How to knit
A Basket Weave Blanket
How to Knit the Basket Weave Stitch
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hey there are you ready to learn a
stitch in one sitting
it is possible my friend this basket
weave stitch is perfect for just about
any project where texture is a must and
it's really quite simple to learn so
I'll walk you through from cast on to
bind off and everything in between
so keep watching alright so the first
thing you'll do is cast on a multiple of
six plus two and then we're gonna add
two edge stitches so for this little
swatch that I'm working on I'm using the
long tail cast on you can really use any
method you prefer but I am going to cast
on eighteen
that's my multiple of six and then I
will add too that brings me to twenty
and then I will add an edge stitch for
each side and that will give me 22
stitches
now we'll be tracking 12 different rows
for the stitch pattern multiple a lot of
them are very similar so don't be
intimidated by that it's a pretty simple
stitch pattern for all of your row one
we're just going to knit every stitch
you
now for all of your road to in your
repeat we're just going to purl every
stitch so don't forget to flip your
needle so that you're inserting it in
the opposite direction and purl every
stitch
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now for Euro 3 repeat we'll do a little
bit of alternating between nits and
pearls to get that basket weave pattern
we're always going to knit our edge
stitches so what that means is just knit
your first stitch we're always going to
knit your last stitch from here our
repeat is to knit two
and then purl for
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and simply repeat that until you get to
the last three stitches in your row
now let's take a quick glance here so
you can read your knitting if this is a
little unfamiliar to you if you have to
put this down you really need to know
where you're picking up so if you're
looking at your stitches and you can
sort of see the little V there that's
how you know those are knits and when
you're looking at these see how they're
they sort of have little bars right
underneath the needle those are pearls
so I've made two knits I've made two
pearls so far that way if I were to pick
this back up I know I would need to make
two more pearls because my repeat is
knit two purl four
and there you can see those four bars
for pearls ready to go
now when you have a three remaining on
your last needle here we're ready to
work just this last a little repeat
we're still sort of doing the same
stitch repeat we're going to knit two
but we're breaking it up here because
remember we're always knitting those
edge stitches and so we're going to knit
this last stitch as well now for Row 4
we're going to knit the knits and purl
the pearls I have three pearls here that
means I'm going to purl them
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then I'll come to four knits
I will knit all four of them
so basically flipping our stitch pattern
here before we had two knits and four
pearls now we're basically just doing
two pearls for minutes
now Row 5 is a repeat of Row 3 what
you'll do is knit both of your edge
stitches so your first in your last and
then will knit 2 purl 4
now row six is a repeat of Row 4 this is
where we're going to knit our knits and
purl our pearls again we're starting
here with three pearls because those
last three on the previous row were
three knits so we're just looking at the
reverse here of each of those stitches
and working in the manner that they
present that's some lingo that you might
see on patterns and that's all that
means is that when you see a purl you
purl it when you see a knit you knit it
you
all right now for row seven we're going
to knit all stitches and by the way
you're odd-numbered rows is the right
side of the work so as I'm looking at
this this is the right side of the work
one thing I'll note about this though is
that it's technically not a reversible
stitch pattern meaning it doesn't look
exactly the same on both sides but it is
reversible in the sense that it still
looks like a basket weave on either side
but because the stitches are opposite of
one another it just looks a little
different from one side to the next but
it still looks good enough to make like
a scarf or something like that out of
this stitch pattern now for row eight
we're going to purl all of our stitches
you
you
all right now we just have a few more
rows to go in our pattern repeat
we're on row nine now and we're going to
knit both of our edge stitches so that
means we're going to knit the first and
the last stitch then from here our
repeat for this row is to purl three
you
you
knit to
and purl one
then we'll repeat that until there are
three stitches remaining
from there you will purl those two
second-to-last stitches and then you're
going to knit your edge stitch
now with that row we've made the
transition so you'll start start to see
the stitch pattern take on more of a
basket weave look now after this point
now moving on to row ten we are going to
purl our pearls and knit our knits so my
first one here is a purl
I will purl that stitch
so I had my three knits there so I will
knit them
now I'm followed by two pearls so I will
purl those two
remember to look for those bars and the
V's when you're trying to figure out
what is a knit and a purl if you pull
the work down on this first row after
the transition it's a little harder to
see the V's but if you just sort of pull
down then you can see those a little
more clearly and the bars for the pearls
they kind of stand out like a sore thumb
so you can't really miss those
now row 11 is a repeat of row 9 we're
going to knit our edge stitches so first
and last and then we will do the repeat
purl three knit two purl one we'll
repeat that to the last three stitches
in our row
and for the last two we will purl two
and knit that edge stitch
now for row 12 we will knit our knits
and purl our pearls
you
from this point what you'll need to do
is repeat rows 1 through 12 over and
over until your project is as long as
you want it and when it is you're ready
to bind off now I like to bind off on
Row 1 for this pattern because it's
really the most simple row in the whole
pattern repeat and it sort of keeps
things complete so we're not breaking up
the stitch pattern so if you remember
Row 1 we're knitting every stitch so
when you bind off we're still doing that
but of course we need to find the
stitches off as we go so knit your first
two stitches and then pull the first one
over that second one and that will bind
off that stitch and then you will knit
the next stitch pass it over and repeat
that
you
now I would love to hear from you in the
comment section what projects do you
plan on making with this ditch pattern
and is there any patterns that you would
recommend that I tried to teach using
the stitch pattern leave that in the
comment section below I would love to
read that and love to know what you
would like to create with the stitch
pattern
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