Basketweave Stitch Pattern

Basketweave Swatch

Whether you knit this pattern single or double thickness, it is a pleasing geometric. Try it with a varigated yarn with short lengths of individual colors.

The image on this page is of the beginning of the swatch described on the How To page.

Basketweave Stitch Pattern for Single Knitting

  In multiples of 10 stitches:

  Row  1:    Knit 
  Row  2:    Purl 5, Knit 5
  Rows 3-8:  Repeat Rows 1-2, 3 more times
  Row  9:    Knit
  Row 10:    Knit 5, Purl 5 
  Row 11-16: Repeat Rows 9-10, 3 more times

Notes

• Try experimenting with your own variations. My version has a mix of garter and stockingette stitches. You could use stockingette and reverse stockingette stitches, moss stitch variations or whatever strikes your fancy. You might even decided to go with a 'happy accident.'

• My 'blocks' have a ratio of 5 stitches to 8 rows. Change yours to the ratio best suited to your yarn, stitch pattern and finished item.