Alternating Diagonal - A lovely reversible stitch pattern. If you can knit and purl, you can create this stitch!
Cast on a multiple of 10 stitches.
Row 1 – right side: * Knit 5, purl 5; repeat from * to end.
Row 2 and all wrong side rows: Knit the knit sts and purl the purl sts.
Row 3: * Knit 5, purl 5; repeat from * to end
Row 5: * Knit 4, purl 1, knit 1, purl 4; repeat from * to end.
Row 7: * Knit 3, purl 2, knit 2, purl 3; repeat from * to end.
Row 9: * Knit 2, purl 3, knit 3, purl 2; repeat from * to end.
Row 11: * Knit 1, purl 4, knit 4, purl 1; repeat from * to end.
Row 13: * Purl 5, knit 5; repeat from * to end.
Row 15: * Purl 5, knit 5; repeat from * to end.
Row 17: * Purl 4, knit 1, purl 1, knit 4; repeat from * to end.
Row 19: * Purl 3, knit 2, purl 2, knit 3; repeat from * to end.
Row 21: * Purl 2, knit 3, purl 3, knit 2; repeat from * to end.
Row 23: * Purl 1, knit 4, purl 4, knit 1; repeat from * to end.
Repeat rows 1–24.