if you would like to request the video send an email to questions add new stitch add a calm how to knit the basket weave stitch English style for this tutorial you will need a pair of knitting needles and a ball of yarn special thanks to our sponsor Lion Brand for providing today's yarn today we are using their natures choice organic cotton mine in the color spice for this dish you will need to know the following techniques knit purl to begin this stitching is cast on in multiples of eight plus five Row one knit all stitches row two we're going to begin by knitting five okay now we're going to begin our repeat by purling three and we'll finish our repeat by knitting five so repeat the Perl three and knit five until the end of the row row three we're going to begin by five then we're going to start our repeat by knitting three and we'll finish our repeat by purling five so repeat the knit 3 purl 5 until the end of the row row 4 repeat Row 2 Row 5 knit all stitches row 6 we're going to begin by knitting 1 we're going to start our repeat by purling 3 okay and we'll finish our repeat by knitting five so continue purling three and knitting five until you reach the last stitch in the row okay and when you reach the last stitch in the row we're going to knit one row seven we're going to begin by purling one then we're going to start our repeat by knitting three and then we're going to finish our repeat by purling five so continue knitting three and purling five until you reach the last stitch in the row when you reach the last stitch in the row we're going to purl one row eight repeat row 6 repeat rows 1 through 8 until you have reached your desired length and that's how you knit the basket weave stitch after a few repeats your pattern should look like this one more news today check out our website at new stitch de comm new stitch day is a crafty media production this video is licensed under a creative commons attribution-noderivs 3.0 unported license which means use it on your website put it in your patterns but please don't change anything