- [Kristen] The Chevron Rib Stitch.
Hi, I'm Kristen, and welcome back to Studio Knit.
This Chevron Rib Stitch knitting pattern
creates thick zigzag rows.
It is an 8-row repeat and great for beginning knitters
because we are using simply knit
and purl knitting techniques.
The wide ribbing of the Chevron Rib Stitch
is a reversible pattern,
meaning that both the right and the wrong,
the front and the back sides of our work are identical.
As a result, this is a great choice
for knitting up scarves and blankets
because it looks exactly the same
no matter which side is facing out.
For your materials, use any gauge yarn
and appropriately sized knitting needles
along with scissors and a tapestry needle.
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As always, the written pattern is available for you
totally for free over on my website, Studio Knit.
It's also included in my "Knit Stitch" pattern book
of 50 easy knit and purl stitch patterns.
And, since this is an eight-row repeat,
you can find it right here in the table of contents.
And you'll see in the book,
we have a full photo along with a knitting chart,
and the instructions are written out
both flat on straight needles and in the round for circular.
Make sure to keep watching
to see me knit up the first eight rows
to see exactly how this design emerges.
And just a quick knitting pattern chart lesson,
you'll see one through 12.
That means we are knitting 12 stitch repeat.
You're casting on 12 stitches,
and then you are going to knit rows one through eight
and repeat those eight rows
until your piece is the length that you desire.
I have a great lesson detailing exactly how
to read knitting charts,
if you are ready to tackle that, next.
So, let's knit it up.
We begin the Chevron Rib Stitch
by casting on multiples of 12 stitches on to our needle.
And, in this example, I'm going to do three multiples of 12,
and that's giving me 36 stitches total.
And we are going to do a bit of an overview.
There are lots of purls and lots of knits.
Row one, we are starting with purling two,
and then we are knitting two.
And you can see in the knitting pattern above,
it is simply different repeats of purls and knits
to make up this pattern.
Those little stars right there, those are asterisks.
And that means that you are knitting this pattern
between those asterisks, and then you repeat it
all the way down your knitting needle
until the very final stitch, what do you think it is?
The very last stitch on your needle
will be a purl one stitch.
And these add up to 12 stitches
because we cast on in multiples of 12.
So, right there is our final little purl one stitch.
(laughs) Okay, and you continue knitting down row one.
Row two, I want to tell you,
for those of you who like knitting the knits
and purling the purls on the wrong side of the work,
this is a great pattern to be able to take your eyes off
of the written pattern.
Because on the wrong side of our work,
every even-numbered row,
we are knitting the knits and purling the purls.
So, when you see a purl on your needle, you purl it.
Right here, the next one is a knit,
so I'm going to knit that twice.
And if what I'm talking about thoroughly confuses you,
no worries, because the written pattern
is available for you.
All you have to do is follow the pattern
all the way down the row
until you get to the final stitch on your needle.
And here we have row three.
We're beginning, again, with purling,
and we have two knit stitches
followed by two purl stitches.
And this is where things get really exciting.
We actually have knit three.
We are knitting three stitches in a row
for the very first time in this pattern here.
We've only been doing ones and twos.
So, you'll knit three stitches and continue on in pattern
for these 12 stitches, and then repeat them
until you get to the end of your row.
Row four is, again, on the wrong side,
and we can purl the purls.
We have two purls right there,
and then you can see that that is knitting two.
And you can just look at your work and follow along
with what your actual knitting is telling you to do,
rather than being so reliant on the pattern.
Now, not all patterns are like this,
but this pattern has the wrong side of the work identical
to the front side of the work,
and so it's really nice to just have a chance
for half of the pattern not to have to actually,
you know, follow along and be totally beholden
to the written page. (laughs)
And, after row four, the exciting part is our milestone.
We're halfway done. We can admire our work.
The pattern, we can see that we have some rib stitches,
but the Chevron part isn't quite emerging yet.
So, let's keep it going.
Row five, we're knitting two, we're purling two,
knit two, et cetera.
And, at this point, you probably are completely ready
to just go get that knitting pattern
and give this a try yourself.
My website always has these patterns
available to you totally for free,
and there's a little button
where you can jump down to the knitting pattern,
and there is a printable version.
No ads print on the page.
And then, you can actually save it,
and put it in a binder, and be able to write on the pattern.
I always like to do that.
I like to tick off my rows sometimes with a pen
as I go along.
And here on row six,
we, again, are purling the purls and knitting the knits
in this 12 stitch repeat.
Row seven here, we have more knits and purls.
Surprise, surprise!
So, I'll let this play for a little bit.
I know that we are not knitting together,
so there's really no need to have you sit there
and watch me knit and purl every single little stitch
because we are coming up to row eight.
And row eight is knitting those knits, purling those purls,
and getting ready to see our design emerge.
So, let's jump to that right now.
And now, we can see the zigzags of the Chevron pattern
emerging in our rib stitches right here, which is very cool.
I think that this pattern really shows its beauty
when you knit it long, as long as you'd like.
It's really nice to see how everything interconnects
so beautifully in this Chevron Rib Stitch pattern.
I hope you are inspired to give this stitch pattern a try.
Please check out my "Knit Stitch" pattern book.
First, we have the printed version.
I also have a digital ebook version,
and I'm offering a free sample.
So, five of the 50 patterns are available
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You can join now and download your copy today.
And I have so many other beautiful knit stitch patterns
for you to enjoy, so please go check those out,
and I will see you here at Studio Knit next time.
Bye.
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