Moss stitches (Part 4 – The knitting series)

Welcome back to the knitting series.  The first part of the series was casting on, the second part was knit stitches and the third part was purl stitches.  Did you give knitting a try?  Come back next week to learn how to cast off.

Today, we are doing moss stitches which is a combination of knit stitches and purl stitches on the same row.

First, do a knit stitch.  Let’s do a recap.  Hold with your left hand the knitting needle with the stitches and, with the right hand, the other knitting needle.  On the right hand side, there is the ball of yarn.  Insert the knitting needle in the right hand in the first stitch on the left-hand needle.  Note that the yarn is positioned under the right-hand needle. 

Bring the yarn in between the knitting needles.

Bring the knitting needle in the right hand and the yarn you just put in between the needles in the hole of the first stitch.

Drop the stitch on the left-hand needle.  You have now one stitch on the right-hand needle.

The next stitch will be a purl stitch.  Pass the yarn over the right-hand needle. 

Here’s another recap of how to do a purl stitch.     

Insert the knitting needle in the right hand in the first stitch, over the left-hand needle.

Turn the yarn one time over the right-hand needle.

Pull the yarn gently toward you and bring the knitting needle in the right hand and the yarn you just turned over this needle in the hole of the first stitch.

Drop the stitch on the left-hand needle.  You have now two stitches on the right-hand needle.

Bring back the yarn under the right-hand needle.  The next one will be a knit stitch. 

Continue to alternate the yarn over the right-hand needle for the purl stitches and under the right-hand needle for the knit stitches for all the remaining stitches on the left-hand needle.

This is the first row; 14 stitches are now on the right-hand needle.

Hold the needle with all the stitches in the left hand and repeat.

At the first lesson, there was 14 stitches cast on.  So, here, the last stitch of the row was a purl stitch.  So, the first stitch on the second row, will be a knit stitch and all rows will start with a knit stitch. 

Let’s do it again for the second row.  Do a knit stitch.   

Pass the yarn over the right-hand needle. 

Do a purl stitch.

Bring back the yarn under the right-hand needle and do a knit stitch. 

Continue to alternate the yarn over the right-hand needle for the purl stitches and under the right-hand needle for the knit stitches for all the remaining stitches on the left-hand needle.

This is the second row; 14 stitches are now on the right-hand needle.

Hold the needle with all the stitches in the left hand and repeat this technique again for all the stitches and create new rows.

The Knitting Series will be back next week with casting off. 

Please, leave me a comment telling me if my explanations are clear or if you have any questions you would like me to answer regarding knitting. 

Linking this post with Grace over at With Some Grace for FYBF.

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