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• How to Knit Flower Bud Lace

  

  Flower bud lace stitch is a beautiful lace stitch that suits spring and summer projects, the stitch goes well with lightweight wool or cotton yarn. To make this elegant stitch, you’ll need the following basic stitches: 1. YO on the knit side and purl side 2. SSK and its purl side equivalent SSP (SSP leans to the left on the right side, just like SSK, so you have to PURL IN THE BACK LOOP when doing it, which may seems a bit weird) 3. K2TOG and its purl side equivalent P2TOG 4. S2KP, also ca... Read More

• How to Knit Striped Box Stitch | English and Continental Style

  

  Striped box stitch combines basket weave stitch with garter ribs. (Flat knitting) Cast on a multiple of 6 stitches (or 3 sts+3) Row 1 (RS): (k3, p3) repeat to end Row 2 – 3: repeat Row 1 Row 4 (WS): purl Row 5 – 6: repeat Row 4 Row 7 (RS): (p3, k3) repeat to end Row 8 – 9: repeat Row 7 Row 10 -12: purl Repeat Row 1-12 to desired length (Circular knitting) Cast on a multiple of 6 stitches (or 3 sts+3) Rnd 1 (RS): (k3, p3) repeat to end Rnd 2 – 3: repeat Rnd 1 Rnd 4 (RS): k... Read More

• How to Knit Checkerboard Garter Stitch | English and Continental Style

  

  Checkerboard garter stitch combines stockinette blocks with garter blocks together to create a textured fabric. In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to knit a 5×5 garter checkerboard. (Flat knitting) Cast on a multiple of 10 stitches (or 5 sts+5) Row 1 (RS): (k5, p5) repeat to end Row 2 (WS): purl Row 3 (RS): repeat Row 1 Row 4 (WS): repeat Row 2 Row 5 (RS): repeat Row 1 Row 6 (WS): (p5, k5) repeat to end Row 7 (RS): knit Row 8 (WS): repeat Row 6 Row 9 (RS): repeat Row 7 Row 10 (WS)... Read More

• How to Knit Checkerboard Seed Stitch | English and Continental Style

  

  Checkerboard stitch is a common type of stitch that has many variations. You combine seed stitch blocks with stockinette stitch blocks to create a seed checkerboard. In this tutorial, I am going to demonstrate how to knit the 4×5 seed checkerboard. (Flat knitting) Cast on a multiple of 8 stitches Row 1 (RS): (k4, p1, k1, p1, k1) repeat to end Row 2 (WS): (k1, p1, k1, p1, p4) repeat to end Row 3 (RS): repeat Row 1 Row 4 (WS): repeat Row 2 Row 5 (RS): repeat Row 1 Row 6 (WS): (p4, p1, k1, p1,... Read More

• How to Knit Stockinette Triangle | English and Continental Style

  

  Stockinette triangle stitch uses knits and purls to create triangle shaped stitches. (Flat knitting) Cast on a multiple of 5 stitches Row 1 (RS): Knit Row 2 (WS): (k1, p4) repeat to end Row 3 (RS): (k3, p2) repeat to end Row 4 (WS): (k3, p2) repeat to end Row 5 (RS): (k1, p4) repeat to end Row 6 (WS): knit Repeat Row 1-6 to desired length (Circular knitting) Cast on a multiple of 5 stitches Rnd 1 (RS): Knit Rnd 2 (RS): (k4, p1) repeat to end Rnd 3 (RS): (k3, p2) repeat to end Rnd 4 (RS): (k2, p3... Read More