Bamboo Stitch – Free Knitting Stitch from Knitting Bee.

The Bamboo stitch is a relatively easy pattern to learn consisting of just two rows, it makes for a great stitch pattern for beginners to knit and creates a versatile textured stitch that is great for scarves, cowls and more. This stitch does create quite a dense fabric and is great at eating up yarn!

Here is a view of how the Bamboo stitch looks from the back of the work.

Abbreviations:

k – knit
yo – yarn over
pass the yarn over over the k2 looks like the image below:

Bamboo Stitch Pattern

Cast on Multiples of 2

Row 1: yo, k2, pass the yarn over over the k2 and repeat until end of row

Row 2: Purl all

The two rows make up the pattern.