Knit & Crochet Ladder Stitches

This week on Ask Me Monday, we talk creating extreme open-weave fabrics for summer garments, using knit and crochet ladder stitches.

Watch the episode, use the practice swatch patterns below, then put your skills to work by making one of the Summer Scarves from the YarnYAY! May box. Have fun!

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Knit & Crochet Ladder Stitches: Let’s do this!

Knit Ladder Stitch: Swatch it

Knit Ladder Stitch: Shown in Plucky Knitter Primo Fingering, in color: YatnYAY! Birthday

DIRECTONS

Multiples of 4. (Not including border stitches)

Rows 1-4: Knit.

Row 5: (RS): K4, *ssk, (yo) twice, k2tog); rep from * to last 4 sts; k4.

Row 6 (WS): K4, p1, *(p1, k1) into double yo, p2; rep from * rep from * to last 4 sts; K4.

Repeat Rows 5-6 until piece is square.

Last 4 Rows: Knit.

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Streamers Knit Scarf by Julia Madill for YarnYAY.com (available in the May ’22 YarnYAY! box, then as a digital pattern in September ’22)

Crochet Ladder Stitch: Swatch it

Crochet Ladder Stitch: Shown in Plucky Knitter Primo Fingering, in color: YatnYAY! Birthday

DIRECTIONS

Special Stitch

Fsc = foundation single crochet

Multiples of 3+ 1 (if using Fsc)

Fsc 19. Turn.

Row 1 (RS): Ch 5 (counts as dc and ch 2), sk next 2 sts, dc in next st, *ch 2, sk next 2 sts, dc in next st; rep from * to end. Turn.

Row 2 (WS): Ch 1 (doesn’t count as first st), sc in first st, *2 sc in ch2-sp, sc in dc; rep from * across, ending with 2 sc in beg ch5-sp and sc in 3rd ch of same ch-5. Turn.

Repeat Rows 1-2 unit piece is square. Fasten off.