Teach Yourself Visually Knitting

GARTER STITCH STRIPE

This pattern is essentially made up of two rows of stockinette stitch and two rows
of garter stitch. It can be worked on any number of stitches. You can also vary the
number of rows of stockinette stitch and garter stitch to create your own stripe
pattern.

1 Row 1 (right side): Knit.

2 Row 2 (wrong side): Purl.

3 Row 3: Knit.

4 Row 4: Knit.

5 Repeat rows 1–4 for garter stitch stripe.

Basic Stitch Patterns

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REVERSE STOCKINETTE STITCH STRIPE

This pattern looks similar to garter stitch stripe, but because the bumpy stripes
are done in reverse stockinette stitch, they are fuller and rounder. You can work
this pattern on any number of stitches.

1 Row 1 (right side): Knit.

2 Row 2 (wrong side): Purl.

3 Row 3: Knit.

4 Row 4: Purl.

5 Row 5: Purl.

6 Row 6: Knit.

7 Repeat rows 1–6 for reverse stockinette stitch stripe.

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