Wasps Nest Knitting Stitch Pattern
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Music by Ben Sound
Materials:
Yarn Weight: Super Bulky
Yardage: 35-45 yards (32 – 41 meters)
Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick
Needle Size: US 11 (8mm) Knitting Needles
Super Bulky Yarn Substitute Options:
- Lion Brand Hometown Yarn (acrylic option)
- Lion Brand Re-Spun Thick & Quick
- Cascade Yarns Pacific Chunky
- Hobbii Umami
- Rico Designs Creative Twist
- Rowan Big Wool (100% wool)
- Yarn Bee Dream Supreme
- Paint Box Yarns Wool Blend Super Chunky
Check out Yarnsub’s for more yarn substitutions.
Pattern:
CO in multiples of 4 stitches
Row 1 = Right Side/Front
CO 12 STS
Row 1: *CR, CL*
Row 2: *P*
Row 3: *CL, CR*
Row 4: *P*
Repeat rows 1-4, until desired length.
Abbreviations:
*– * – repeat between the asterisks
CO – cast-on (long-tail cast-on method)
CR – knit into the front of the second stitch, and then the front of the first stitch and then slip both stitches off.
CL – knit into the back of the second stitch, and then the back of the first stitch and then slip both off.
P – purl stitches (example: P2 means to purl 2 stitches)
STS – stitches
Wasps Nest Knitting Stitch Pattern
Equipment
- Knitting Needles (Recommended Size for Yarn)
Materials
- Any Yarn
Instructions
- CO 12 STS
- Row 1: *CR, CL*
- Row 2: *P*
- Row 3: *CL, CR*
- Row 4: *P*
- Repeat rows 1-4, until desired length.
Abbreviations
- *– * – repeat between the asterisks
- CO – cast-on (long-tail cast-on method)
- CR – knit into the front of the second stitch, and then the front of the first stitch and then slip both stitches off.
- CL – knit into the back of the second stitch, and then the back of the first stitch and then slip both off.
- P – purl stitches (example: P2 means to purl 2 stitches)
- STS – stitches

