Materials: 1 oz worsted weight yarn, size 7 needles
Finished size: 6"
Cast on 27 ( or any odd number)
Row 1: Knit
Row 2: Purl
Row 3: Knit 1, *Slip one stitch keeping yarn in back, Knit 1* repeat
Row 4: Knit 1, *Slip one stitch with yarn in front, Knit 1* repeat(When making a knitted block for Halfknits to use in a blanket please make it a ¼ small and finish with a single crochet around the outside edge. If you do not know how to crochet and send us some left over yarn with your block we will edge it for you.)
This is a good beginner stitch pattern. You only need to purl every fourth row and the slip stitch is one of the easiest ones to learn. In the basic slip stitch, the stitch is passed from the left needle to the right needle without being knitted. The yarn may be passed invisibly behind the slipped stitch (wyib="with yarn in back") or in front of the slipped stitch (wyif="with yarn in front"), where it produces a small horizontal "bar”. You always slip like you are going to purl a stitch but with the yarn still held in the back of your work unless the pattern tells you different.
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