List of knitting stitches

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Cable-knit

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Demonstration of stitches.

This is a list of knitting stitches. Common knitting abbreviations as used in patterns are shown in parentheses.

Individual Stitches

• Knit stitch (k)
• Purl stitch (p)

Variations

• Elongated stitch
• Plaited stitch, also known as a twisted stitch (k tbl, p tbl)
• Slip stitch (sl, sl st)

Increases

Main article: Increase (knitting)

• Yarn over (yo)
• 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 (pfb)
• Make 1 (m1) by creating half-hitch loop on right needle

Decreases

Main article: Decrease (knitting)

• Knit 2 Together (k2tog)for a right-leaning decrease
• Purl 2 Together (p2tog)
• Slip, slip, knit (ssk) for a left-leaning decrease
• Slip one, knit one, 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

• Garter stitch
• Stocking stitch, another term for Stockinette stitch
• Stockinette stitch
• Reverse stockinette stitch

Variations

• Basket stitch
• Moss stitch, another term for Seed stitch
• Seed stitch
• Waffle stitch

Rib

• English Rib (or Mistake Rib or Uneven Rib) rib
• Farrow rib

Eyelet and Lace

• Faggoting
• Raspberry stitch

Cable and Twist

• Cable stitch

Slipped Stitch Patterns

• Crossed stitch
• Herringbone stitch
• Linen stitch
• Loop stitch

Other

• Bobble
• Tricot knitting blanket stitch

Gallery

• Seed stitch beret.jpg

  Seed stitch

• Garter stitch mittens.jpg

  Garter stitch

• Linen stitch.jpg

  Linen stitch (on heel)

See also

• Knitting
• Basic knitted fabrics
• Knitting abbreviations
• Casting On
• Binding Off

References

• Vogue Knitting Magazine (2012) Vogue Knitting Stitchionary Volume 1: Knit and Purl, Sixth&Spring Books. ISBN 978-1936096237
• Walker, Barbara G (1998) A Treasury of Knitting Patterns, Schoolhouse Press. ISBN 978-0942018165

External links

• List of knitting stitches
• Different types and classification of stitches
• Knitting Video Stictionary at New Stitch a Day
• Craft Cookie list of Knitting Stitches
• List of Knitting Stitch Patterns at Knitting on the Net
• Knitting Fool Stitch List including more than 2,400 stitch patterns, arranged alphabetically
• Knitting Bee Knitting Stitch Library