How to Knit Seersucker Stitch and Long Slip Texture Stitch, Knit Sampler Stitch Cowl Continued (Knitting Lessons for Crocheters, Lesson 9)

Welcome back to BiCrafty Bootcamp with Marly Bird. If you’re all caught up then you’ve gotten a good start on your knit sampler stitch cowl worked in the round. (If you’re not all caught up, that’s okay. All of the lessons are right here and you can go at your own pace if you need to!) Today we’ve got a little update on our next steps as well as the next stitch pattern instructions for your knit sampler stitch cowl.

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BiCrafty Bootcamp Month Two Status Update

When we started working in the round at the beginning of the month, we expected to make a hat and have you knitting on DPNs by the end of the month. However, we switched gears and decided to start by knitting a sampler stitch cowl first. This has given us the opportunity to learn a variety of different stitch patterns. Moreover, we’ve really built up our muscle memory for those knits and purls, which goes a long way towards being able to do more advanced knitting techniques.

So far for this cowl we learned how to knit K1, P1 ribbing in the round. Then we learned how to knit seed stitch in the round. Last week we learned a four round repeat for double moss stitch. And if you also did the surprise extra credit last week then you learned a new stitch pattern that also taught you how to slip stitch.

As Marly explained in last week’s LIVE, she plans to add two more sections of different stitch techniques to this knit sampler stitch cowl. We’ll have the instructions for two of those below. Then we’ll wrap up with a return to the ribbing so that the top and bottom of the cowl have a similar look. After that, we can cast off and you’ll have a finished knit cowl that has a lot of great stitches in it.

From there, Bicrafty Bootcamp will move on to the complementary hat pattern, in which we will learn shaping and working on DPNs.

How to Knit Seersucker Stitch and Long Slip Texture Stitch

Crocheter’s Edge

As mentioned last week, you might not even really need these crocheter’s edge tips anymore. You’re really a knitter now. However, you might still find it helpful to apply what’s comfortable in crochet to what you’re learning in knitting. By the way, we would LOVE to hear how your crochet skills have helped you as you learn to knit so feel free to leave a comment, share those thoughts on social media with hashtag #bicraftybootcamp, or send an email to [email protected].

This week you’re working on patterns that have multiple row repeat, which you also worked on last week. Being a crocheter is likely helping you with that concept. You’ve worked on crochet patterns where you crochet different stitch combinations from round to round for three or four or five rounds then you repeat that same pattern again and again to grow your piece. That’s exactly what you’re doing here. It may sound like a little thing, but if you were brand new to yarncrafting, then you’d have to master that concept. As a crocheter, it’s probably already second nature. You probably didn’t even think twice about it because it just made sense that you do something for four rounds then do it again for the next four and so forth.

Knitter’s Tips for Crocheters

Need help? Watch this week’s video for BiCrafty Bootcamp lesson 9 🙂

Additional Videos and Patterns You’re Ready For Now

If you like to take your experience to the next level then you might want to check out these videos: TBA

And you’re ready to start trying these patterns: TBA