Bamboo Stitch Knitting Pattern

This beautiful Bamboo Stitch Knitting Pattern is a personal favorite. With a simple 2-Row Repeat, we create these really pretty rows that look like stalks of bamboo. This stitch is easy to memorize and requires basic knitting stitches, along with a few yarn overs.

Get your free printable knitting pattern for both flat and in-the-round projects below. My lesson includes a video tutorial for extra help with the yarn-over and passed slip techniques.

About the Bamboo Stitch

Texture Design

Easily knit up a unique texture when designing blankets, scarves, and hats.

Row Repeat

The Bamboo Stitch is created in a simple 2-row repeat.

Unique Ribbing

A series of yarn-overs and passed stitches create this ribbed stitch pattern.

Not Reversible

This is not a reversible pattern, as you can see below that the right and wrong sides are not identical.

Knitting Techniques

Need to brush up or learn a new technique? Check out my entire library of Knitting Techniques to help you along as you knit up this project.

• Slip Knot 
• CO = Cast On Long Tail Method
• K = Knit Stitch 
• P = Purl Stitch
• YO = Yarn Over
• Bind Off
• Weave in Ends

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Steps to Knit the Bamboo Stitch

Cast on your stitches in multiples of two stitches for the desired width of your knitted piece.

Knit a repeat of rows 1 – 2 with an easy series of knits, purls, yarn overs, and passed stitches until your piece is the length you desire.

Note: Repeat pattern between the * * asterisks.

Knitted Flat on Straight Needles:

1. Row 1 (Right Side): * YO, K2, Pass 1st YO Stitch Over the 2 Knit Sts *
   Begin your first row with a yarn over and knit two stitches. Then take your left needle tip to lift the first yarn over stitch to pass over both of the two knit stitches.
2. Row 2 (Wrong Side): Purl All
   Purl all stitches on the wrong side of your work.

or

Knitted In the Round on Circular Needles:

1. Row 1: * YO, K2, Pass 1st YO Stitch Over the 2 Knit Sts *
   Begin your first row with a yarn over and knit two stitches. Then take your left needle tip to lift the first yarn over stitch to pass over both of the two knit stitches.
2. Row 2: Knit All
   Knit all stitches on the second row.

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More Bamboo Stitch Ideas

Looking for more? Give this beginner-level Bamboo Ribbing Stitch Knitting Pattern a try! By incorporating raised lines and ridges, this technique adds a remarkable depth and dimension, as though genuine bamboo strands are interwoven into your creation. This stitch is perfect for beginners because it uses a simple pattern of knits and purls to cleverly mimic the look of bamboo stalks in a ribbed design.

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