How to Loom Knit the Windmill Stitch

How to Loom Knit the Windmill Stitch

 

This stitch I translated from a needle knit stitch. It isn't the exact translation but something that looks like it while making it easier to accomplish on the loom.

Follow the grid to help keep up with the stitch pattern. Also follow the video on questions you might have about the grid. 

Terms:

K: Knit

P: Purl

YO: Yarn Over

K2tog: Knit 2 Stitches Together

SSK2tog: Slip, Slip, Knit 2 Stitches Together

4RCC: 4 Stitch Right Cable Cross

EW: E-Wrap

(Note: when you see a yarn over combined with the K2tog or the SSK2tog there is will a decrease in the direction of the slant, but you always want the decreased stitch on the bottom when knitting the 2 together.) The video explains. 

Written Flat: 

Row 1: K

Row 2: YO, K2tog, K6, SSK2tog, YO

Row 3: K9, P1

Row 4: K1, YO, K2tog, K4, SSK2tog, YO, P1

Row 5: K1, P1, K7, P1

Row 6: K1, P1, YO, K2tog, K2, SSK2tog, YO, K1, P1

Row 7: K1, P1, K3, EW1, K1, P1, K1, P1

Row 8: K1, P1, K1, (Untwist EW to make cabling easier) 4RCC, P1, K1, P1

Row 9: K1, P1, K5, P1, K1, P1

Row 10: K1, P1, SSK2tog, YO, K2, YO, K2tog, K1, P1

Row 11: K1, P1, K7, P1

Row 12: K1, SSK2tog, YO, K4, YO, K2tog, P1

Row 13: K9, P1

Row 14: SSK2tog, YO, K6, YO, K2tog, P1

Row 15-16: K

Row 17: K3, K2tog, YO, YO, SSK2tog, K3

Row 18: K5, P1, K4

Row 19: K2, K2tog, YO, K1, P1, YO, SSK2tog, K2

Row 20: K3, P1, K1, P1, K4

Row 21: K1, K2tog, YO, P1, K1, P1, K1, YO, SSK2tog, K1

Row 22: K3, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, EW2, K2 (Yes there is more than 10 in rows 22 and 23 this is to calculate in the cable area.)

Row 23: K3, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, 4RCC

Row 24: K3, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K2

Row 25: K1, YO, SSK2tog, P1, K1, P1, K1, K2tog, YO, K1

Row 26: K3, P1, K1, P1, K4

Row 27: K2, YO, SSK2tog, K1, P1, K2tog, YO, K2

Row 28: K5, P1, K4

Row 29: K3, YO, SSK2tog, K2tog, YO, K3

Row 30: K

Repeat rows 1 through 30. 

In the round: 

Row 1: K

Row 2: YO, K2tog, K6, SSK2tog, YO

Row 3: P1, K9

Row 4: K1, YO, K2tog, K4, SSK2tog, YO, P1

Row 5: P1, K7, P1, K1

Row 6: K1, P1, YO, K2tog, K2, SSK2tog, YO, K1, P1

Row 7: P1, K1, P1, K1, EW1, K3, P1, K1

Row 8: K1, P1, K1, 4RCC, P1, K1, P1

Row 9: P1, K1, P1, K5, P1, K1

Row 10: K1, SSK2tog YO, K2, YO, K2tog, K1, P1

Row 11: P1, K7, P1, K1

Row 12: K1, SSK2tog, K4, YO, K2tog, P1

Row 13: P1, K9

Row 14: SSK2tog, YO, K6, YO, K2tog

Row 15-16: K

Row 17: K3, SSK2tog, YO, YO, K2tog, K3

Row 18: K5, P1, K4

Row 19: K2, SSK2tog, YO, P1, K1, YO, K2tog, K2

Row 20: K3, P1, K1, P1, K4

Row 21: K1, SSK2tog, YO, K1, P1, K1, P1, YO, K2tog, K1

Row 22: K3, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, EW1

Row 23: K2, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, 4RCC (cable your cross over at the end of the row.)

Row 24: K3, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K2

Row 25: K1, YO, K2tog, K1, P1, K1, P1, SSK2tog, YO, K1

Row 26: K3, P1, K1, P1, K4

Row 27: K2, YO, K2tog, P1, K1, SSK2tog, YO, K2

Row 28: K5, P1, K4

Row 29: K3, YO, K2tog, SSK2tog, YO, K3

Row 30: K

Repeat rows 1-30