this is the linen stitch this is the linen stitch in one color and this is the linen stitch in two colors i'm going to show you now how to do the linen stitch in one color for the linen stitch you want to cast on an even number of stitches i've done a few rows and i'm going to start there's only two rows in this stitch first stitch you knit which i'm going to slip pull the yarn in front as though to purl slip the stitch off put the yarn in back and knit put the yarn in front and slip yarn in back knit yarn in front slip yarn in back knit you continue doing this all the way across the row until you get to the last two stitches and you're going to knit for the next row you turn the work around and you're going to purl the next stitch which i slip put the yarn in back slip yarn in front purl yarn in back slip yarn in front purl back slip and keep going like this all the way across the row until you get to the last two stitches which you're going to purl and you just repeat those two rows and that is the linen stitch in one color you