Open Braid Stitch
The open braid stitch is a pretty airy stitch pattern created over three columns of the knitting board. It's prefect for a shawl or a baby blanket. You can choose between a knit and twisted knit stitches by wrapped the pegs straight or wrapping them with an e-wrap.Thank you, Pat Novak, for taking the time to work this out for the community.
Gauge
The gauge of this stitch is large. For both methods, the e-wrap version of the method (twisted knit stitches) will produce a larger gauge than the straight wrap method (knit stitches).
Diagonal Wrap Method
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The open braid pattern can be worked with the
diagonal wrap which works knit stitches. See
basic stitches for more information. To create an
open braid, wrap the pegs in the order noted
below, working back and forth across the knitting
board. The wrapping method is similar to the
stockinette diagonal method but is off-set by two
on the bottom row (skip to 7 instead of 3) and
then wrap every other peg back and forth across
the knitting boards afterwards. Remember that the
bottom rake is numbered with odd numbers and the
top is numbered with even. The number of the pegs
have been included in the pictures for your
convenience.
Directions: Wrap the pegs in the following order,
working back and forth across the knitting board.
From Left to Right: 2, 7, 6, 11, 10, 15,
14, 19, 18, 23
From Right to Left: 24, 21, 22, 17, 20,
13, 16, 9, 12, 5, 8, 3, 4, 1
Figure Eight Wrap Method
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The open braid pattern can be worked with the
figure eight (e-wrap) wrap which works knit tbl
stitches. See basic stitches for more
information. To create an open braid, e-wrap the
pegs in the order noted below, working back and
forth across the knitting board. The wrapping
method is similar to the stockinette figure eight
method but is off-set by two on the bottom row
(skip to 7 instead of 3) and then e-wrap every
other peg back and forth across the knitting
boards afterwards. Remember that the bottom rake
is numbered with odd numbers and the top is
numbered with even. The number of the pegs have
been included in the pictures for your
convenience.
Directions: E-wrap the pegs in the following
order, working back and forth across the knitting
board.
From Left to Right: 2, 7, 6, 11, 10, 15,
14, 19, 18, 23
From Right to Left: 24, 21, 22, 17, 20,
13, 16, 9, 12, 5, 8, 3, 4, 1
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