Each month, my Patreon supporters can suggest words for me to encode as stitch patterns. This month’s word was drawn from the word hoard I’ve created from previous months’ suggestions: groundhog. A prosaic word, but the end result is one I like a lot!

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Notes:

• This is a stitch pattern such as might be found in a stitch dictionary. It is not a pattern for a finished object. You will need to add selvedges or some other form of knitted stitches to either side.
• rows 19-36 are just the first 18 rows offset by 6 stitches.
• I’ve omitted the wrong-side rows on the chart for brevity: purl each even-numbered row, working (k1, p1) in each double yo.
• If you want to work just one repeat, work only the stitches between the vertical red lines, omitting the 1/1 crosses on rows 7 and 25.
• Groundhog is a multiple of 12+12 stitches and 36 rows.
• Designers, please feel free to use this stitch in your patterns. I’d like credit but won’t be offended if people don’t give it.
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Abbreviations:

• 1/1 LC: Slip next stitch to cable needle and place at front of work, knit 1, then knit 1 from cable needle.
• 1/1 RC: Slip next stitch to cable needle and place at back of work, knit 1, then knit 1 from cable needle.
• k: knit.
• k2tog: knit 2 stitches together as if they were 1. (Right-leaning decrease)
• k3tog: knit 3 stitches together as if they were 1.
• p: purl.
• Sl2, k1, p2sso: slip 2 together as if to knit together, knit the next stitch, then pass the slipped stitches over. (centered double decrease.)
• ssk: slip each of the next 2 stitches as if to knit, then knit them together through the back loop. (Left-leaning decrease)
• sssk: slip each of the next 3 stitches as if to knit, then knit them together through the back loop.
• yo: yarn over.

(stitch map coming soon.)

Row 1 (RS): K2, k2tog, yo, k2, *k2, yo, ssk, k4, k2tog, yo, k2 ; work from *, k2, yo, ssk, k2.
Row 2 and all even rows: purl, working (k1, p1) in each double yo.
Row 3: (K1, k2tog, yo) x 2, *yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k2, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo ; work from *, (yo, ssk, k1) x 2.
Row 5: Sl2, k1, p2sso, yo x 2, k3, *k3, yo x 2, sl2, k1, p2sso x 2, yo x 2, k3 ; work from *, k3, yo x 2, sl2, k1, p2sso.
Row 7: K2, yo, k3tog, yo, k1, *k1, yo, sssk, yo, k1, 1/1 RC, k1, yo, k3tog, yo, k1 ; work from *, k1, yo, sssk, yo, k2.
Row 9: Ssk, k2, yo, k2, *k2, yo, k2, k2tog, ssk, k2, yo, k2 ; work from *, k2, yo, k2, k2tog.
Row 11: 1/1 LC, ssk, yo, k2tog, yo, *yo, ssk, yo, k2tog, 1/1 RC, 1/1 LC, ssk, yo, k2tog, yo ; work from *, yo, ssk, yo, k2tog, 1/1 RC.
Row 13: K1, k2tog, yo, k3, *k3, yo, ssk, k2, k2tog, yo, k3 ; work from *, k3, yo, ssk, k1.
Row 15: K2tog, k3, yo, k1, *k1, yo, k3, ssk, k2tog, k3, yo, k1 ; work from *, k1, yo, k3, ssk.
Row 17: Ssk, k3, yo, k1, *k1, yo, k3, k2tog, ssk, k3, yo, k1 ; work from *, k1, yo, k3, k2tog.
Row 19: K2, yo, ssk, k2, *k2, k2tog, yo, k4, yo, ssk, k2 ; work from *, k2, k2tog, yo, k2.
Row 21: (Yo, ssk, k1) x 2, *k1, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo x 2, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k1 ; work from *, (k1, k2tog, yo) x 2.
Row 23: K3, yo x 2, sl2, k1, p2sso, *sl2, k1, p2sso, yo x 2, k6, yo x 2, sl2, k1, p2sso ; work from *, sl2, k1, p2sso, yo x 2, k3.
Row 25: K1, yo, sssk, yo, k1, *1/1 RC, k1, yo, k3tog, yo, k2, yo, sssk, yo, k1 ; work from *, 1/1 RC, k1, yo, k3tog, yo, k1.
Row 27: K2, yo, k2, k2tog, *ssk, k2, yo, k4, yo, k2, k2tog ; work from *, ssk, k2, yo, k2.
Row 29: Yo, ssk, yo, k2tog, 1/1 RC, *1/1 LC, ssk, yo, k2tog, yo x 2, ssk, yo, k2tog, 1/1 RC ; work from *, 1/1 LC, ssk, yo, k2tog, yo.
Row 31: K3, yo, ssk, k1, *k1, k2tog, yo, k6, yo, ssk, k1 ; work from *, k1, k2tog, yo, k3.
Row 33: K1, yo, k3, ssk, *k2tog, k3, yo, k2, yo, k3, ssk ; work from *, k2tog, k3, yo, k1.
Row 35: K1, yo, k3, k2tog, *ssk, k3, yo, k2, yo, k3, k2tog ; work from *, ssk, k3, yo, k1.