Horizontal Braid Stitch: Summer Stitch Sampler Knit Along 8

The stitch for Week 8 of the Summer Stitch Sampler Knit Along is the Horizontal Braid Stitch.

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Thank you for joining us! Instructions are provided for this section of the afghan only. The Summer Stitch Sampler Knit Along overview information can be found here.

The Facebook group for the SSS KAL can be found here.

Section 8 – Horizontal Braid Stitch

Directions for small (36″ x 40″) and large (48″ x 65″) afghans are provided as S (L).

Materials

Materials are provided for this section of the afghan only. For a comprehensive list of materials needed, return to the Summer Stitch Sampler Knit Along overview.

Yarn:
100 (215) yards of worsted weight yarn
Pictured: Caron Simply Soft in Country Blue and Sunshine (Colors A and B)

Abbreviations

CO – cast on
foll – follows
k – knit
LHN – left hand needle
p – purl
psso – pass slipped stitch over
RHN – right hand needle
RS – right side
sl – slip
st(s) – stitch(es)
St st – Stockinette stitch
tbl – through back loop(s)

Pattern

You will need yarn in Colors A and B for this section. It can also be worked in one color.

All sections of the pattern are worked back and forth from the bottom up.

Horizontal Braid Stitch

It is not actually a braid, but the Horizontal Braid Stitch creates a lovely horizontal knit row running from right to left (rather than bottom to top).

The increase at the beginning of the row will be balanced by a decrease at the end of the row.

Setup

With Color A, work 2 rows St st.

Part 1

Section 1 is comprised of one braid stitch row followed by Stockinette stitch.

Before you begin Horizontal Braid Stitch, CO 1 st as foll:
1 – insert RHN between first two sts on LHN
2 – wrap yarn around RHN and pull through gap
3 – place resulting st on LHN (+1 st)

Work the Horizontal Braid Stitch as follows:
Step 1: Working behind the first st on the LHN, k the second st on the LHN tbl. Leave st on LHN.
Step 2: k the first st on the LHN, releasing both sts from LHN.
Step 3: Slip last st from RHN to LHN.

Repeat steps 1 to 3 until 2 sts remain, then sl1, k1, psso.

Purl the next row and continue in St st until section measures 1″ (1.25″), ending with a purl row.

Part 2

Change to Color B and repeat Part 1 until section measures 2″ (3.5″).

Part 3

Change to Color A and repeat Part 1 until section measures 3″ (5.25″), ending with a purl row.

Finishing

Leave your stitches on the needle for next week. Weave in your tails.

Horizontal Braid Stitch Video

Examples

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Come back next week for Part 9!

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