All-Purpose Border Edge Knitting Pattern

Knitting materials and tools:

<> Straight needles, size 4 (US 6 /UK 8)

<> Caron Simply Soft (4) – 100% acrylic.

Common abbreviations of knitting stitches:

k – knit

p – purl

sel s – selvage stitch: always slip the first stitch purlwise, work to the last stitch, knit the last stitch

Ribbed knit border edge pattern:

Cast on an even number of stitches.

Row 1: sel s, [k1, p1] – repeat till the end, sel s.

Row 2: [bring the needle underneath all stitches (counterclockwise), slip the knit stitch to the right-hand needle, bring the needle back (clockwise) and return slipped stitch to the left-hand needle, k1, p1] – repeat till the end. sel s,

Row 3: sel s, [k1, p1] – repeat till the end, sel s.

After this row proceed with knitting your pattern or simply knit in garter stitch.

Row 4: sel s, knit all stitches, sel s.

Row 5: sel s, knit all stitches, sel s.

Row 6: sel s, knit all stitches, sel s.

Row 7: sel s, knit all stitches, sel s.