Skill: Intermediate

Aster flower: Slip 5 sts to right-hand needle dropping extra loops, slip these 5 sts back to left- hand needle, (purl 1, yarn over, purl 1, yarn over , purl 1) into all 5 sts together.

Pattern
Color A, cast on a multiple of 6 stitches, plus 1.
Row 1 (WS): Color A, knit.
Row 2 (RS): Color B, slip 1, *(knit the next stitch wrapping the yarn twice around the needle) 5 times, slip 1*
Row 3: Color B, slip 1, *Aster flower, slip 1*
Row 4: Color A, knit 6, *knit 1 with the loose strand behind, knit 5*, last st, knit 1.
Row 5: Color A, knit.
Row 6: Color B, slip 4, *(knit the next stitch wrapping the yarn twice around the needle) 5 times, slip 1*, last 3 sts, slip3,
Row 7: Color B, slip 4, *Aster flower, slip 1*, last 3 sts, slip 3..
Row 8: Color A, knit 9, *knit 1 with the loose strand behind, knit 5*, last 4 sts, knit 4.
Row 9: Color A, knit.
Repeat rows 2-9.