What's that stitch? Garter check stitch

Welcome to what's that stitch series! Garter check stitch creates a checkerboard of rectangles.  Learn what this stitch is, how to do garter check stitch and get few project ideas for using this stitch.

What is Garter check stitch?

Garter check stitch creates a checkerboard of rectangles.  The rectangles are done in garter stitch and stocking stitch which use a combination of knit and purl stitches.

What does garter check stitch look like?

The photos below shows a close up of garter check stitch and the texture.

How do you do garter check stitch?

To do garter check stitch you only need to know how to:

• Knit
• Purl

Knitting abbreviations

K - knit

P - purl

Knitting abbreviations - Free printable knitting abbreviations sheet

How to do garter check stitch

Cast on multiples of  20 eg 20, 40. 60, 80



Row 1: * P10, K10, repeat from *



Row 2:  * P10, K10, repeat from *



Row 3:  * P10, K10, repeat from *



Row 4:  * P10, K10, repeat from *



Row 5: *Knit



Row 6: *K10, P10, repeat from *



Row 7: *K10, P10, repeat from *



Row 8: *K10, P10, repeat from *



Row 9: *K10, P10, repeat from *



Row 10: Purl



Repeat rows 1-10 to continue knitting garter check stitch

Knitted garter check stitch square

I am making a patchwork blanket using all of the squares from the what's that stitch, below is the garter check stitch square for my blanket.

What can you make using garter check stitch?

Garter check stitch is prefect for blankets, beanies, boot toppers, mug cozy, cardigan, cushion cover or you could make a cover for an ipad or laptop.

Have fun learning how to do garter check stitch and making a project using this stitch, new stitches in this series posted every Monday.

Related posts

What's that stitch? - Page of photos and links to all posts in the what's that stitch series.
Knitting abbreviations - Free printable knitting abbreviations cheat sheet in downloadable pdf file