TBL Rib Knit Stitch Free Pattern Tutorial

Hey everyone, it's Deja with Knitting Crochet Ever After, and today we are making this two-row stitch repeat, my new series. Super easy, super fast, quick stitch patterns that you can memorize very quickly, and you get some cool results. This one is the through-the-back-loop rib. It's kind of like a one-by-one rib, and on the back side you really get that effect, but it's a little different. So it's a simple two row, simple two stitch repeat, so you can't beat that. We are going to be using just some basic worsted weight yarn, I think this is some Red Heart, and 5mm needles. I'm just using these little short guys so that you can see the swatch, but adjust as necessary for whatever width project you're making. Get the pattern in the description below and we'll get started. To begin our through the back loop rib we're going to do multiples of two plus one so whatever width you need do multiples of two and then add one at the very end. So I have a cast on of 21 stitches so we can get a good look at what this looks like as we're working it and then we're ready to go. So row one we are going to be doing a knit one So that's kind of what that extra stitch is for, that's just to establish our row here. And then we're going to have, you know, not only is this a two row repeat, this is a two stitch repeat. So the first stitch is knitting one through the back loop. So instead of taking that front loop, we're going to go in through the back loop. So we just catch the back side of that loop. you know, yarn over as normal and pull that up and slip off our stitch. Then the second of the two stitches is a purl one. So we bring our yarn to the front, insert purl, lose our yarn, I'm starting to learn. catch that yarn and bring it back over. And those are only two stitches. So again, we're knitting through the back loop, then we're bringing our yarn forward and we're purling one. So we just continue that all the way across. Very easy to remember. The basic thing is trying to remember which row you're on. So all you really need to do is mark the right side and then you will be off to the races and can do this as a road trip project or whatever you may enjoy doing when you're doing kind of a no-brainer pattern. I love these short pattern stitches like this. So we're almost at the end of our row and it continues on because we had that odd stitch at the beginning, which means that we will be even at the end. We'll have two stitches left, so it's knit one through the back loop and then purl one. Oops, I lost it. Purl one. If I can get it through, there we go. Okay, so we are ready for row two. Okay, so for row two, this is an annoying stitch. This is like one of my least favorite stitches, but you'll get very used to it. So the first stitch, we're doing a knit one again. So every row we start with just a basic knit one. Then we are doing our two stitch repeat, which is kind of the exact opposite of row one. So instead of knitting through the back loop, We're purling through the back loop. So if you've never done this before, it's a little strange and it takes a bit to getting used to. That's why I said it's annoying because instead of, you know, working this way, you can't, you know, you're purling here. You can't go in the back loop like you do for a knit because there's no way you're purling through. You actually have to come around. And bring your needle from the back side of the back loop and kind of bring that forward. So again, you have your loop around your needle, you're going to come from behind it and reach through. So until you get kind of used to it, and then you're going to just yarn over like a normal purl, bring that through and slide it off. So until you get used to that, it's a little strange. The next stitch is easy, knit one. So again, If you need to turn your work so you can see your loop come from behind, you can catch it. It's good if you're not a super tight knitter, you've got to bring your yarn to the front first because it'll get you in there a little easier, get good slack so you can actually, or get good tension so you can actually make it around your needle. You're bringing it back through that loop up and then sliding off. So it's just a little bit of work to make that stitch but once you get used to it you don't, I keep forgetting to bring my yarn to the front, you um you kind of get used to it and it's not as bad as it looks so you can see I can kind of get through it pretty quickly. with practice so it's a new might be a new stitch for you it's one that comes you actually you don't see a whole lot of purling through the back loop you see a lot of purling two together through the back loop a lot of stitch patterns have that which is even more annoying because you're having to go through two stitches so you would take like these two stitches come around and bring that yarn to the front so this is the harder one because you have to I have to get through both loops, I can't even find the other one. Both loops like that, and then purl them together. So that one takes a little bit more patience and dexterity, but... Um, with good yarn, good tension, it's not too bad. Splitty yarn, if you're using yarn that splits a lot, that can be pretty difficult to get through. So this worsted is a nice, tight weave on it, so it's easy to get through. So those are our two rows, super simple, just those two rows, two repeats. And you can start to see it forming already, our little... Rib that's going on. So I'm going to go do some more rows and then we'll come back and look at what it looks like Just a quick How to fix your stitches on