Relief Checkerboard Stitch #68
How to knit the Relief Checkerboard Stitch:
Work with a multiple of 18 stitches + 9 + 2 edge stitches.
Cast on 29 stitches (18 + 9 + 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 18 stitches wide.
Abbreviation:
k: knit stitch
p: purl stitch
Written row-by-row instructions:
Row 1 (right side): knit all stitches.
Row 2 (wrong side): 1 edge stitch, p9, * (k1, p1) 4 times, k1, p9 *; repeat from * to *; end with 1 edge stitch.
Row 3: 1 edge stitch, * p9, k9 *; repeat from * to *; end with p9, 1 edge stitch.
Row 4: 1 edge stitch, k9, * (k1, p1) 4 times, k10 *; repeat from * to *; end with 1 edge stitch.
Row 5: knit all stitches.
Row 6: work as for Row 2.
Row 7: work as for Row 3.
Row 8: work as for Row 4.
Row 9: knit all stitches.
Row 10: work as for Row 2.
Row 11: work as for Row 3.
Row 12: work as for Row 4.
Row 13: knit all stitches.
Row 14: purl all stitches.
Row 15: 1 edge stitch, * k9, p9 *; repeat from * to *; end with k9, 1 edge stitch.
Row 16: 1 edge stitch, p9, * k9, p9 *; repeat from * to *; end with 1 edge stitch.
Row 17: work as for Row 15.
Row 18: work as for Row 16.
Row 19: knit all stitches.
Row 20: purl all stitches.
Repeat Rows 1-20 throughout.
