- The Basic Stitches<\/a>
- Lace<\/a>
- Cables<\/a>
- Twisted Stitches<\/a>
- Stranded Colorwork<\/a>
- Slip Stitches<\/a>
- Mosaic Knitting<\/a>
- Brioche Knitting<\/a>
- Double Knitting<\/a>
- Illusion Knitting<\/a>
- Dropped Stitches<\/a>
- Bobbles<\/a>
- Enterlac<\/a><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n
\nThe Basic Stitches<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The two basic stitches in knitting are the knit<\/a> and the purl stitch<\/a>. If you combine these two stitches you can make many of the basic knitted fabrics such as the stockinette stitch, garter stitch, reverse stockinette stitch, ribbing, and seed stitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Garter Stitch (flat): <\/strong>You knit both right side and wrong side rows.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Stockinette:<\/strong> You knit on the right side rows and purl on the wrong side rows.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Seed Stitch:<\/strong> First you knit every other stitch and purl every other stitch. Then on the following rows you knit the purl stitches and purl the knit stitches.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Ribbing:<\/strong> For instance 1-by-1 ribbing you make first by knitting every other stitch and purling every other stitch. Then on the following rows you always purl the purled stitches and knit the knitted stitches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\n\nThe most extensive knitting stitch dictionary published is the Vogue Knitting The Ultimate Stitch Dictionary<\/a>. The book contains more than 800 knitting patterns and contains many basic patterns and some others as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\nLace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n\nKnitted lace is formed by combining yarn overs with different decreases. Yarn overs create holes and the decreases create lines. There are a number of decrease stitches you can choose from and it\u2019s the choice and arrangement of these decreases that creates the lace pattern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe the most famous traditional lace patterns are the Feather and Fan and the Travelling Vine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My favorite source of lace patterns is the Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible by Hitomi Shida<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A lace button band. The pattern is available for free here.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n A very good lace knitting tutorial can be found on KnitPicks website.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\nCables<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Cables are formed by changing the order of knitted stitches. For instance, a basic 2-by-2 cable you knit by placing two stitches on hold and then knitting the next 2 stitches, and lastly return to knit the previous stitches you put on hold. As a result, these groups of stitches cross over or twist around each other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can make an infinite number of different cable patterns by varying the following factors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- The direction they are twisted:<\/strong> Cables are twisted either to the right or to the left, and for this to happen, the first stitches are brought either to the back or to the front of the next stitches.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The number of stitches you have for the cables:<\/strong> You can have for instance 2-by-2 cables or 6-by-3 cables.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The number of rows you have between the cables:<\/strong> Typically you only work cables on right side rows and you can make the twisted for instance on every 4th right side row or every 6th right side row.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\n\nBy far the best cable knitting resource I have found is the Knitted Cable Sourcebook by Norah Gaughan<\/a>. It contains more than 150 cable stitch patterns and it also offers insight into how cables are engineered, how knitters can design their own, and how knitters can mix and match cables in a knitting pattern. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A very good cable knitting tutorial with images can be found on the KnitPicks website.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\nTwisted Stitches<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n\nThe term twisted stitch has two meanings in knitting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- A stitch that is knitted or purled through the back loop.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Stitches that look like 1-by-1 cables but are worked in a way that makes them pop out of stockinette fabric, unlike cables.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
In this section I mean the latter one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This technique is great because you can create nice textured patterns without a cable needle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Twisted stitches are used to create the star shape on this stocking.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n \n\nIf you are looking for ideas what kind of patterns you can made with twisted stitches please take a look at the The Twisted Stitch Sourcebook by Norah Gaughan.<\/a> The book contains more than 125 stitch patterns with guidance on how to design your very own.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\nStranded Colorwork<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n\nStranded colorwork is a technique for working two or more colors of yarn in the same row. While working the stitches with one color you carry the other strands of yarn you aren’t knitting with across the back of the work as you go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are different styles of stranded colorwork such as Fair Isle and Scandinavian. The patterns and use of colors are different between them. However, nowadays many knitters use the term “Fair Isle” to refer to any style of colorwork knitting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Traditional Scandinavian motifs you find on the book 150 Scandinavian Motifs: The Knitter’s Directory<\/a> and traditional Fair Isle Motifs on the book 200 Fair Isle Motifs: A Knitter’s Directory.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
- The number of stitches you have for the cables:<\/strong> You can have for instance 2-by-2 cables or 6-by-3 cables.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Stockinette:<\/strong> You knit on the right side rows and purl on the wrong side rows.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Lace<\/a>
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