The Weekly Swatch: Snowball Knit Stitch

 

Snowball Knit Stitch

In an attempt to improve my weekly swatch posting stats for 2020, here is another swatch for this week. It's the Snowball Knit Stitch, which I have really enjoyed knitting up. 

For the most part the stitch motif requires a combination of only knit and purl rows before the in - and decreases are worked on two separate rows, resulting in a distinctly textured fabric.

Snowball Knit Stitch

(The sample in the images shows the stitch worked over a multiple of 6 + 1 stitches.)

Row 1 (right side): K 3, *p1, k5, rep from * to last 4 sts, p1, k3.

Row 2: P3, *k1, p5, rep from * to last 4 sts, k1, p3.

Row 3: Repeat Row 1

Row 4: Repeat Row 2

Row 5: P1, *k2tog, yo, k1, yo, sl 1, k1, psso, P1, rep from * to end.

Row 6: K1, *p5, k1, rep from * to end. 

Row 7: P1, *k5, p1, rep from * to end. 

Row 8: Repeat Row 6

Row 9: Repeat Row 7

Row 10: Repeat Row 6

Row 11: K1, *yo, sl1, k1, psso, p1, k2tog, yo, k1; rep from * to end.

Row 12: Repeat Row 2

Row 13: Repeat Row 1

Row 14: Repeat Row 2

Row 15: Repeat Row 1

Row 16: Repeat Row 2

Repeat Rows 5 to 16 for pattern.

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Snowball Knit Stitch