this because I just started going to town and I was doing a knit one instead of a purl One so to unknit your stitches. This is my knit one that I did. I'm pulling up I'm looking for that last stitch that I worked it through and I'm just inserting my needle straight through Working that off. This is my knit one through the back loop. Normally you would kind of stick it through the front of it when you're unknitting a knit stitch but because this is a back loop it twisted the stitch. So I'm going to bring it through the back to unwork it and slide that old stitch off and you'll see it's situated the correct way because when you have your stitches that front Loop should be over to the right. So when you're looking at a knit stitch, the front should be on the right and the back should be on the left. So I'm just unknitting that twisted stitch and that knit one I did accidentally. So that one I don't need to unknit because that was the very first knit through the back loop. So I just have to remember to purl one instead of knit one on the front side and then do the opposite on the back side. So make sure You're just paying attention to that one, which side you're on and what stitch you're supposed to do. So I'm going to go do my rows now and I'll be back. Okay so I've done enough to where I've kind of got a square swatch here. A couple things to note, I'm going to bind off now and I'm going to bind off in pattern so I'll explain that as we go. But I want you to kind of look so if I kind of spread this out a little bit if I bind off normal or loosely you see that my bottom is got it's pretty it's not tight you know it's it can stretch But it's holding all of my ribs together. If I bind off kind of loosely or just normally, you can see it's going to spread out and I'm going to have like this big fan at the top. So when I'm binding off, I need to bind off pretty tightly so that it is similar to my cast on. You know, I still want the stretch, but I need to be very aware when I'm doing that. I really love how this pattern turns out on the right side you can see unlike a normal one by one rib which is kind of what it looks like on the back side you know you get that kind of very defined knit stitch and then when you stretch it and it does stretch very Very well, then you see the purl bumps, but on the front side. And this would be great to work in the round. In the round, you would just do the knit through the back loop in the purl and just do that over and over, and you would get the same effect. But with this, you get this very pronounced ridge of a knit stitch. It's a little twisted, you know, because we were twisting the stitches, but it becomes... This is very pronounced with the ridges that you can see in between. So it's very different from a knit one, purl one, but with barely any change, you know, just a simple one stitch change. So let's go and bind this guy off. So I'm just doing a simple like two stitch kind of bind off. So the first stitch was knit. So whenever we're binding off in pattern, that means we're doing the stitches that we've been doing, but we're just going to bind off at the same time. So that first stitch was a knit stitch. So we're going to knit that. Then our next stitch was a knit through the back loop so we're going to do it through the back loop. We're going to pull that through. We're keeping our stitches pretty close and tight together. Remember we want to bind off kind of tight. Then we're going to take that second stitch and pass it over the first stitch. I'm not going to pull this out at all to give it a looser stitch because I want those nice and tight together. Then our next stitch was a purl so we're going to do a purl. Then we're going to grab that second stitch, pass it over the first and you can kind of see as you're going you can stop and you can see how much it's coming together so that you can adjust if you need to. So the next stitch was in it through the back loop and off. Next one's a purl one. I get too much slack and then I can't do I'm gonna do a purl. I'm going to do a couple more and then do that kind of lay flat thing that I was just showing you so it makes more sense because I only had like two stitches before. So you just got to pay attention, know your stitches to be able to say which one is next. So as I'm going, I can put that out of the way. You can see how this matches this down here so it's not super stretchy it's not super tight I can still spread it out but it's not spreading up at the top so you just got to keep your stitches pretty much the size of your needle when you're doing this so that it is keeping it nice and Um, I don't want to say tight, but you know, tighter than normal, tighter than a normal bind off. You're not going to do a very loose bind off. Okay. So here is the bound off knit through the back loop. You can see it is super stretchy. And even with that bind off, that's a little bit tighter. You still get a good stretch. Um, I just, I really like this in place of a knit one. Um, purl one, which would look more like this side, but it is very reversible, so it could be a very cool kind of scarf pattern where you want to see both sides or you're going to see both sides, even if you don't want to see both sides. Um, so it gives it a little bit of visual interest. So I, I really like this stitch pattern and it's so easy to remember. So tell me what you thought about it. If you're going to make something, tag me. I'd love to see what you're making. Um, my, all my Links are below, so go and check those out. Follow me, like and subscribe. And I'm Deja with Knit and Crochet Ever After, and thank you for watching.