Pod Cocoon pattern

Decrease 5: slip 2 sts as if to knit, purl 3 sts together, pass 2 slipped stiches over.
M1 - Make one: Knit 1 under running thread between the st just worked and the next st.

Worked Flat

Cast on a multiple of 8 stitches + 1.

  • Row 1 – Right side: K1, *p5, k1, p1, k1; work from * to end.
  • Row 2 – Wrong side: P1, *m1, (k1, p1, k1) in next stitch, m1, p1, decrease 5, p1; work from * to end.
  • Row 3: K1, *p1, k1, p5, k1; work from * to end.
  • Row 4: P1, *k5, p1, k1, p1; work from * to end.
  • Row 5: K1, *p1, k1, p5, k1; work from * to end.
  • Row 6: P1, *k5, p1, k1, p1; work from * to end.
  • Row 7: K1, *p1, k1, p5, k1; work from * to end.
  • Row 8: P1, *decrease 5, p1, m1, (k1, p1, k1) in next stitch, m1, p1; work from * to end.
  • Row 9: K1, *p5, k1, p1, k1; work from * to end.
  • Row 10: P1, *k1, p1, k5, p1; work from * to end.
  • Row 11: K1, *p5, k1, p1, k1; work from * to end.
  • Row 12: P1, *k1, p1, k5, p1; work from * to end.

Repeat rows 1–12.