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I’ve probably said this about one too many stitches, but the Little Butterfly Stitch (sometimes also called a Bowknot Stitch) is one of my favorites of all time. Just look at how cute it is, especially in this nice pastel blue! The name Little Butterfly is perfect for a stitch that allows knitters to pepper an otherwise-plain bed of stockinette stitch with little bows or insect friends. I love the idea of this stitch as a standalone design element just as much as I love seeing it checkerboarded here across my sample swatch.
Little Butterfly / Bowknot Stitch
Here’s the video tutorial, with the written stitch pattern a little further down.
There’s a similar stitch called Butterfly Stitch that features more rows of slipped stitches and a 20 row repeat (vs. the Little Butterfly’s 12). Both Butterfly and Little Butterfly Stitch patterns may be found on page 101 of Barbara Walker’s first
P.S. I love sharing stitch tutorials as a go-to, but if there are videos you’d like to see on the channel, suggestions are welcome in the comments.
Little Butterfly STITCH / Bowknot Stitch PATTERN
Knitting skill level: Easy to Intermediate
CO a mult of 10 sts + 7.
row 1, 3 & 5. (RS) k1, *k5, sl5 wyif; rep from *, end k6.
rows 2 & 4. (WS) p all sts.
row 6. p8, *insert working needle from below under the 3 loose strands on RS of work; yarn over and draw up a loop; p1, pass drawn up loop over purled st, p9. Rep from *, end p8.
rows 7, 9, & 11. k1, *sl5 wyif; k5; rep from *, end sl5 wyif, k1.
rows 8 & 10. p all sts.
row 12. p3, *insert working needle from below under the 3 loose strands on RS of work; yarn over and draw up a loop; p1, pass drawn up loop over purled st, p9. Rep from *, end p3.
Rep rows 1-12.
Please note that stitches are presented using the Craft Yarn Council’s standards and abbreviations: http://bit.ly/cyc-standards.
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