Elongated stitch

Facts & handy tips

Hi Gangtas, in this video we will show you how to work the elongated stitch, this is an open stitch perfect for summer garments. Let's get started!

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Step By Step

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1.

Insert your right needle into the first stitch, as if you were creating a normal knit stitch.

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2.

Wrap the yarn around the needle once, as for a normal knit stitch.

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3.

Now take the yarn around the needle again, you have now made two wraps.

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4.

Draw the yarn through just like a normal knit stitch

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5.

Slip the stitch of the left needle, you now have two loops on the right needle.

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6.

Continue working in this way until you reach the end of your first row, you now have two loops for each stitch on your needle. Turn your work.

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7.

Insert your needle into the first stitch, wrap the yarn as for a normal knit stitch.

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8.

Now draw the yarn through and slip both loops off the needle.

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9.

Continue working across your second row in this way. Now just keep repeating these two pattern rows to create elongated stitch!

This is how you do it

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