See pattern 422.
It is also possible to do cloth stitch for the top and bottom areas, and cloth stitch and twist for the two long central rows.
See pattern 422.
A scallop is a common Torchon headside made of cloth stitch and twist. A mixed scallop is exactly the same, only worked in a mixture of stitches.
Click here for an animation of how to make a scallop. I suggest that you do some conventional scallops (using cloth stitch and twist) before trying this variant.
Work the first part of the scallop in cloth stitch (like a cloth scallop). When you work the central two rows (which are the longest rows), work those in cloth stitch and twist.
See cloth scallop for what to do about the edge pins.
In this example, the dark blue pair are the workers for the cloth stitch part of the scallop. The pale blue edge pair get swapped with the dark blue pair to become the workers for the two central rows. This gives quite a strong effect. However, if you wish, you can keep the same pair of workers throughout.
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