Skip to content
Maille à partFree knitting patterns, open and ad-free

Double moss stitch

StitcheBeginner

Seed stitch worked over two rows instead of one: a tiny checkerboard, often used on the sides of Aran sweaters.

Two rows of 1x1 rib, then two rows shifted by one stitch.

Good to know

  • Even rows are always worked as the stitches appear.

Not yet checked by a knitter: if you find a mistake, please report it. contact@nico7an.fr

Chart

123412

Multiple of 2 stitches · 4 rows

Read the chart from bottom to top. Right-side rows are read from right to left, wrong-side rows from left to right. Each square is one stitch as seen from the right side.

Key
  • Knit on RS, purl on WS
  • Purl on RS, knit on WS
Written instructions
  1. Row 1 (RS) : *k1, p1; repeat from * to end
  2. Row 2 (WS) : *k1, p1; repeat from * to end
  3. Row 3 (RS) : *p1, k1; repeat from * to end
  4. Row 4 (WS) : *p1, k1; repeat from * to end