Frog Feet- Fantastic and Crazy Stitch Pattern

This is the most excited I’ve been about a knitting pattern since I first started knitting.  It’s called Fox Paws by Xandy Peters and can be found on ravelry.com for $6.  No color stranding required!!  But, a lot of concentration and constant counting are definitely needed to avoid some huge mistakes.

I’ve only completed a couple of pattern repeats so I’ve got a looooong way to go, but I LOVE it so far!  🙂

It has some new-to-me stitches like KYOK and SB2 and K5tog.  Here’s a brief video demonstration:

And, here’s an explanation in pictures:

The KYOK (Knit Yarn Over Knit): All done into one stitch.

knit into stitch (keep old stitch on needle)

Now yarn over (keep old stitch on needle)

Knit again into old stitch

Pull the old stitch off.

Seems kinda easy, right?  Now, you get to SB2 which isn’t hard but I haven’t encountered before. You just slip two of your new stitches back onto the left needle.  But, then you have to KYOK into one of the slipped-back stitches.  Sometimes you get to KYOK, SB2 four times in a row.  A massive amount of new stitches are created in certain spots to form the “toes” on the pattern.

Slip 2 of your new stitches back on to the left needle

Perform the KYOK again into the next stitch (which you just slipped back.

There’s also a K5tog followed by a SB2 followed by a K3tog.

Knit 5 stitches together as if one stitch

Slip 2 stitches back onto left needle

Knit 3 stitches together as if one stitch

It’s always fun to learn something new. This pattern has definitely done that for me! I can wait to see this finished. 🙂