The knitting pattern for the Hurdle Stitch Square combines a 1 x 1 ribbing pattern with garter stitch rows to create a boxy look and a fun texture. The stitch pattern is easy to remember, so it’s a great square for knitting newbies or for tv knitting for more advanced knitters. This pattern is the fifth square in the Harmony Blanket Knit Along.
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For each of the patterns I’m designing in the Harmony Blanket KAL, I’ll be highlighting the book where I came across the stitch pattern. This pattern is from the Complete Photo Guide to Knitting by Margaret Hubert.
You can find my complete review of the first edition of this book, along with an interview with Margaret Hubert, here. (Spoiler alert: It’s also on my list of Must-Have Beginner Knitting Books!) Since my first review, the book has been updated to include even more stitch patterns and projects.
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Hurdle Stitch Square
Knitting Pattern by Underground Crafter
This textured stitch pattern combines 1 x 1 ribbing with the garter stitch.
Finished Size
- 6″ (15 cm) square.
Materials
- Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice yarn (100% acrylic, 3.5 oz/100 g/170 yd/156 m) – 1 skein in 158 Mustard, or approximately 38 yd (35 m) in any medium weight yarn.
- US Size 7/4.5 mm knitting needles, or any size needed to obtain gauge.
- Yarn needle.
Gauge
- Completed square = 6″ (15 cm) in pattern. Exact gauge is not critical for this project.
Abbreviations Used in This Pattern
- BO – bind off
- CO – cast on
- k – knit
- p – purl
- rep – repeat
- RS – right (front) side
- sl 1 – slip 1 st, knitwise
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- * Rep instructions after asterisk as indicated.
Pattern Note
- Pattern repeat is any odd number of sts, + 8 sts for borders.
Pattern Instructions
- CO 27 sts.
Border
- Border Row 1: K to last st, p1.
- Border Row 2: Sl 1, k to last st, p1.
- Border Rows 3 & 4: Rep Row 2 twice.
Hurdle Stitch Pattern
- Row 1: (RS) Sl 1, k5, *p1, k1; rep from * across to last 5 sts, k4, p1.
- Row 2: Sl 1, k4, *p1, k1; rep from * across to last 4 sts, k3, p1.
- Rows 3-4: Rep Border Row 2 twice.
- Rep Rows 1-4 until square measures approximately 5.5″ (14 cm), ending after Row 2.
Border
- Border Rows 1-4: Rep Border Row 2, 4 times.
- BO in pattern for Border Row 2. Fasten off with long yarn tail (approximately 3 times the width of square).
I did not like the look of my first 3 squares joined with crochet — Soooooo, I reknit (is reknit a word lol?) one set with cotton yarn and one set with acrylic. I will post pictures soon. Now, on to square five X 2 — do you think I really have to make dinner?