Saturday Stitch: Step Stitch

Every Saturday I will share with you a new stitch.
Today's stitch is: Step Stitch

A beautiful diagonal knitting stitch, small reverse stockinette and seed stitch rectangles are climbing their way up on stockinette steps. great on a sweater, scarf, throw etc.

Instructions

You need a stitch number multiple of 18 + 2 edge stitches. Repeat the pattern between the * as many times as you like.

Row 1: edge st, * k6, p1, k1, p1, k6, p3; repeat from * to last st, edge st
Row 2: edge st, * k3, p7, k1, p7; repeat from * to last st, edge st
Row 3: same as row 1
Row 4: edge st, * p3, k1, p1, k1, p6, k3, p3; repeat from * to last st, edge st
Row 5: edge st, * k3, p3, k7, p1, k4; repeat from * to last st, edge st
Row 6: same as row 4
Row 7: edge st, * p1, k1, p1, k6, p3, k6; repeat from * to last st, edge st
Row 8: edge st, * p6, k3, p7, k1, p1; repeat from * to last st, edge st
Row 9: same as row 7
Row 10: edge st, * k3, p6, k1, p1, k1, p6; repeat from * to last st, edge st
Row 11: edge st, * k7, p1, k7, p3; repeat from * to last st, edge st
Row 12: same as row 10
Row 13: edge st, * k3, p3, k6, p1, k1, p1, k3; repeat from * to last st, edge st
Row 14: edge st, * p4, k1, p7, k3, p3; repeat from * to last st, edge st
Row 15: same as row 13
Row 16: edge st, * p6, k3, p6, k1, p1, k1; repeat from * to last st, edge st
Row 17: edge st, * k1, p1, k7, p3, k6; repeat from * to last st, edge st
Row 18: same as row 16

Repeat rows 1 through 18.

Difficulty level:Easy

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