54 free Lace Stitches knitting patterns
Openwork and Lace Stitches. Free lace knitting stitches by Knitting Bee.
Creating knitting stitches with a lacy effect requires you to master just a few moves!
Yarn Over (stitch increase)
The first stitch is the Yarn Over (yo), which is simply a strand of yarn laid across the right needle which creates a new stitch.
To create this:
1 – Bring the yarn to the front between the needles. If the last stitch was a purl then the yarn is already in the front.
2 – Take the yarn over the top of the right needle
3 – Bring the working yarn to where it needs to be in order to work the next stitch.
Decreases
Knit 2 Together (k2tog):
The right needle goes through both the second and first stitch on the left needle and the new loop is pulled through both stitches (creating one stitch out of two). This puts the second stitch on top of the first making the stitch look like it is slanting to the right. therefore, it is a right leaning decrease.
Slip, knit, pass stitch over (skp) and slip, slip, knit (ssk):
These are left leaning decreases. Slip knitwise (essential to avoid a crossed stitch). Both decreases produce the same result.
skp
ssk
Continue below for all our free lace knitting stitches!
Lace Heart Shaped Panel Free Knitting Stitch by Knitting Bee (www.knitting-bee.com) Knitting Bee has put together a lovely lace panel for you to knit with a heart shaped motif. Love the way the shapes intersect to create a stacked up hearts look, one heart is …
Triangular Columns Free Lace Knitting Stitch by Knitting Bee (www.knitting-bee.com) A simple lace knitting stitch with a pattern that looks like triangular stacked columns. An easy lace knitting stitch to create set over 10 rows using yarn overs (yo) and simple decreases like k2tog (knit …
Free Ribbed Lace Knitting Stitch by Knitting Bee www.knitting-bee.com A delicate and ornate twist on the common knitted rib, by adding eyelets on either side, something much more interesting is created while still maintaining that elasticity that’s needed when using ribbed stitches. A very easy …
Vertical Waves Free Knitting Stitch by Knitting Bee https://www.knitting-bee.com/ Create ocean like waves extending upwards in vertical panels with eyelets in between. This is a great beginner lace pattern as it utilizes basic stitches, knit, purl, yarn over and knit two together. This stitch does …
Lace Vertical Zig Zag with Bobbles Free Knitting Stitch created by Knitting Bee. A fun lace and bobble knitting stitch within a wide rib. Lace eyelet panels placed vertically and adorned with pretty sets of bobbles. Fun to knit and looks great too, lots of …
Diamond Lace Free Knitting Stitch by Knitting Bee! Fun to create and free knitting stitch featuring small diamond shapes. This is a pretty easy lace stitch that the experienced knitter can get the hang of quite quickly. Would make a lovely pattern for baby items …
Oval Lace Pattern Free Knitting Stitch by Knitting Bee. Beautiful free lace knitting stitch featuring oval shapes stacked on top of each other in a honeycomb style. This lace is made using simple lace increases and decreases including k2tog and k3tog (right slanted increases), ssk …
Lacy Arch Free Knitting Stitch by Knitting Bee. I had a lot of fun with this stitch, it is quite easy to master once you have gone through the pattern a few times. This lace stitch with super-imposed arches would work very nicely for a …
