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The Basket Weave Stitch!
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This is diagonal and has a woven, braided look!
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Hi, guys!
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I'm Kristen and welcome to Studio Knit.
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Today, we are knitting up this beautiful Basket Weave Stitch and it is a very tight stitch,
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so I think it is perfect for pillows and other home decor items.
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So, we're going to be using regular knitting needles and yarn, of course, as well as a
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cable needle.
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Now, you can purchase a specific cable needle, but I'm using here is a double pointed needle
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that I painted pink to help you differentiate between my needles.
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And, of course, we begin with our beloved slip knot.
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I have the instructions here on the left and we are going to be casting on in multiples
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of two.
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So, row one, we start with two knit stitches, so that's K2 and then we're going to be repeating
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between those asterisks there.
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So, to begin, we slip two stitches.
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So, we're going to take this cable needle and insert it into those next two stitches
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and we're going to be holding it to the back, so that means we're going to be holding it
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behind our regular knitting needles.
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And then we're going to knit two from the left needles, so we're ignoring that cable
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needle and we're going to just knit two right here.
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Okay, now we bring the cable needle out, and we're going to knit from that, knitting two
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stitches right here.
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One and two.
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And now we repeat this pattern between the asterisks all the way down the row.
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So, let's do it one more time a little bit faster, so we slip the two stitches and we're
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going to be holding that cable needle with those stitches to the back.
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Okay, now we're knitting two from our regular knitting needle on the left.
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So, we're knitting one and two.
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And then we pick up that cable needle and we are going to knit those two stitches right
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there!
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One and two.
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Alright!
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So, you are getting the hang of cabling already.
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This is great!
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So, on this row, row one, we are finishing with just a simple knit two.
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No cable needle, just the regular knit two that you are used to doing in all of your
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other knitting.
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Okay, row two is purling all the way down the row.
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And now let's take a look at row three.
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So, it's very similar, but we start by slipping those two and we hold the cable needle to
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the front and then we are going to knit two from our left needle.
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So, one and two from the left needle and then we knit two from our cable needle right here.
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And between the astericks, we just repeat this pattern all the way down the row.
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And the last row is a purl row.
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Okay, so when you have done a series of these rows, this is how it's shaping up!
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And this is how our work looks on the wrong side, which is also the back side.
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I hope you are inspired to try this Basket Weave Stitch.
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It is so beautiful, very impressive.
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Please like up this video, make sure to SUBSCRIBE so that you don't miss future videos.
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I also have some great knit stitch patterns to check out, I have an entire playlist of
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those, as well as the traditional Basket Weave Stitch.
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Thanks so much for watching, guys!
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Bye!
