Little Bells Ribbing Free Knitting Stitch by Knitting Bee https://www.knitting-bee.com
Welcome everybody to this site! I try to share as much free knowledge of knitting stitches as I can with all of you, it is my pleasure to bring in my first free knitting stitch of 2017! With this stitch I played around with modifying a regular 2×3 rib stitch by adding one round with yarn overs between a centered double decrease (s2kp2) which gives the stitch a lovely bell like pattern while maintaining the elasticity needed for a ribbed stitch!
I used an 8 ply (double knit, dk, worsted weight) yarn in a deep darker shade of red, while to the naked eye it looks great, the red just blows out in images, but hopefully you can still make it out well enough!
Little Bells Ribbing Free Knitting Stitch by Knitting Bee
Little Bells Ribbing Free Knitting Stitch by Knitting Bee
A view of what the back of the work for this free knitting stitch looks like!
Little Bells Ribbing Free Knitting Stitch – Picture of the wrong side of the work
As always a credit would be appreciated if you use this stitch!
Abbreviations:
k= knit
p= purl
yo = yarn over
s2kp2 = centered double decrease: slip two stitches together as if to knit, knit 1 stitch, then pass the two slipped stitches over.
Note: Please refer to “lace stitches” for a deeper explanation of the stitches mentioned above.
Little Bells Ribbing Free Knitting Stitch
Please repeat the pattern between the asterisk’s *
Cast on Multiples of 5+2
Row 1: Purl all
Row 2: k2, *p3, k2*
Row 3: *p2, k3, * p2
Row 4: k2, * p3, k2*
Row 5: * p2, k3,* p2
Row 6: k2, *p3, k2*
Row 7: *p2, yo, s2kp2, yo, *p2
Row 8: Knit all
The eight rows above make up the pattern!
