Entrelac

The stitch resembled a large version of the basket weave cable. When I looked closer though, I noticed that this stitch was much more textured with its woven structure clearly visible. So, as I tried to recall where I had last seen this pattern, I searched through all my knitting textbooks but disappointingly came up with nothing. That was when it hit me. I had seen this pattern not in a book of mine, but at the old yarn store where I used to work on the weekends. The pattern is created using a technique called entrelac, which is literally a bunch of woven squares. Basically, you knit and turn, knit and turn until you form these little triangles and squares. There’s some geometry and heavy shaping involved, but you get used to it after awhile.