The Knitting Fiend

I was fiddling with “Clove Stitch” and thought, “What the heck, why don’t I just change rows 2 and 4 to all purl?” This stitch ends up similar to “Trinity Stitch”, except, here you work a “(k1, yo, k1) in same stitch”; to work Trinity stitch, work “(k1, p1, k1)” in same stitch.

Naturally, I wanted to see if the realy “Trinity Stitch” looked any different; so I switched to real Trinity stitch. The top of the swatch shows “Trinity Stitch”; the bottom shows “Not Trinity Stitch”. Can you tell the difference between the top and bottom? (I can’t.)

I found “Not Trinity Stitch” easier to work; you can knit it as follows:

• Cast on a multiple of 4 stitches.
• Row 1: Purl. (Right side.)
• Row 2:* (K1, yo, k1) all in same stitch, p3tog; repeat from *.
• Row 3:Purl.
• Row 2:* P3tog, (K1, yo, k1) all in same stitch, ; repeat from *.

I describe how to work the (K1, yo, k1) all in same stitch in “Clove Stitch and Berry Stitch.”

To work “Trinity Stitch”, do this:

• Cast on a multiple of 4 stitches.
• Row 1: Purl. (Right side.)
• Row 2:* (K1, p1, k1) all in same stitch, p3tog; repeat from *.
• Row 3: Purl.
• Row 2:* P3tog, (K1, p1, k1) all in same stitch, ; repeat from *.