- [Kristen] Let's make a stitch pattern.
This is the ripple twist stitch.
It's a knit and purl pattern, which is a easy level knit.
It is just one step up from a beginner level knit.
It is a combination of knits and purls
and it creates a unique basket weave pattern
using twisted stitches.
These twisted stitches are like mini cables
that add a little flair to a plain weave.
You do not need a cable needle, so it's really simple to do,
even if you are a beginner launching into some newer,
a little bit more complicated stitches that may look
a little more complicated,
but they're really super easy to do.
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a full 12 by 12 square,
as well as a seven by nine and a nine by seven rectangle
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Also included is a handy chart.
So you'll get the full written instructions and the chart.
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the links to the right and left-handed videos.
If you are following the chart for right-handed knitters,
you're just gonna follow it as is.
If you are a left-handed knitter,
you will need to start on the other side
from what my directions are showing.
The written directions you can do exactly,
but if you're looking at the chart,
you need to work on the bottom left hand of the chart
and work your way over four row one.
And right-handed knitters will start
as usual on the bottom right-hand side.
To begin, you're going to want to cast on,
your multiple is a multiple of four
and it's going to be an eight row repeat.
This is the repeat right here.
I actually have one, two, three, four repeats
already worked, so go ahead and cast on
your multiple of stitches and we will begin.
This one is 36 for my sample.
Row one of our ripple twist stitch,
we're going to start off our first with one purl stitch,
and then we go into the beginning of our repeated section.
So it is going to go like this.
We're going to purl two times.
So purl once, twice.
And now you are ready for your first twist.
This is going to be a left twist.
We're going to put our yarn to the back
because it's going to be worked as a knit stitch,
and we're going to be working with the next two stitches.
You're going to put your needle into the second stitch
in the back.
So we're going to be knitting in the back loop
of that second stitch.
You just insert like that and then yarn over your needle
that's in the back, pull through, that brings up a loop.
And now you're going to twist to the front
and go into that very first stitch
just as you would for a regular knit stitch.
Knit that stitch, pull up a loop,
and drop the both of them off your needle.
And you've done your first twist.
Then you're going to repeat that.
You're going to purl two stitches
and do another left twist.
So let's do this again.
Purl,
one,
two,
and left twist.
Put that yarn to the back,
go into the back of the second stitch.
Knit, pull up a loop,
go into the front of the next stitch
and you can put your finger on there
to keep it from popping off,
go into that first stitch and just knit as usual,
pull the loop and let those other two fall off.
One more time.
Purl,
purl.
Then we're gonna twist, yarn to the back
into the second stitch, knit through the back loop.
Don't let it drop off,
twist going into the front of the first stitch.
Knit, pull up a loop, and pull the other ones off.
And that's it.
So continue that repeat until you have three stitches
remaining and I will see you at the end of this row.
See you soon.
End of row one, we're going to purl the remaining stitches.
So we just finished that left twist,
put our yarn forward and purl one, two and three.
Turn your work over
and we're going to begin row two.
Let's knit the first three stitches
and then we'll start our repeat.
So we'll knit one, two and three.
So now we're gonna start repeating.
We're going to purl the next two stitches,
and knit the next two.
So you're going to be repeating those four stitches across.
It's simply purl two, knit two.
Purl two, and knit two, and repeat across.
So all of the wrong side work is just knits and purls.
There is no twisting on the wrong side
and it's a version of knit two, purl two,
or purl two, knit two on the other rows.
I will show you all of the wrong side rows
and what you start and end with
because they're all different.
Only one of them gets repeated,
so continue repeating purl two, knit two across
until you reach the last stitch
and you're going to knit that, so pause your video
and I'll meet you back for that last stitch.
See you soon.
End of row two,
we're going to be knitting that last stitch, as a reminder.
Turn over your work and we're ready to begin row three.
This row will have twists in it.
Before we begin that row,
go ahead now that you've got a couple of rows on yours,
now of course I have a lot more knitting,
but now that you have a few rows in,
you could go ahead and put your stitch marker
on the right side row
and you can use this for telling what place you are in,
like which row count you are,
and then you can just move this up.
So this very first purl stitch here was my row one.
So I'm just going to go ahead and place a stitch marker
a few stitches in.
I made the third stitch that very first purl bump
that you see on the third stitch over, that is row one.
So the knit stitch above is from your row two.
All right, so now that you know where you are,
let's begin row three and it's going to begin
with a knit one.
And then we're going to be beginning our repeat,
which is knit two, one, two,
and then we're gonna make a right twist.
So we're twisting the next two stitches a right twist.
The way that you do that is you actually work
into the second stitch first, into the front of that stitch,
knit it, pull up a loop, and then twist it
and go into the first stitch.
