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knitting
Knitting is a method by which yarn is manipulated to create a textile, or fabric. It is used to create many types of garments. Knitting may be done by hand or by machine.
Knitting creates stitches: loops of yarn in a row, either flat or i ...
stitches. Common
knitting abbreviations Knitting abbreviations are often used for brevity in describing knitting patterns.
Each knitting pattern typically provides its own abbreviations or refers to a standard. There is no single authoritative source for knitting abbreviations, so multi ...
as used in patterns are shown in parentheses.
Individual stitches
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Knit stitch (k)
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Purl stitch (p)
Variations
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Elongated stitch
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Plaited stitch, also known as a twisted stitch (k tbl, p tbl)
* Slip stitch, may be knit or purl stitch (sl, sl st)
Increases
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Yarn over
In knitting, a yarn over is technique in which the yarn is passed over the right-hand knitting needle. In general, the new loop is knitted on the next row, either by itself (producing a hole) or together with an adjacent stitch (e.g., in "tucked" ...
(yo)
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Dip stitch which can be either
** A raised increase, knitting into row below (k-b, k 1 b)
** A lifted increase, knitting into the yarn between the stitches (inc, m1)
* Knit front and back (kfb)
* Purl front and back (, pass slipped stitch over (S1, K1, PSSO) for a left-leaning decrease.
* Knit two together through the back loops (K2tog tbl) for a left-leaning decrease.
Stitch patterns
Knit and purl
Basic
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Garter stitch
Basic knitted fabrics include stocking stitch, reverse stocking stitch, garter stitch, seed stitch, faggoting, and tricot. In some cases, these fabrics appear differently on the right side (as seen when making the stitch) than on the wrong side ...
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Stockinette stitch, also known as stocking stitch
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Reverse stockinette stitch
Variations
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Basket stitch
A basket is a container that is traditionally constructed from stiff fibers and can be made from a range of materials, including wood splints, runners, and cane. While most baskets are made from plant materials, other materials such as horsehai ...
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Seed stitch
Basic knitted fabrics include stocking stitch, reverse stocking stitch, garter stitch, seed stitch, faggoting, and tricot. In some cases, these fabrics appear differently on the right side (as seen when making the stitch) than on the wrong side ...
, also known as moss stitch
* Waffle stitch
Rib
* English rib (or mistake rib or uneven rib)
* Farrow rib
*Fisherman's Rib stitch
Eyelet and lace
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Faggoting
* Raspberry stitch
Cable and twist
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Cable stitch
Cable knitting is a style of knitting in which textures of crossing layers are achieved by permuting stitches. For example, given four stitches appearing on the needle in the order ', one might cross the first two (in front of or behind) the nex ...
Slipped stitch patterns
* Crossed stitch
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Herringbone stitch
A herringbone stitch is a needlework stitch used in embroidery, knitting and crochet. It is so named as it resembles the bones extending from the spine of a herring fish. In knitting, it is a stitch that creates a fabric pattern closely resembling ...
* 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.
* Loop stitch
Other
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Bobble
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Tricot knitting
Gallery
File:Seed stitch beret.jpg, Seed stitch
File:Garter stitch mittens.jpg, Garter stitch
File:Linen stitch.jpg, Linen stitch (on heel)
See also
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Basic knitted fabrics
Basic knitted fabrics include stocking stitch, reverse stocking stitch, garter stitch, seed stitch, faggoting, and tricot. In some cases, these fabrics appear differently on the right side (as seen when making the stitch) than on the wrong side ...
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Binding off
In knitting, binding off, or casting off, is a family of techniques for ending a column (a wale) of stitches. Binding off is typically used to define the final (usually upper, taking the cast on edge as the lower) edge of a knitted fabric, although ...
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Casting on
In knitting, casting on is a family of techniques for adding new stitches that do not depend on earlier stitches, i.e., having an independent lower edge. In principle, it is the opposite of binding off, but the techniques involved are generally ...
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Knitting
Knitting is a method by which yarn is manipulated to create a textile, or fabric. It is used to create many types of garments. Knitting may be done by hand or by machine.
Knitting creates stitches: loops of yarn in a row, either flat or i ...
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Knitting abbreviations Knitting abbreviations are often used for brevity in describing knitting patterns.
Each knitting pattern typically provides its own abbreviations or refers to a standard. There is no single authoritative source for knitting abbreviations, so multi ...
References
*Vogue Knitting Magazine (2012) ''Vogue Knitting Stitchionary Volume 1: Knit and Purl'', Sixth&Spring Books.
*Walker, Barbara G (1998) ''A Treasury of Knitting Patterns'', Schoolhouse Press.
External links
Collection of Knitting Stitchesat eKnitting Stitches
Knitting Video Stictionaryat New Stitch a Day
Craft Cookie list of Knitting Stitchesat Knitting on the Net
Knitting Fool Stitch Listincluding more than 2,400 stitch patterns, arranged alphabetically
Knitting Bee Knitting Stitch Library
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Knitting Stitches
Articles containing video clips