Starburst Stitch In The Round

Knit Stitch of the Week

This week it’s a really simple and beautiful stitch: The Starburst

Stitch and Row Counts

Worked over a multiple of 4 sts and 4 rows this is a wonderfully easy to incorporate stitch for any pattern worked in the round.

Abbreviations

k Knit

SM Stitch marker

star (K3tog, yo, k3tog) in the same 3 sts

St(s) Stitch(es)

k3tog Knit three sts together

Instructions

Round 1: (k1, star) to end of round

Round 2: k around

Round 3: k3, (star, k1) to last at, slip st to right needle, remove SM, replace at on left needle work the first knit 3 rig of the star, replace SM, finish the star. Round 4: k around

Here’s the video showing the starburst in action.