![Quatrefoil stitch](https://www.lavisch.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/230830_Quatrefoil-stitch_sq-1024x1024.jpg)
The quatrefoil stitch is a stitch pattern in the category of eyelet stitches. It’s made by working a group of 4 yarn overs, each flanked by a single decrease. Each group of 4 eyelets is alternated, making this a lovely pattern to use allover in a project.
This stitch pattern is worked as a multiple of 8 stitches, and in a sixteen-row repeat. Please note that I’ve added 2 edge stitches in garter stitch on both sides of the swatch.
Materials used
![Painbox Simply DK Spearmint Green](https://www.lavisch.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Paintbox-Simply-DK-Spearmint-Green-1024x1024.jpg)
![Knitting needles - straights](https://www.lavisch.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Knitting-needles_straights-1024x1024.jpg)
Yarn: Paintbox Yarns Simply DK, a good value, good quality 100% acrylic yarn, in the color Spearmint green.
Needles: This is a pair of straights that I picked up at the second-hand store when I started knitting, brand unknown.
Stitches used
- k – knit
- k2tog – knit 2 stitches together
- p – purl
- RS / WS – right side / wrong side
- yo – yarn over
- rep – repeat
- skp – slip 1 stitch, knit 1 stitch, pass the slipped stitch over
- st(s) – stitch(es)
Quatrefoil stitch
Row 1 (RS): Knit. (15 sts)
Row 2 and all following WS rows: Purl.
Row 3: K2, *k1, yo, skp, k5; rep from * to 5 sts before end, k1, yo, skp, k2.
Row 5: K1, k2tog, *yo, k1, yo, skp, k3, k2tog; rep from * to 4 sts before end, yo, k1, yo, skp, k1.
Row 7: K2, *k1, yo, k2tog, k5; rep from * to 5 sts before end, k1, yo, k2tog, k2.
Row 9: Knit.
Row 11: K2, *k5, yo, skp, k1; rep from * to 5 sts before end, k5.
Row 13: K2, *k3, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, skp; rep from * to 5 sts before end, k5.
Row 15: K2, *k5, yo, k2tog, k1; rep from * to 5 sts before end, k5.
Row 16: Purl.
Repeat rows 1-16 for pattern until desired length.
![Quatrefoil stitch chart](https://www.lavisch.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/230830_Quatrefoil-stitch_chart-1024x1024.jpg)
In the below pictures, you see the patterning first from the right, and then also from the wrong side of the fabric:
![Quatrefoil stitch as seen from the RS](https://www.lavisch.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Quatrefoil-stitch_01-1024x1024.jpg)
![Quatrefoil stitch as seen from the WS](https://www.lavisch.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Quatrefoil-stitch_03-1024x1024.jpg)
To get an impression of how this stitch looks as an all-over pattern:
![Quatrefoil stitch as seen from the RS - all over](https://www.lavisch.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Quatrefoil-stitch_02-1024x1024.jpg)
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