The Dandelion Stitch is a knitting technique that recalls that stunning wildflower that you blow to make a wish!

It is a knit stitch suitable for everyone and very versatile: its decorative appearance makes it the ideal stitch for blankets, cushions, scarves, and other items of clothing.

At first glance, it might seem hard to make for a beginner, but as you read on, you will find the chart and instructions of the Dandelion Stitch, and you will see it is an easy knitting stitch to make!

Dandelion Stitch: knitting pattern

To knit this swatch, we used:

• Beechwood knitting needles 7 mm – you can adjust the needle size according to your yarn and your tension
• Bettaknit’s Biologica in the print shade “Winter”

Stitches and techniques used in the Dandelion Stitch

Per lavorare questo punto occorre conoscere le seguenti tecniche:

• Maglia diritta 
• Maglia rovescia 
• Diminuzione a rovescio (2 maglie insieme a rovescio)

To knit this stitch, you need to master the following techniques:

• Knit Stitch
• Purl Stitch
• Purl decrease (purl 2 stitches together)

The background of this stitch is therefore Stocking Stitch (look at our Video Tutorial page for reference), while the “flowers” are created by extracting loops from a single central stitch.

Let’s see together how to knit the flower:

1. First thing, identify the space where you want to knit your flower, by counting 3 rows below and the 2^nd stitch of the left-hand needle. This is center of your flower: the stitch that all three loops will come out of!
2. Insert your right-hand needle into the stitch you identified as the center, wrap working yarn around your needle, and pull through the stitch and up to create a long loop. This is your first petal.
3. Knit 2 stitches and insert again your right-hand needle into the central stitch. Wrap working yarn around your needle and pull through the stitch and up to create a long loop. This is your second petal.
4. Knit 2 more stitches and repeat the previous step to create the third petal.

How to knit Dandelion Stitch

Now that you know how to knit the flower that gives this stitch its name, you can use this technique for an infinite number of different proposals.

Depending on the desired size, the yarn used, and the type of project, it is possible to expand or reduce the size of the pattern by varying the number of flowers or rows that create each repetition.

Let’s see together the whole pattern!

The Dandelion Stitch pattern is worked over a repetition of 16 rows, until the desired length is reached.

Note: Try to keep the same tension to obtain an even job.

Cast on a number of stitches multiple of 8 plus 1 stitch.

• Rows #1- #4: work in Stocking Stitch.
• Row #5: knit 2 stitches, flower, *knit 3 stitches, flower*, repeat from * to * to last 2 stitches, then knit 2.
• Row #6: purl 2 stitches, *(purl 2 stitches together, purl 1 stitch) 3 times, purl 2 stitches*, repeat from * to * to last 10 stitches, (purl 2 stitches together, purl 1 stitch) 3 times, purl 1.
• Rows #7 – #12: work in Stocking Stitch.
• Row #13: knit 6 stitches, flower, *knit 3 stitches, flower*, repeat from * to * to last 6 stitches, then knit 6.
• Row #14: purl 6 stitches, *(purl 2 stitches together, purl 1 stitch) 3 times, purl 2 stitches*, repeat from * to * to last 3 stitches, purl 3.
• Rows #15 – #16: work in Stocking Stitch.

Repeat Rows #1 – #16 untile your desired leght.

Dandelion Stitch knitting chart

If you also love collecting your favorite knitting stitch charts, you can save this stitch on your Pinterest board to find it more easily!

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