Quilted Check knit stitch

How to make the Knit 1 under the loose strand (K1 uls)

  1. Insert the right needle into the front of the work, under the loose strand.
  2. Insert the tip of the right needle into the front loop of the next stitch on the left needle, from left to right.
  3. Wrap the yarn counterclockwise around the needle.
  4. Pull the yarn through the stitch and out from under the loose strand.
  5. Slide the stitch off the left needle to complete the K1 ULS.

Cast on and set up rows

With Color A, cast on a multiple of 6 stitches + 5.

  • Row 1: Knit.
  • Row 2: With Color A, P4, *sl3 wyib, p3; work from * to last stitch, p1.

Main Pattern

Color B
  • Row 1 – Right side: K5, *sl1 wyif, k5; work from * to end.
  • Row 2 – Wrong side: P5, *sl1 wyib, p5; work from * to end.
Color A
  • Row 3: K5, *k1 uls, k5; work from * to end.
  • Row 4: P1, *sl3 wyib, p3; work from * to last 4 stitches, sl3 wyib, p1.
Color B
  • Row 5: K2, *sl1 wyif, k5; work from * to last 3 stitches, sl1 wyif, k2.
  • Row 6: P2, *sl1 wyib, p5; work from * to last 3 stitches, sl1 wyib, p2.
Color A
  • Row 7: K2, *k1 uls, k5; work from * to last 3 stitches, k1 uls, k2.
  • Row 8: P4, *sl3 wyib, p3; work from * to last stitch, p1.

Repeat rows 1–8.

Chart

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1 1 7
6
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1 3
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Stitch Pattern Chart created by Nalhcib

Legend

RS: Knit
WS: Purl
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Knit 1 under the loose strand
RS: Slip stithch wyib
WS: Slip stithch wyif
RS: Slip stithch wyif
WS: Slip stithch wyib