Shells on Garter-stitch Background

Worked Flat

How to make the Shell stitch

  1. Insert the right needle into the front of the stitch 5 rows below the third stitch on the left needle. Wrap the yarn counterclockwise around the right needle and pull the yarn through that loop to create a long loop. Leave this loop on the right needle.
  2. Knit 1.
  3. Make a second loop into the same stitch.
  4. Knit 1.
  5. Make a third loop into the same stitch.
  6. Knit 1.
  7. Make a fourth loop into the same stitch.
  8. Knit 1.
  9. Make a fifth loop into the same stitch.
  10. Knit 1.
  11. Finally, make a sixth loop into the same stitch.

Cast on and setup row

Color A

  • Cast on: A multiple of 14, + 2.
  • Setup row: Knit.

Main Pattern

Color B

  • Row 1 – Right side: Knit.
  • Row 2 – Wrong side: Knit.
  • Row 3: Knit.
  • Row 4: Knit.
  • Row 5: Knit.
  • Row 6: Knit.

Color A

  • Row 7: *knit 9, shell stitch; work from * to last 2 stitches, knit 2.
  • Row 8: Knit 1, *(slip slip purl) x3, purl 1, (purl 2 together) x3, knit 7; work from * to last stitch, knit 1.

Color B

  • Row 9: Knit.
  • Row 10: Knit.
  • Row 11: Knit.
  • Row 12: Knit.
  • Row 13: Knit.
  • Row 14: Knit.

Color A

  • Row 15: Knit 2, *shell stitch, knit 9; work from * to end.
  • Row 16: Knit 1, *knit 7, (slip slip purl) x3, purl 1, (purl 2 together) x3; work from * to last stitch, knit 1.

Repeat rows 1–16.

Knitting Stitch Pattern