p1, k2, w&t
Row 2 (RS) : k5, w&t
Row 3: k2, p1, k2, wst, w&t
Row 4: k1, ssk, k1, k2tog, wst, w&t
Row 5: k2, p1, k2, wst, w&t
Row 6: k6, wst, w&t
Row 7: k3, p1, k3, wst, w&t
Row 8: k2, ssk, k1, k2tog, k1, wst, w&t
Row 9: k3, p1, k3, wst, w&t
Row 10: k8, wst, w&t
Row 11: k4, p1, k4, wst, k1
Row 12: k11, wst, k1 (13 sts)
Row 13: bind off 3 sts, k2, p1, k6 (10 sts)
Row 14: bind off 3 sts, k6, turn work, cable cast on 10 sts (17 sts)
Row 15: k13, p1, k3, turn work, cable cast on 10 sts (27 sts)
Row 16: k27
Row 17: k13, p1, k13
Row 18: k1, m1, k10, ssk, k1, k2tog, k10, m1, k1 (27 sts)
Row 19: k13, p1, k13
Row 20: k1, ssk, k8, ssk, k1, k2tog, k8, k2tog, k1 (23 sts)
Row 21: k1, m1, k8, ssk, p1, k2tog, k8, m1, k1 (23 sts)
Row 22: ssk, k19, k2tog (21 sts)
Row 23: bind off 5 sts, k4, p1, k10 (16 sts)
Row 24: bind off 5 sts, k10 (11 sts)
Row 25: ssk, k3, p1, k3, k2tog (9 sts)
Row 26: k9, turn work, cable cast on 9 sts (18 sts)
Row 27: k13, p1, k4, turn work, cable cast on 9 sts (27 sts)
Row 28: k27
Row 29: k13, p1, k13
Row 30: k1, m1, k10, ssk, k1, k2tog, k10, m1, k1 (27 sts)
Row 31: k13, p1, k13
Row 32: k1, ssk, k8, ssk, k1, k2tog, k8, k2tog, k1 (23 sts)
Row 33: k1, m1, k8, ssk, p1, k2tog, k8, m1, k1 (23 sts)
Row 34: ssk, k19, k2tog (21 sts)
Row 35: k8, ssk, p1, k2tog, k8 (19 sts)
Row 36: bind off 4 sts, k14 (15 sts)
Row 37: bind off 4 sts, k4, p1, k5 (11 sts)
Row 38: ssk, k7, k2tog (9 sts)
Row 39: ssk, k2, p1, k2, k2tog, turn work, cable cast on 7 sts (14 sts)
Row 40: k14, turn work, cable cast on 7 sts (21 sts)
Row 41: k10, p1, k10
Row 42: k1, m1, k4, ssk, k1, ssk, k1, k2tog, k1, k2tog, k4, m1, k1 (19 sts)
Row 43: k9, p1, k9
Row 44: k1, ssk, k4, ssk, k1, k2tog, k4, k2tog, k1 (15 sts)
Row 45: k1, m1, k2, ssk, ssk, p1, k2tog, k2tog, k2, m1, k1 (13 sts)
Row 46: k13
Row 47: ssk, k4, p1, k4, k2tog (11 sts)
Row 48: bind off 3 sts, k7 (8 sts)
Row 49: bind off 3 sts, k1, p1, k2 (5 sts)
Row 50: k5
Row 51: k1, m1, k1, p1, k1, m1, k1 (7 sts)
Row 52: k7
Row 53: ssk, k1, p1, k1, k2tog (5 sts)
Row 54: k5
Row 55: ssk, p1, k2tog (3 sts)
Bind off 3 sts.
Break the working yarn, pull through the last sts.
Thread the tapestry needle with the 8 inch cast-on tail. With the help of the tapestry
needle, return this end from the cast-on edge to the base of the leaf (as shown in the
photos).
With RS facing, pick up and knit 2 sts from the selvedge at the base of the leaf (as
shown in the photo).
Using i-cord technique, knit 7 rows (see video tutorial in the supplement “useful links”).
Break the working yarn, pull through the remaining 2 sts and pull taut. Weave in
the ends.
Steam-block the leaf through a piece of moistened fabric.
To create an oak leaf garland, use a crochet hook to thread a decorative string through
the base of every leaf at the stem.
Useful links:
How to Knit Short Rows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3BrIMIdO-c
Knit Wrapped Stitch with its Wrap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpUs57uHtGA
The Cable Cast On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtgT64UQMZQ
How to Make 1 (M1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E31Il_LeKs4
How to Knit an I-cord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtEcPORG5Aw
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