Overlapping Waves Knitting Stitch Pattern
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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 6 stitches, plus 4
Row 1 = Right Side/Front
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CO 22 STS
Row 1: K2 * YO, SSK, K4* YO, SSK
Row 2, 4, 6, 8, 10: *P*
Row 3: K2, * YO, K1, SSK, K3* YO, SSK
Row 5: K2, * YO, K2, SSK, K2* YO, SSK
Row 7: K2, * YO, K3, SSK, K1* YO, SSK
Row 9: K2, * YO, K4, SSK* YO, SSK
Repeat rows 1-10 until desired length.
Abbreviations:
*– * – repeat between the asterisks
CO – cast-on (long-tail cast-on method)
K – knit stitches (example: K1 means to knit 1 stitch)
P – purl stitches (example: P2 means to purl 2 stitches)
SSK – slip, slip, knit, Slip the first stitch to the right needle knit-wise, slip the second stitch to the right needle knit-wise, insert the left needle into the back of the 2 slipped stitches and knit together.
STS – stitches
YO – yarn over
Overlapping Waves Knitting Stitch Pattern
Equipment
- Knitting Needles (Recommended Size for Yarn)
Materials
- Any Yarn
Instructions
- CO 22 STS
- Row 1: K2 * YO, SSK, K4* YO, SSK
- Row 2, 4, 6, 8, 10: *P*
- Row 3: K2, * YO, K1, SSK, K3* YO, SSK
- Row 5: K2, * YO, K2, SSK, K2* YO, SSK
- Row 7: K2, * YO, K3, SSK, K1* YO, SSK
- Row 9: K2, * YO, K4, SSK* YO, SSK
- Repeat rows 1-10 until desired length.
Abbreviations
- *– * – repeat between the asterisks
- CO – cast-on (long-tail cast-on method)
- K – knit stitches (example: K1 means to knit 1 stitch)
- P – purl stitches (example: P2 means to purl 2 stitches)
- SSK – slip, slip, knit, Slip the first stitch to the right needle knit-wise, slip the second stitch to the right needle knit-wise, insert the left needle into the back of the 2 slipped stitches and knit together.
- STS – stitches
- YO – yarn over