Easy Knitting Stitch for Beginners #35
How to knit the Easy Stitch:
Work with a multiple of 12 stitches + 6 + 2 edge stitches.
Cast on 20 stitches (12 + 6 + 2 edge stitches) and work according to the chart.
The chart shows right-side and wrong-side rows.
Numbers at the right edge indicate right-side rows, and numbers at the left edge indicate wrong-side rows.
Read right-side rows from right to left, and wrong-side rows from left to right.
The pattern repeat is 12 stitches wide.
Abbreviation:
k: knit
p: purl
Written instructions, row by row:
Row 1 (right side): 1 edge stitch, *p6, k2, p2, k2*; repeat from * to *; end with p6, 1 edge stitch.
Row 2 (wrong side): 1 edge stitch, p6, *p2, k2, p8*; repeat from * to *; end with 1 edge stitch.
Row 3: 1 edge stitch, *k2, p2, k4, p2, k2*; repeat from * to *; end with k2, p2, k2, 1 edge stitch.
Row 4: 1 edge stitch, p2, k2, p2, *p8, k2, p2*; repeat from * to *; end with 1 edge stitch.
Row 5: 1 edge stitch, *k2, p2, k2, p6*; repeat from * to *; end with k2, p2, k2, 1 edge stitch.
Row 6: 1 edge stitch, p2, k2, p2, *p8, k2, p2*; repeat from * to *; end with 1 edge stitch.
Row 7: 1 edge stitch, *k2, p2, k4, p2, k2*; repeat from * to *; end with k2, p2, k2, 1 edge stitch.
Row 8: 1 edge stitch, p6, *p2, k2, p8*; repeat from * to *; end with 1 edge stitch.
Repeat Rows 1–8 throughout.
