I used Knit Picks KnitPicks Heatherly Worsted (80% Acrylic, 20% Merino Wool) in the Lilac colorway and a US#8 (5.0 mm) needle.

This one just needed to be in our STEM issue!

Spindles are so STEM. Each cross-section is a circle (remember your high school geometry?). And the changing sizes can be calculated as the length of the circumference.

But the nice thing is – all of this has been taken care of in the stitches. All you need to do is knit it.

Latticed Spindle, Chart

Latticed Spindle, written directions

Row 1 (RS): P10, k4, p10. (24 sts)

Row 2 (WS): K10, p4, k10. 

Row 3: P10, m1r, k4, m1l, p10. (26 sts)

Row 4: K10, p6, k10. 

Row 5: P10, k1, m1r, k4, m1l, k1, p10. (28 sts)

Row 6: K10, p8, k10. 

Row 7: P8, 2/2 RPC, k4, 2/2 LPC, p8. 

Row 8: K8, p2, k2, p4, k2, p2, k8. 

Row 9: P6, 2/2 RPC, p1, 2/1 RPC, 2/1 LPC, p1, 2/2 LPC, p6. 

Row 10: K6, p2, k3, p2, k2, p2, k3, p2, k6. 

Row 11: P4, 2/2 RPC, p2, 2/1 RPC, p2, 2/1 LPC, p2, 2/2 LPC, p4. 

Row 12: (K4, p2) × 4, k4. 

Row 13: (P4, k2) × 4, p4. 

Row 14: Repeat row 12. 

Row 15: P3, (1/1 RPC, 1/1 LPC, p2) × 3, 1/1 RPC, 1/1 LPC, p3. 

Row 16: K3, (p1, k2) × 7, p1, k3. 

Row 17: P2, (1/1 RPC, p2, 1/1 LPC) × 4, p2. 

Row 18: K2, p1, (k4, p2) × 3, k4, p1, k2. 

Row 19: P2, k1, (p4, 1/1 RC) × 3, p4, k1, p2. 

Row 20: Repeat row 18. 

Row 21: P2, (1/1 LPC, p2, 1/1 RPC) × 4, p2. 

Row 22: Repeat row 16. 

Row 23: P3, (1/1 LPC, 1/1 RPC, p2) × 3, 1/1 LPC, 1/1 RPC, p3. 

Row 24: Repeat row 12. 

Row 25: Repeat row 13. 

Row 26: Repeat row 12. 

Row 27: P4, 2/2 LPC, p2, 2/1 LPC, p2, 2/1 RPC, p2, 2/2 RPC, p4. 

Row 28: Repeat row 10. 

Row 29: P6, 2/2 LPC, p1, 2/1 LPC, 2/1 RPC, p1, 2/2 RPC, p6. 

Row 30: Repeat row 8. 

Row 31: P8, 2/2 LPC, k4, 2/2 RPC, p8. 

Row 32: Repeat row 6. 

Row 33: P10, k1, k2tog, k2, ssk, k1, p10. (26 sts)

Row 34: K10, p7, k9. 

Row 35: P9, k1, k2tog, k2, ssk, p10. (24 sts)

Row 36: Repeat row 2.