Star stitch

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Star stitch forms a fantastic textured fabric, it looks three dimensional! If you know how to purl two stitches together, you should be able to master this stitch easily enough.

It's a repeating pattern over four rows.

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Abbreviations: k = knit; ms = make star; p = purl; st = stitch

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To 'make star' (ms), purl three stitches together so that you form a stitch on your right-hand (working) needle, but leave the three stitches on your left-hand (holding) needle. Wrap yarn around your right-hand (working) needle once. Then purl the same three stitches on your left-hand needle again. This time, drop those three stitches from the left-hand needle. This completes the star. Note: you have not increased or decreased the number of stitches overall.

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Instructions (cast on a multiple of 4st plus 1st):

Row 1 (right side): k to end

Row 2: p1, *ms, p1, repeat from * to end

Row 3: k to end

Row 4: p3, ms, *p1, ms, repeat from * to last 3st, p3

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These four rows form pattern.

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