How to knit gingham check

You can combine knit and purl stitches to create a gingham check texture pattern.

I have made a little sampler to show the finished checked pattern.

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This is worked on a multiple of 10 stitches plus 5 stitches (for example, 25 stitches = 10 stitches x 2, plus 5 stitches), and 8 rows.

Row 1:  *p5, k1, (p1, k1) x 2, repeat from * to the last 5 sts, p5

Row 2:  k5, *(k1, p1)  2, k6, repeat from * to the end of the row

Rows 3 to 6:    repeat rows 1 and 2 twice

Row 7:  *(k1, p1) x 2, k6, repeat from * to the last 5 sts, (k1, p1) x 2, k1

Row 8:  k1, (p1, k1) x 2, * p5, k1, (p1, k1) x 2, repeat from * to the end of the row

Rows 9 to 12:  repeat rows 7 and 8 twice

Repeat rows 1 to 12 until your piece is the desired length.