Elongated Stitch
rows of tall, open, elongated loops made by wrapping the yarn extra times and dropping the wraps
The elongated or drop stitch makes deliberately tall, airy loops by adding extra yarn on the way out and letting it go on the way back. On the stitch you want to lengthen, you knit as usual but wrap the yarn around the needle two or three extra times before pulling the loop through. On the following row you work each of those stitches by slipping it off and letting the extra wraps drop, which releases the stored yarn into one long, open loop. A whole row worked this way opens into a band of ladder-like, elongated stitches, and alternating elongated rows with plain garter or stockinette gives an airy, drapey fabric that is popular for summer wraps, light scarves, and openwork panels. It is genuinely easy, since the only new move is counting the wraps and dropping them cleanly, but keep the wraps even so the loops end up the same height. The open loops make a light, stretchy, fast-growing fabric.