Knit that stitch.
And then we just pull them off of our needles.
And that's it.
You're going to repeat those four stitches.
So you knit two
and then right twist,
go into the second stitch into the front,
pull up a loop, and go into the front of the first stitch,
knit that, pull up a loop, and slide them off your needle.
Continue repeating that all the way across
until you have three stitches remaining.
Pause your video and I will see you there.
End of row three,
you're simply going to knit the last remaining stitches.
So knit one, two and three.
All right, now I'll turn that over.
We're gonna begin at row four.
Row four starts off with a purl three.
So you just had those knit three here,
now you're doing a purl three
so it matches those purls from the other side.
And then we'll go into our repeat,
so purl one, two and three.
And now our repeat of knit two, purl two.
So we're gonna knit two,
which is that twist, and purl two.
So you're purling into your previous knits
from the other row and you're knitting into the twists
from the previous row.
So continue that repeat until you're at the end
and you will have one stitch remaining
and you're going to purl that one,
so it will actually end up with a three purls at the end.
Pause your video, I'll meet you there.
All right, we're at the end of row four,
going to purl that last stitch,
so the last three stitches are all purled.
Go ahead and turn your work and let's begin row five.
Row five starts with a purl one.
Go ahead and do that, and then we will start our repeat
and this time we are repeating, starting with the twist,
we're going to do the left twist.
So we did a right last time, so we're doing a left,
so the twisted rows every other time,
it's a left or a right.
So we're going to go into the back loop
of the second stitch, go back here,
knit that in the back loop, pull up your loop,
go into the front, knit that stitch,
pull them off and you've got your twist,
and then you're going to purl two.
So you're just gonna continue those four stitches,
starting with that left twist, put your yarn to the back,
put that yarn in the back of the second loop,
pull up a stitch, go into the front of that first one,
knit and pull up a stitch,
let those drop off and purl twice.
So you're just gonna continue repeating that pattern
and you will go until you have one stitch remaining
and it will be purled.
Pause your video,
I'll meet you at the end of that row.
See you soon.
I misspoke earlier.
You're technically going to the last
remaining three stitches.
That's okay 'cause you probably discovered the same thing.
Oops, I have three stitches.
You are actually going to twist these next two stitches
and then work the last one.
So let's go ahead and do a left twist again.
We're going to go into the back of that stitch and knit it,
and at the front of the first stitch, knit it,
drop it off and finish with a purl one.
That's it.
All right, so that was the end of row five.
Turn your work over and we're going to begin
on the wrong side with row six.
We're going to start off by knitting one
and then begin our repeat.
We're going to purl two,
and knit two.
And repeat purl two, knit two across
until you have a one remaining stitch
and that will be a knit one.
Pause your video, I'll meet you at the end of row six.
See you soon.
End of row six,
go ahead and knit that last stitch remaining.
Turn your work over and we're going to begin row seven
and that starts with a knit one.
And then we're going to switch back to the right twist
and we'll begin with a twist at the beginning,
just like we did when we did the row
that started that repeat the previous one.
So we're going to do a right twist here.
So we're going to go into this second stitch into the front,
knit that stitch, twist and go into the front
of the first stitch, knit and drop those off.
And the next one is knit two.
So we're going to knit two.
And then we're gonna do a right twist and knit two again.
Go into that second stitch, knit,
go into the first stitch and knit, drop the old loops off
and knit the next two stitches.
This one ends up being a fast row.
So go ahead and repeat those.
Repeat until you have three stitches remaining.
Pause your video and I'll meet you there.
Lastly, remaining stitches, you're going to twist.
So we're doing a right twist in that second stitch,
going into the first stitch, knitting that,
slide those off and knit the remaining stitch.
And we're gonna turn that over and begin row eight,
which is the last row of our repeat.
And we're gonna begin row eight with a knit three.
So knit one,
two,
three.
And then we're going to purl two,
and knit two.
So purl two, knit two across
until you have one stitch remaining.
So this is exactly like row two.
Pause your video
and I will meet you back for the end of this row.
See you soon.
And you're gonna go till your last stitch,
however, the last three stitches are all knit,
so I'm ending my repeat with a knit two,
and so the third stitch or last stitch is also a knit.
Don't try and purl that one.
So turn that over
and that is your eight row repeat, so pretty.
So I suggest when you knit to your lengths,
you just continue working these eight rows.
And when you get to your desired length,
I suggest that you bind off
in pattern on the wrong side row,
and then you will have a beautiful piece
that's nice and finished out.
You don't need to bind off in pattern on a twist.
So bind off on the wrong side and you are good all day long.
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