Chevron Lace Stitch: Easy 6-Row Pattern + Video
This chevron lace stitch is a beautiful one to add to your stitch library if you love delicate lace with a little bit of texture.
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In the video tutorial below, I’ll show you how to work this 6-row Chevron Lace stitch step by step, including double and single decreases:
Worked over an 6-row repeat, it creates graceful, pointed columns that give the fabric a lovely vintage-romantic feel.
And there’s a bonus: this chevron lace stitch pattern is a fun way to practice three different decreasing techniques while creating something beautiful at the same time.
It’s one of those stitches that looks much more complicated than it feels once you get into the rhythm of the rows. 🧶
A Romantic Lace Stitch for Garments & Home Decor
I think the Chevron Lace stitch would be especially lovely for Autumn and Spring projects, particularly when worked in a soft yarn that allows the lace to open up beautifully.
You could use it for:
- Scarves and wraps
- Shawls
- Bottom of Sweaters & Cardigans
- Table runners
- Decorative blankets
- Other projects where you want a delicate, ornamental texture
I can imagine it worked across an entire wrap or shawl, or used as a beautiful detail within a larger garment.
A Great Stitch for Practicing Decreases
One of my favorite things about this pattern is that the chevron lace stitch design is created using three different decreasing techniques.
That makes it a great little exercise if you want to become more comfortable reading and working lace patterns — because you’re practicing the techniques in context, rather than simply repeating them as an exercise.
And once you start seeing how the decreases shape those beautiful V-like columns, the pattern becomes much easier to follow.
Don’t Skip the Blocking!
This is not a reversible stitch, so the two sides of the fabric look different.
And when you’re working lace, blocking is a must.
The unblocked fabric can look a little scrunched and difficult to appreciate, but blocking opens the stitches, defines the lace pattern, and gives the finished fabric its beautiful shape.
So don’t judge this stitch straight off the needles!
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This is the right side of the work:
Abbreviations
CO: cast on
st (s) = stitch (es)
RS: right side of the work
K: knit
yo: yarn over
sl1kw: slip one stitch knit wise (as if to knit)
k2tog: knit two stitches together
psso: pass the the slipped stitch over
ssk: slip one stitch as if to knit, slip the next one as if to knit, put both back onto the left-hand needle and knit them together through the back loop
P: purl
WS: wrong side
BO: Bind off
How to Knit This Chevron Lace Stitch Pattern
Stitch Multiple
CO multiples of 10 plus 1 plus 2 (edge sts) [add 4 more sts if you like the garter edge on each side as shown in the pictures]. For example: 10 * 2 = 20 + 1 = 21 + 2 (edge) = 23 + 4 (garter edge) = 27 sts.
Instructions
Row 1 (RS): K3, *K1, yo, K3, sl1kw, k2tog, psso, K3, yo. Repeat to last 4 sts, K4.
Rows 2, 4 and 6: K3, P to last 3 sts, K3.
Row 3: K3, *K2, yo, K2, sl1kw, k2tog, psso, K2, yo, K1*. Repeat to last 4 sts, K4.
Row 5: K3, *K1, yo, ssk, yo, K1, sl1kw, k2tog, psso, K1, yo, k2tog, yo, K1*. Repeat to last 3 sts, K3.
Repeat rows 1 – 6. When finished, BO purl wise after row 5 (WS).
This is the other side of the work:
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