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How to Identify Stockinette Stitch (St st)


Stockinette Stitch
Whether It's Back And Forth Or Round And Round

Rows
Stockinette stitch done in rows means you alternate knit and purl rows. This creates a knit side and a purl side of your work. Stockinette stitch is the stitch most often used to measure your gauge or tension. In fact, if a pattern does not say what to use to measure gauge, they assume Stockinette Stitch (abbreviated 'St st').

Rounds
To do Stockinette stitch in the round, you just 'knit, knit, knit'. Since you are always working on the right side, and in Stockinette stitch the right side is the knit side, all you have to do is knit. Reverse Stockinette stitch (abbreviated Rev St st) is created the same way as St st, but the right side is the purl side instead of the knit side. (So instead you would 'purl, purl, purl')

Step 6: K2tog (knit two together) english style
k2tog english
How to decrease K2tog (knit two together) english style
The knit two together (k2tog) decrease is the most common decrease used in knitting.
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Alternate Step: Identify Knit Stitches
identify knit sts
How to identify knit stitches
Learning to identify knit stitches is helpful when figuring out where in a pattern you are following you are.
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Step 4: Identify Garter St
identify garter stHow to identify garter stitch
Garter stitch is produced by knitting every row or purling every row. It creates a ripple that resembles the purl side of stockinette.

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Advanced Step: How to Fix Knit instead of Purl
fix knit instead of purlHow to fix knit instead of purl mistake
The fix for stitches that should have been knitted instead of purled is quite simple on the following row. See how to do this.

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