How to knit
5b
K5B Knit 5 Below Stitch - Bubble Stitch - Pixiebell
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hi everyone Diane from pixie Bell here
today want to tell you a little bit
about the k5b or knit five below stitch
that you might have seen in my book I
should say my first book because I have
another book that will be coming out
soon
knit beanies in slouchy hats by me this
particular hat I'm referring to is this
one the grape jelly fish and in the
instructions for this hat it explains
the knit 5 below now I'm working on a
sample right now that is a different hat
this is sort of the same idea for the
crown but this one is a just going to be
a beanie
I might even be a slouchy beanie haven't
quite decided how long I'm going to make
it yet but this uses the knit 5 below
now some people might refer to it as the
bubble stitch or a bobble stitch I've
heard puff stitch I've heard dimple
stitch but they're all the mid five
below stitch so to do a knit 5 below I
explained it one way in the book but I'm
going to explain it a different way as
well that I think might be a little
easier for some people so the way I did
it in the book was like this you take
the next stitch you take it off the
needle and you're going to basically rip
out four stitches and make four ladders
so you're ripping out one two three and
four so you have these four ladders
right here and then here's your new live
stitch which is five stitches below
where it was what I did in the book to
explain it was I said to take your right
needle and put it through that stitch
and then put the other the latter
stitches on top of it basically and then
knit through
with your working yarn over your right
needle and through the stitch and what
that does is it creates this sort of
elongated stitch with these latter
pieces sort of trapped up at the top I
think that seems a little confusing to
some people so let me show you a
slightly different way in pattern next
you're going to knit three stitches so
let's knit those three and get them out
of the way okay and then here's that
stitch you made you can see a little bit
better here where it is you can see
where that's the long it is stitch and
then the gathered for ladders up there
so the new way that I tried to explain
to people now which I think it makes
more sense because you're doing your
work on your left needle which is where
you would normally do your work you're
going to begin the same way and you're
going to drop that stitch off and drop
it down one two three four ladders
you're going to grab that live stitch
and bring it up and put it on your left
needle and then you have your four
ladders right here and basically you're
just going to plop them on top of your
needle like that where it's like a one
big chunky live stitch and then you're
going to knit through that new live
stitch and the whole big chunk of for
latter pieces so you just knit through
it and it makes the exact same elongated
stitch with the four ladder pieces
trapped in it so let's try it one more
time do the next three knit stitches
and okay take your stitch drop it off
but hang on to it
don't lose it and pull out one two three
four this particular yarn is a little
fiddly it it has some wool in it so it
likes to UM it starts to kind of stick
together a little bit so you're gonna
stick this live stitch back on your left
needle and then you're going to take
your four stitches your four ladders and
just plop them back over that needle and
then knit through the new stitch see
you're going through the new stitch and
through all four of those latter pieces
and there you go and you can see how the
baubles start to form
like little pups and the reason they do
that is because you made this stitch
really tight and then these pieces
around it these stockinette parts have
more fabric than this part has so this
is gonna dimple in and this is gonna
puff out and make those pretty bauble
puff stitches so I hope that explains it
see ya
