Sea Foam Wave Drop Stitch Knitting Pattern
Learn the Sea Foam Wave Drop Stitch Knit Pattern for a rippled, light-weight texture. Create this beautiful ocean-inspired pattern simply by varying the number of yarn overs to create this beautifully undulating wave design.
Both flat and in-the-round knitting instructions, along with a knitting chart, are available to help you knit this up today!
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Wave Drop Stitch Pattern
My lesson tutorial on the classic Drop Stitch Garter Knit Pattern became instantly popular. Let’s turn it up a notch, change some yarn colors, and get creative with this eye-catching texture.
Row Repeat
With an 8-row repeat, this airy knitting pattern can be created into a wide variety of projects like scarves, cowls, shawls, blankets – even sweaters!
Lightweight Stitch
It’s a great knitting pattern for your Summer Knitting because it has wonderful breathability.
Reversible Stitch
If you knit with just one color, this is a reversible pattern, because both sides of your work, the right and wrong sides, are identical.
However, if you change yarn colors, your piece will display purl dash lines on the wrong side.
Blocking and Borders Recommended
- I highly suggest you consider blocking to your piece to help it lay flat. You’ll want to take control of that yarn, those yarn overs, and pull them into shape.
- For the flat version, my favorite border stitches are Garter and Seed stitches.
- Both adding a border and blocking your piece helps it lay flat the best!
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
• YO = Yarn Over
• How to Change Yarn Color
• Bind Off
• Weave in Yarn Tails
Printable Knitting Instructions
Printable Knitting Pattern
The Sea Foam Wave Drop Knit Stitch is an 8-Row Repeat pattern.
Materials
- Yarn in any weight, fiber, & color of your choice
Tools
- Knitting Needles - Appropriate Size for Yarn
- Tapestry Needle
- Scissors
Instructions
KNIT FLAT ON STRAIGHT NEEDLES
Border Stitches: It is recommended to add stitches for garter stitch borders on the bottom, sides, and top of your work.
Optional Color Changes: Change colors prior to Rows 1 and/or 4.
Cast On: Multiples of 9
- Row 1: Knit All
- Row 2: * K5, YO1, K1, YO2, K1, YO3, K1, YO2, K1, YO1 *
- Row 3: * Drop 1, K1, Drop 2, K1, Drop 3, K1, Drop 2, K1, Drop 1, K5 *
- Row 4: Knit All
- Row 5: Knit All
- Row 6: * YO1, K1, YO2, K1, YO3, K1, YO2, K1, YO1, K5 *
- Row 7: * K5, Drop 1, K1, Drop 2, K1, Drop 3, K1, Drop 2, K1, Drop 1 *
- Row 8: Knit All
Repeat Rows 1 – 8 until your piece is the length you desire, then Bind Off
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KNIT IN THE ROUND
Cast On: Multiples of 9
- Row 1: Knit All
- Row 2: * YO1P, P1, YO2P, P1, YO3P, P1, YO2P, P1, YO1P, P5 *
- Row 3: * Drop 1, K1, Drop 2, K1, Drop 3, K1, Drop 2, K1, Drop 1, K5 *
- Row 4: Purl All
- Row 5: Knit All
- Row 6: * P5, YO1P, P1, YO2P, P1, YO3P, P1, YO2P, P1, YO1P *
- Row 7: * K5, Drop 1, K1, Drop 2, K1, Drop 3, K1, Drop 2, K1, Drop 1 *
- Row 8: Purl All
Repeat Rows 1 – 8 until your piece is the length you desire, then Bind Off
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KNITTING CHART
Notes
Repeat Rows 1 – 8 until your piece is the length you desire
Repeat pattern between the * * asterisks
Reversible Knit Stitch Pattern
8-Row Repeat
Knitting Techniques
- CO = Cast On Long Tail Method
- K = Knit Stitch
- P = Purl Stitch
- YO1 = Yarn Over One Time
- YO2 = Yarn Over Two Times
- YO3 = Yarn Over Three Times
- YO1P = Yarn Over One Time Purlwise
- YO2P = Yarn Over Two Times Purlwise
- YO3P = Yarn Over Three Times Purlwise
- Drop 1 = Drop 1 Yarn Over Stitch
- Drop 2 = Drop 2 Yarn Over Stitches
- Drop 3 = Drop 3 Yarn Over Stitches
- Bind Off
- Weave in Yarn Tails
- ST = Stitches
Thank You for Visiting Studio Knit
I hope you are inspired to give this Sea Foam Wave Drop Stitch Knitting Pattern a try. It’s really fun once you get the hang of those eight simple rows.
