In celebration of WeeCare and SAGA, I share with my blog readers this WeeCare Bonnet smocking design.
WEECARE Bonnet
Smocking Plate
This design covers 140 pleats.
Pleat 5 rows. Use halfspaces for precision smocking, although counts are based on full rows.
Use 2 strands of floss throughout.
1. R3: Begin with an under cable, Cable3.
2 step, quarter trellis up to R2.5.
Cable1 on R2.5.
2 step, quarter trellis down to R3.
Cable 3 on R3.
Repeat to the end of the pleats. You should have 13 peaks.
2. R3: Begin with an over cable, Cable 3.
2 step, quarter trellis down to R3.5.
Cable 1 on R3.5.
2 step, quarter trellis up to R3.
Cable 3 on R3, butting up against the previous stitches.
3. Skipping the first pleat...
R3: Cable 1, under cable, directly over the center cable on the previously place cables.
4 step, quarter trellis up to R2.
Cable 1 on R2.
4 step, quarter trellis down to R3.
Cable 1, again, directly over the center cable on the previously place stitches.
Repeat across, ending with a single cable, one pleat in from the edge.
4. Repeat the above stitch UNDER the previously placed stitches on R3, working from R3 down to R4.
5. Cable stitch R2. Begin with an over cable.
6. Cable stitch R4. Begin with an under cable.
7. Cable 3, beginning with an under cable.
Trellis 2 one-eighth steps (tiny!) up to R1.75.
Cable 1 on R1.75.
Trellis 2 down to R2.
Cable 3.
Continue across.
8. Cable 3, beginning with an over cable.
Trellis 2 one-eighth steps down to R4.25.
Cable 1.
etc across.
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