How to: Knit Hexagon Stitch

In this video we’ll show you how to work in hexagon stitch – a compact textured stitch perfect for warm winter knits.

In this video we’ll show you how to work in hexagon stitch – a compact textured stitch perfect for warm winter knits.

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In this video we’ll show you how to work in hexagon stitch – a compact textured stitch perfect for warm winter knits.

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Level: Intermediate
Craft: Knitting
Type: Technique

Step by Step

How To: Knit Hexagon Stitch - Step 1

Step 1

Let’s learn the hexagon stitch together, to get started cast on and knit your first row.

How To: Knit Hexagon Stitch - Step 2

Step 2

This pattern repeats every four rows. For the first pattern row, knit the first stitch.

How To: Knit Hexagon Stitch - Step 3

Step 3

Knit into the row below by picking up the first loop below the needle.

How To: Knit Hexagon Stitch - Step 4

Step 4

Wrap the yarn around the needle, pull through, and slip off as a normal knit stitch.

How To: Knit Hexagon Stitch - Step 5

Step 5

Repeat steps 2 to 4 until you have one stitch left. Knit the last stitch.

How To: Knit Hexagon Stitch - Step 6

Step 6

Second pattern row: knit the first stitch.

How To: Knit Hexagon Stitch - Step 7

Step 7

Insert the right needle through the diagonal strand (the result of knitting into the row below).

How To: Knit Hexagon Stitch - Step 8

Step 8

Insert the right needle into the next stitch and slip it.

How To: Knit Hexagon Stitch - Step 9

Step 9

Insert the left needle into the 2 slipped stitches, wrap the yarn around the right needle, and finish as a knit stitch.

How To: Knit Hexagon Stitch - Step 10

Step 10

Repeat steps 6 to 9 to finish the row.

How To: Knit Hexagon Stitch - Step 11

Step 11

Pattern row 3: knit the stitch in the row below the needles as a normal knit stitch.

How To: Knit Hexagon Stitch - Step 12

Step 12

Knit the next stitch.

How To: Knit Hexagon Stitch - Step 13

Step 13

Repeat steps 11 and 12 to finish out the row.

How To: Knit Hexagon Stitch - Step 14

Step 14

Pattern row 4: pick up the diagonal strand and slip the first stitch.

How To: Knit Hexagon Stitch - Step 15

Step 15

Insert the left needle through both of those stitches, wrap yarn around the right needle, and knit normally.

How To: Knit Hexagon Stitch - Step 16

Step 16

Repeat steps 2 to 15 and bask in that hexagon stitch beauty.