Butterfly Knitting Stitch Pattern
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Music by Ben Sound
Materials:
Yarn Weight: Super Bulky
Yardage: 35-45 yards (32 โ 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 10 +5
Row 1 = Right Side/Front
CO 15 STS
Rows 1 & 3: K5 *K2TOG, YO, K1, YO, S1KW, K1, PSSO, K5*
Rows 2 & 4: *P7, S1PW, P2* P5
Rows 5 & 11: *K*
Rows 6 & 12: *P*
Rows 7 & 9: *K2TOG, YO, K1, YO, S1KW, K1, PSSO, K5* K2TOG, YO, K1, YO, S1KW, K1, PSSO
Rows 8 & 10: *P2, S1PW, P7* P2, S1PW, P2
Repeat rows 1-10, until desired length.
Abbreviations:
*โ * โ repeat between the asterisks
CO โ cast-on (long-tail cast-on method)
K – knit stitches (example: K1 means to knit 1 stitch)
K2TOG โ knit 2 stitches together
P – purl stitches (example: P2 means to purl 2 stitches)
PSSO – pass slipped stitch over
S1KW โ slip one stitch knit-wise
S1PW โ slip one stitch purl-wise
STS โ stitches
YO โ yarn over
Butterfly Knitting Stitch Pattern
Equipment
- Knitting Needles (Recommended Size for Yarn)
Materials
- Any Yarn
Instructions
- CO 15 STS
- Rows 1 & 3: K5 *K2TOG, YO, K1, YO, S1KW, K1, PSSO, K5*
- Rows 2 & 4: *P7, S1PW, P2* P5
- Rows 5 & 11: *K*
- Rows 6 & 12: *P*
- Rows 7 & 9: *K2TOG, YO, K1, YO, S1KW, K1, PSSO, K5* K2TOG, YO, K1, YO, S1KW, K1, PSSO
- Rows 8 & 10: *P2, S1PW, P7* P2, S1PW, P2
- Repeat rows 1-10, until desired length.
Abbreviations
- *โ * โ repeat between the asterisks
- CO โ cast-on (long-tail cast-on method)
- K โ knit stitches (example: K1 means to knit 1 stitch)
- K2TOG โ knit 2 stitches together
- P โ purl stitches (example: P2 means to purl 2 stitches)
- PSSO โ pass slipped stitch over
- S1KW โ slip one stitch knit-wise
- S1PW โ slip one stitch purl-wise
- STS โ stitches
- YO โ yarn over

