Knit Bifurcation

I based Knit Bifurcation and Fibonacci Downpour on Anne Lorenz-Panzer’s knitted shawl pattern Not a Drop, released under her professional label Arlene's World of Lace. Her original shawl is rectangular with a distinctive teardrop stitch pattern. Since the drop shapes are formed by bifurcating and then rejoining the vertical lines of stitches, I became curious about ways to decouple the bifurcations and merges to form branched designs.

Here, the vertical stitch lines double at regular intervals. The teardrop shapes double as leaves and rain.