Stitch Description
This knitting tutorial will help you learn how to knit a mitered square. This technique is used to create square pieces of fabric when knitting flat. By decreasing at a particular points in your work you can make a 45 degree angle that looks really nice with garter stitch. Mitered squares are great to use in afghans and piece together like quilts.
Abbreviations
- K
- Knit Stitch
- k2tog
- Knit 2 Together
- sl st
- Slip Stitch
- psso
- Pass Slipped Stitch Over
Stitch Details
Stitch Characteristics
Pattern Instructions
Cast On: Multiples of 2 + 1
- Row 1: Knit all sts.
- Row 2: Knit until one st before where you want to decrease, sl 1, k2tog, psso, knit to end.
Repeat rows 1 – 2 until you have 3 sts left. Then slip 1, k2tog, psso. Cut yarn and weave in ends.
Swatch Photos
Example of a Mitered Square
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Here is the math to figure out where your three stitches are: For example if you casted on 20 plus 1 the math is 21-3=18 then you divide by 2. 18/2=9 so you would knit 9, mark three stitches, then knit 9. Again count your total stitches minus 3, divide by 2.
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