My name is Fariba. Knitting is my passion since I was a little kid.

  • Tutorial 1 – how to cast on
    The first step of knitting is casting on. Casting on means making the base row of loops that will allow us to make a knit fabric by connecting new loops in following rows. The number of loops that you need to cast on depends on the project you wanna work on and also on your yarn size.  As you… Read more: Tutorial 1 – how to cast on
  • Stockinette stitch
    The very simple fabric that is made of basic knit and purl stitches is called stockinette stitch. It means after you cast on number of stitches, you knit the first row with Knit stitch and knit the second row (return row) with Purl stitch. You repeat to do Knit stitch for all odd rows, like row… Read more: Stockinette stitch
  • Stitch 1- Basic Rib Stitch
    Made in a multiple of 2 stitches, and 2 row repeat. Row 1) Rep (k1, p1) Row 2) Rep (p1, k1) Here is the short grid to help you with it:              

Norwegian Fir stitch

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norwegian-fir

Knitted in a multiple of 12+1 and 8 row repeat.

Row 1) p1, rep( p3, k5, p4 )
Row 2) Purl all stitches
Row 3) P2tog, rep ( p2, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p2, p3tog), p2tog at the end of row
Row 4) Purl all stitches
Row 5) P2tog, rep (p1, k2, yo, k3, yo, k2, p1, p3tog), p2tog at the end of row
Row 6) Purl all stitches
Row 7) P2tog, rep (k2, yo, k5, yo, k2, p3tog), p2tog at the end of row
Row 8: Purl all stitches

Comments

5 responses to “Norwegian Fir stitch”

  1. Delia Avatar
    Delia

    Awesome Site and this knitting also.
    Many thanks for being there and sharing!!!!

    See you!

    Reply
  2. farhanazaidi Avatar
    farhanazaidi

    very pretty pattern

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  3. farhanazaidi Avatar
    farhanazaidi

    beautiful design

    Reply
  4. Dina Avatar
    Dina

    Hello. Why is on rows3,5, and7 ,more than 13stitches for this pattern.how to manage? I add the stitches up and something is not right.May be I do something wrong. Please explain it to me.

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    1. FeAdmin Avatar
      FeAdmin

      Hi Dina, The P3tog is done only in between of repeats i.e. at the end of each one of these rows you only do P2tog instead of doing P3tog and P2tog. By this your number of stitches stays fixed at 13 stitches.

      Reply

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