Tutorial Knitting Star Stitch

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Tutorial Knitting Star Stitch

How to knit Star Stitch:

Work with an even number of stitches + 2 edge stitches.

Cast on 12 sts (2 sts 5 times + 2 edge sts) and work according to сhart.

The chart shows Right Side and Wrong Side rows.

The numbers at right edge of chart indicate RS rows, and at left edge WS rows.

Read RS rows from right to left, WS rows from left to right.

The patt rep = 2 sts.

ssk: slip one stitch as if to knit, slip another stitch as if to knit. Insert left-hand needle into front of these 2 sts and knit them together

M1: K1 from strand between sts

Row 1: edge st, knit all stitches, edge st.

Row 2: edge st, purl all stitches, edge st.

Row 3: edge st, * ssk; repeat from * to last stitch, edge st.

Row 4: edge st, * k1, M1; repeat from * to last 2 sts, k1, edge st.

Row 5: edge st, knit all stitches, edge st.

Row 6: edge st, purl all stitches, edge st.

Row 7: edge st, k1, * ssk; repeat from * to last stitch, edge st.

Row 8: edge st, M1, * k1, M1; repeat from * to last 2 sts, k1, edge st.

Repeat Rows 1-8 throughout.