Knitting dots pattern - Simple instructions

• Material and preparation
• Monochrome polka dot pattern
• Two-color polka dot pattern
• Possible variations

Our dots relax smoothly right knit discreetly and succeed easily. Small speckles in a contrasting color give your next project a kick. In this beginner's guide, we'll explain how to knit one and two-tone polka dots.

To knit anything other than plain right appears too difficult for you "> Material and preparation

With a smooth, monochrome wool without any special effects, the patterns come into their own. Use a medium yarn and needle size, such as four or five, because it's easy to knit.

You need:

• Medium thick wool in one or two colors
• Knitting needles in appropriate strength

Monochrome polka dot pattern

This pattern is a simple extension of smooth right, in which interspersed left stitches form the dots. You do not need any special knowledge to beautify your work with the cute pattern. Just make sure that the number of stitches is divisible by four.

Tip: Knit a series of left stitches before starting the pattern so that the girdled side of the stop edge is at the back of the finished work.

To knit the monochrome polka dot pattern:

1st row: 1 stitch left, 3 stitches right

2nd row: knit on the left

3rd row: 2 stitches on the right, 1 stitch on the left, 1 stitch on the right

4th row: knit on the left

Repeat all four rows continuously.

On the back, the dots are visible through the flat v-shaped stitches on a knot ground.

Two-color polka dot pattern

The two-tone pattern has a pleasantly firm structure. It's easy to knit because you work in one row with just one color. The effect is created by so-called lifting stitches. This technique is explained below. As prior knowledge, you only need right and left stitches.

Tip: Note that the knit becomes very tight when using the two-tone pattern. This makes it smaller than plain right knit with the same number of stitches and rows. Therefore knit a stitch sample before the first project.

First determine which color you want to use for the background (= color A) and which one for the dots (= color B). Use color A to strike a divisible mesh size. First, knit a row of left stitches in color A before beginning the pattern. Now knot the thread of color B. Both threads are hanging on the knit all the time. Do not cut it off.

Lift off the stitches

A sling jump over when knitting, meaning you simply slide it from the left to the right needle. Lifting off on the left means that the thread is in the meantime before work. On the right take off, on the other hand, he is behind the knit piece.

To knit the two-color dot pattern:

1st row (color B): Take off 1 stitch on the right, knit 1 stitch on the right

2nd row (color B): Knit 1 stitch on the left, 1 stitch on the left

3rd row (color A): knit right

4th row (color A): knit left

5th row (color B): Knit 1 stitch on the right, 1 stitch off to the right

6th row (color B): Take off 1 stitch on the left, knit 1 stitch on the left

7th row (color A): knit right

8th row (color A): knit left

Knit this sequence over and over again.

On the back you can see the thread in color B, which bridges the lifted stitches.

Possible variations

1. Vary the distance of the dots to each other in the monochrome pattern. It is best to draw the individual stitches on a sheet of paper. A box with an X stands for a dot, that is a left-hand stitch. Alternatively, you can distribute the points irregularly by knitting a left-hand stitch at any point.

2. Another dot pattern is created by small holes in the fabric. Work on an envelope instead of the individual left stitches by placing the thread over the right knitting needle from the front to the back. This will form an additional stitch. To balance, knit the two following stitches together, which means you are going to put both at the same time. Worn against a background in a contrasting color, this pattern is particularly beautiful.

3. Combine the small dots with other patterns as you like. For example, place sections of dots between zigzag or wavy stripes.

4. For the two-tone pattern, knit only rows one to four. As a result, the dots lie directly above each other instead of offset.

5. Instead of using the lifting stitch technique, knit the two-tone pattern with tensioning threads. Always guide the threads in both colors on the finger and knit each stitch in the desired color. Thus, each thread skips some stitches. He lies as a loose piece of yarn on the later back of the work. The advantage of this technique is that you can change the distance of the dots as you like. In addition, unlike the lifting straps, the dots do not necessarily have to be two rows high. The disadvantage is that you have to work with two threads at the same time. If you pull the tensioning threads too tight, the knitted piece is also hardly elastic.