Criss-Cross Basket Weave 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 2
Row 1 = Right Side/Front
CO 12 STS
Row 1: *Cross 2 LK*
Row 2: P1 *Cross 2 RP* P1
Repeat rows 1-2, until desired length.
Note: On my swatch I did a Row 0: *K1, P1* and then I bound-off in the K1, P1 pattern to keep it from curling up.
Abbreviations:
*– * – repeat between the asterisks
CO – cast-on (long-tail cast-on method)
Cross 2 LK: Knit into the back of the second stitch, and then the back of the first stitch and then slip both off.
Cross 2 RP: Purl into the front of the second stitch, and then the front of the first stitch and then slip both off.
K – knit stitches (example: K1 means to knit 1 stitch)
P – purl stitches (example: P2 means to purl 2 stitches)
STS – stitches
YO – yarn over
Criss-Cross Basket Weave Knitting Stitch Pattern
Equipment
- Knitting Needles (Recommended Size for Yarn)
Materials
- Any Yarn
Instructions
- CO 12 STS
- Row 1: *Cross 2 LK*
- Row 2: P1 *Cross 2 RP* P1
- Repeat rows 1-2, until desired length.
Abbreviations
- *– * – repeat between the asterisks
- CO – cast-on (long-tail cast-on method)
- Cross 2 LK: Knit into the back of the second stitch, and then the back of the first stitch and then slip both off.
- Cross 2 RP: Purl into the front of the second stitch, and then the front of the first stitch and then slip both off.
- K – knit stitches (example: K1 means to knit 1 stitch)
- P – purl stitches (example: P2 means to purl 2 stitches)
- STS – stitches
- YO – yarn over