BASKET Stitch Pattern
Skill level: beginner. Only knits and purls! You can see more beginner stitch knitting patterns here.
Over a multiple of 10 sts.
WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS ROW BY ROW
The instructions between brackets correspond to the grey coloured part on the chart. Repeat it as many times as needed.
Row 1) (RS) [k2, p7, k1]
Row 2) [p1, k7, p2]
Row 3) [k2, p7, k1]
Row 4) p all sts
Row 5) [p4, k3, p3]
Row 6) [k3, p3, k4]
Row 7) [p4, k3, p3]
Row 8) p all sts
CHARTED INSTRUCTIONS
• Read all odd rows from right to left, and all even rows from left to right.
• Repeat the grey painted part as many times as you need.
This is one of the 12 stitch patterns featured in my BEGINNER SAMPLER BLANKET (the one made during my “12 Blocks for Xmas” KAL in 2018).
You can buy the entire “12 Blocks for Xmas” pattern collection (12 different patterns with some additional features) HERE or in my Etsy Shop.
Hello, Is it possible to use this page as part of a youtube video? I’d like to use it to create a video about reading knitting patterns. I will include a link to your page in the description of my video.
Hello Amanda! Yes, of course you can. Including the link in the description would be great. Please let me know when you upload it, I’d love to see it!! xo,
Cecilia
How much worsted would I need to do a 16″x16″ basketweave pillow with a #8 ndl. I don’t know how to calculate this.
Hi Rochelle! I think you will need around 244 yds for EACH 16”x16” square.