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Stocking stitch (in US, stockinette stitch) is the most basic knitted fabric; every stitch (as seen from the right side) is a knit stitch. [1] This fabric has also been referred to as Knit or Knitted, Front, Smooth, Jersey, Plain, Vertical and Plain Sweater Fabric.
Structure of stockinette stitch, a common weave in knitted fabric. The meandering red path defines one course, the path of the yarn through the fabric.The uppermost white loops are unsecured and "active", but they secure the red loops suspended from them.
Herringbone stitch [6] Linen stitch is a pattern that creates a tightly knit fabric that resembles woven linen. Tailored garments are especially suited for the linen stitch. It is a durable stitch, and is often used to reinforce the heels of hand-knitted socks. It includes knit and purl stitches, as well as slipped stitches. [7] Loop stitch [8]
In flat knitting, generally stockinette stitch, the hand-knitter knits from right-to-left on one side of the fabric, turns the work (over), and then purls right-to-left back to the starting position. Usually, the smooth side of the fabric is considered the right side , the one facing outwards for viewing; and the side that faces inwards ...
Stockinette stitch forms a smooth nap. Aran knitting patterns are used to create a bulkier fabric to retain heat. Two courses of red yarn illustrating two basic fabric types. The lower red course is knit into the white row below it and is itself knit on the next row; this produces stockinette stitch.
ssk (improved): slip one stitch, slip the next stitch purl-wise, knit slipped stitches together. ssp: Slip a stitch, slip the next stitch, purl. A decrease. sssk: Slip, slip, slip, knit 3 slipped stitches together. A double decrease. st(s): Stitch(es) St st: Stocking (stockinette) stitch. T2L: Twist two to the left. T2R: Twist two to the right.
1×1 Ribbing. In knitting, ribbing is a pattern in which vertical stripes of stockinette stitch alternate with vertical stripes of reverse stockinette stitch.These two types of stripes may be separated by other stripes in which knit and purl stitches alternate vertically; such plissé stripes add width and depth to ribbing but not more elasticity.
This method is suitable for all knitted fabrics from the basic Stockinette stitch, to any other technique, such as Fair Isle, circular knitting, or lace knitting. [2] The basic adaptation necessary is to substitute "ssk" when directed to "k2tog", and vice versa, [3] to orient the slant of the decrease correctly. [4]