The Drop Stitch Garter Pattern.
Hi, Guys, I'm Kristen and welcome to Studio Knit.
Dropping a stitch is usually considered something bad, but we're doing it on purpose to achieve
this beautiful knit stitch pattern that is great for Summer because it has this wonderful
breathability here.
It is reversible, it makes a beautiful scarf and you can get really creative with fashions.
If you think this Drop Stitch Garter pattern is going to be a fun knit, go ahead, hit LIKE,
it really helps me out.
So, let's get started.
We begin by creating our beloved Slip Knot.
And I am casting on using the Long Tail Cast On method.
You can do it however you'd like.
And it's great because we can cast on any number of stitches.
In my example here, I am casting on 30, but you can cast on absolutely any number you
chose.
So, for rows 1, 2, 3, and 4, all we're doing is knitting every single stitch.
And that's why it's called the Drop Stitch GARTER pattern, because in between those dropped
stitches, all we're doing is knitting up that garter knit stitch pattern that you're all
familiar with.
Finishing row 1, after knitting every single stitch on your needle, you are going to be
repeating that until you have four rows of knit stitch in the garter pattern.
Okay, here's where the fun begins.
Row 5.
You'll see in the pattern it's knitting one.
And then after knitting just one stitch, we're going to be doing a yarn over, that's what
YO means, 2 times.
So, yarn over, we bring it to the front in between our two needles, that's yarn over
one.
And we do it one more time into the front, that's yarn over two.
We're going to do this another time, so you'll definitely catch on.
Again, in between the astericks, we are going to knit one and then we bring it around and
we have done knit one and then these next two stitches that we completed, those are
the two yarn overs and then we knit it one more time.
And continue with the yarn over two times.
So, you bring your yarn to the front.
That's yarn over one.
Bring it around to the front again.
That is yarn over two.
Now, we're just holding our yarn as we go ahead and we knit as we normally would and
the yarn naturally comes around to the back, because we're knitting.
And we just knit through that stitch.
Let's get back in focus here.
Okay, and again, it is the knit one, and then the next two stitches are the yarn overs,
our knit one, those two yarn overs, and knit one.
And we just repeat this all the way down row 5 until the very last stitch after your two
yarn overs it is simply knitting one, you'll see that in the pattern.
Now we have about three times as many stitches on our needle because of all of those extra
yarn overs that we did.
And we're going to get rid of them in row 6, our last row.
And now we're ready to get dropping!
So, row 6, it is knit one, and then we are dropping two.
So those yarn overs, those two yarn overs, we are just flicking them, dropping them off
of our needle.
One and two.
And you'll see that the yarn is long and it is in the front.
It naturally will just fall to the front for you.
And then knit that knit stitch again.
We are always knitting the knit stitch that we knit in row five.
So, drop drop, and here is how those dropped stitches are looking.
And we just continue this pattern all the way down row six, drop drop, and we finish
with that last knit stitch right there.
Here is how our dropped stitches are looking and now we just repeat rows 1 through 6 until
we reach the lenth we desire.
I hope you are inspired to give this drop stiitch garter pattern a try.
It's really fun once you get the hang of those six rows.
And make sure to check out all of my knit stitch patterns, I have links in the desscription
below.
I also have a really great summer knit stitch series going on, so make sure to check those
out, as well.
I'll see you next time.
Bye!