Slip Stitch Checkerboard Tutorial.
![Slip Stitch Checkerboard Tutorial 1](https://www.knittingkingdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Slip-Stitch-Checkerboard-Tutorial-1.jpg)
1: Every other stitch is slipped with the contrast color at the front of the work.
![Slip Stitch Checkerboard Tutorial](https://www.knittingkingdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Slip-Stitch-Checkerboard-1.jpg)
2: After slipping the stitch purlwise, bring the yarn to the back between the needles, this will create a float.
![Slip Stitch Checkerboard Tutorial 2](https://www.knittingkingdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Slip-Stitch-Checkerboard-2.jpg)
3: On the wrong side, after slipping five stitches of the opposite color, carry the yarn loosely across these stitches to purl the next stitch.
![Slip Stitch Checkerboard Tutorial 1](https://www.knittingkingdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Slip-Stitch-Checkerboard-3.jpg)
4: The complete stitch will look like this on the needles.
![Slip Stitch Checkerboard 4](https://www.knittingkingdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Slip-Stitch-Checkerboard-4.jpg)
I like this so much! Never seen it anywhere else before. I think I feel a shawl coming on with two muted shades in this plaid pattern…