Basketweave Ribbing Stitch #22
How to knit the Basketweave Ribbing Stitch:
Work with a multiple of 6 stitches + 5 + 2 edge stitches.
Cast on 19 stitches (6 + 6 + 5 + 2 edge stitches) and work according to chart.
The chart shows right-side and wrong-side rows.
Numbers at the right edge indicate right-side rows, at the left edge wrong-side rows.
Read right-side rows from right to left, wrong-side rows from left to right.
The pattern repeat is 6 stitches wide.
Begin with 1 edge stitch, repeat the pattern repeat throughout, end with 5 stitches after the repeat and 1 edge stitch.
Abbreviations:
k = knit stitch
p = purl stitch
slip wyib = slip 1 stitch purlwise with yarn in back
slip wyif = slip 1 stitch purlwise with yarn in front
Written row-by-row instructions:
Row 1 (right side): 1 edge stitch, * p2, k1, p2 *; repeat from * to *; end with p2, k1, p2, 1 edge stitch.
Row 2 (wrong side): 1 edge stitch, k2, p1, k2, * p1, k2, p1, k2 *; repeat from * to *; end with 1 edge stitch.
Row 3: 1 edge stitch, * p1, slip 3 wyif, p1, k1 *; repeat from * to *; end with p1, slip 3 wyif, p1, 1 edge stitch.
Row 4: 1 edge stitch, k1, slip 3 wyib, k1, * p1, k1, slip 3 wyib, k1 *; repeat from * to *; end with 1 edge stitch.
Row 5: work as Row 1.
Row 6: work as Row 2.
Row 7: 1 edge stitch, p2, k1, * p1, slip 3 wyif, p1, k1 *; repeat from * to *; end with p2, 1 edge stitch.
Row 8: 1 edge stitch, k2, * p1, k1, slip 3 wyib, k1 *; repeat from * to *; end with p1, k2, 1 edge stitch.
Repeat Rows 1–8 throughout.
