Herringbone Relief Stitch Pattern #67
How to knit the Herringbone Relief Stitch:
Work with a multiple of 15 stitches + 2 + 2 edge stitches.
Cast on 19 stitches (15 + 2 + 2 edge stitches) and work according to the chart.
The chart shows right-side and wrong-side rows.
The numbers at the right edge indicate right-side rows, and those 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 15 stitches wide.
Abbreviation:
k: knit stitch
p: purl stitch
C2B (k1+k1): skip 1 st, knit 2nd st before first st, without dropping from LH needle, knit the first st, drop both sts from LH needle
C2F (k1+k1): knit through the back loop 2nd st behind first st, without dropping from LH needle, knit the first st, drop both sts from LH needle
C2Bp (p1+p1): purl 2nd st before first st, without dropping from LH needle, purl first, drop both sts from LH needle together
C2Fp (p1+p1): purl 2nd st from behind without dropping from LH needle, purl first, drop both sts from LH needle together
Written row-by-row instructions:
Row 1 (right side): 1 edge stitch, * p2, k4, C2B twice, C2F twice, k1 *; repeat from * to *; end with p2, 1 edge stitch.
Row 2 (wrong side): 1 edge stitch, k2, * C2Fp twice, p2, C2Bp twice, p3, k2 *; repeat from * to *; end with 1 edge stitch.
Row 3: 1 edge stitch, * p2, k2, C2B twice, C2F, k5 *; repeat from * to *; end with p2, 1 edge stitch.
Row 4: 1 edge stitch, k2, * p4, C2Fp twice, C2Bp twice, p1, k2 *; repeat from * to *; end with 1 edge stitch.
Row 5: 1 edge stitch, * p2, C2B twice, k2, C2F twice, k3 *; repeat from * to *; end with p2, 1 edge stitch.
Row 6: 1 edge stitch, k2, * p2, C2Fp twice, C2Bp, p5, k2 *; repeat from * to *; end with 1 edge stitch.
Repeat these 6 rows for pattern.
