Learn to knit basket stitch

Hi knitters!

Today we are teaching you a new stitch technique known as the basket weave stitch.

It’s a very simple stitch to knit and looks very beautiful, perfect for scarves!

The first thing we have to do is cast on the necessary number of stitches for our WAK garment,

always depending on the type of basket weave stitch that you are going to knit. We are going to knit a 4×4 basket weave stitch,

which means that our casted on stitches need to be in multiples of 4 so that we don’t end up with a basket weave stitch that is cut off.

The basket weave stitch consists of a knitted stitch based on knit squares and purl squares,

which is to say that when we make a 4×4 stitch we are referring to squares that will be 4 stitches wide by 4 stitches long.

Let’s begin..!

1. We start by knitting 4 stitches normally.

2. Next we purl 4 stitches normally.

3. We repeat steps 1 and 2, until we finish knitting the stitches that we casted on in the first row.

4. We repeat the same thing that we did in the first row until the fourth row – don’t forget that we are making a 4×4 basket weave stitch.

5. We will knit the next four rows (rows 5 – 9) starting with 4 purl stitches followed by 4 knit stitches,

the opposite of what we did in the first 4 rows.

Repeat these steps until you obtain the desired length for your WAK garment.

We have made a color change… you already know that the options for your knit garments are unlimited.

We encourage you to try this new technique and let us see your creations on instagram.

#weareknitters

You already know that depending on the type of needles and WAK yarn you use, you will end up with different finishes…!

For this post we used mm BEECHWOOD NNEEDLES,

A BALL OF 100% PERUVIAN PETITE WOOL in MOSS GREEN and A BALL OF 100% PERUVIAN PETITE WOOL in BEIGE.