Hi, the compilation of knit stitches continues! Today, we’re going to try our hand at the Hills stitch. It’s a cute name, don’t you think? We’ve taken the name from the Italian stitch ‘Collinette’. It’s an hills stitch that’s ideal for little girls’ dresses or even a shawl to wrap around your shoulders, on a chilly evening after dinner.

For the hills stitch, we’ve chosen a 100% cotton tape, the Sailorman yarn. There are loads of colours in the collection but as the summer holidays are just around the corner, we can’t stop thinking about the sea, so we went for the colour Cobalt. Take a dive into the deep blue sea!

How to knit the Hills stitch

The stockinette stitches at the sides of the motif are not shown on the pattern or in the explanation.

row 1: 2 knit together, + 1 yarn over, 2 knit, 2 knit together, 2 yarn over, 1 pass, 2 knit, 1 yarn over, 1 pass + 2 knit together *always repeat from * to * finish off working from + to +.

row 2: + 3 pass, 2 purl into back together, 1 yarn over, 1 knit in 1^st yarn over, 1 pass in 2^nd yarn over, 1 yarn over, 2 purl into back together. 2 pass + *1 pass work from + to +, finish off with 1 pass.

row 3: 1 knit, * + 1 knit, 2 knit together, 1 yarn over, 4 knit, 1 yarn over, 1 pass + 3 knit * finish off working from + to +, 2 knit.

row 4: + 3 purl into back together, 1 yarn over, 1 pass, 1 yarn over, 4 pass, 1 yarn over, 1 pass, 1 yarn over, +, 3 purl together, work from + to +*, finish off with 3 purl together.

row 5: 1 yarn over, * + 1 pass, 2 knit, 1 yarn over, 1 pass, 2 knit together, 1 yarn over, 2 knit, 2 knit together +, 2 yarn over, * finishing off working from + to +, 1 yarn over.

row 6: 1 pass, + 1 yarn over, 2 purl together, 6 pass, 2 purl into back together, 1 yarn over +, * 1 knit in 1^st yarn over, 1 pass in 2^nd yarn over, work from + to + *, finish off with 1 pass.

row 7: 1 knit, * + 1 knit, 1 yarn over, 1 pass 4 knit,  2 knit together, 1 yarn over, +, 3 knit *, finish off working from + to +, 2 knit.

row 8: + 2 pass, 1 yarn over, 3 purl together, 3 purl into back together, 1 yarn over, 1 pass, 1 yarn over, 1 pass +, * 1 pass, work from to + to *, finish off with 1 pass.

row 9: repeat from 1^st row.

Start with the part that comes before the 1^st asterisk, repeat from * to * for all the row and finish off with the part after the 2^nd asterisk.

If you’d like to learn another hills knit stitch, using tapes again but wider ones, why not try out the Drop Stitch Garter.