Flax Flower Reticule by Stephenie Gaustad

Flax Flower Reticule

Knitting
December 2013
Thread ?
30 stitches and 66 rows = 4 inches
in Garter st
US 1 - 2.25 mm
300 yards (274 m)
6.25"x 4.25"
English

The Flax Flower Reticule is knitted in garter eyelet, an homage to knit patterns of the era. Each reticule is worked flat as a series of panels. The reticule is worked sideways with the garter rows running up and down the finished piece. Shaping at the bottom is accomplished with short-rows. The ties are threaded through eyelets at the fold line, and eyelets along the top edges suggest leaf and flower petals. The Flax Flower Reticule, has five panels with the welt in reverse stockinette.

Closely related to The Cotton Boll Reticule has three panels, and the welt is in stockinette.