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705: 368: 182: 25: 170: 283: 142:, stocking stitch is produced by knitting every stitch; by contrast, in the flat, stocking stitch is produced by knitting and purling alternate rows. Variations on this fabric can be made by twisting stitches (knitting or purling through the back of each loop on the needle instead of the front) on one or both sides; Barbara Walker calls these "crossed" (only knitted stitches twisted) and "twisted" (knits and purl twisted) Stockinette. 251: 205: 316:
Like most lace fabrics, faggoting has little structural strength and deforms easily, so it has little tendency to curl despite being asymmetrical. Faggoting is stretchy and open, and most faggoting stitches look the same on both sides, making them ideal for garments like lacy scarves or stockings.
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Seed/moss-stitch fabrics lie flat; the symmetry of their two faces prevents them from curling to one side or the other. Hence, it makes an excellent choice for edging, e.g., the central edges of a cardigan. However, seed stitch is "nubbly", not nearly as smooth as stockinette/stocking stitch.
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every row ("course"). In other words, every knit stitch is flanked on all four sides (left and right, top and bottom) by purl stitches, and vice versa. Moss stitch (also called Irish/American moss stitch) is created by alternating between knit and purl stitches across every row as well. Here,
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Stocking-stitch fabric is very smooth and each column ("wale") resembles a stacked set of "V"'s. It has a strong tendency to curl horizontally and vertically because of the
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however, there are always two knit stitches stacked upon each other in every column and they are flanked by two purl stitches on all four sides.
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The bottom of this piece shows an example of ribbing, created by alternating knit stitches and purl stitches across the same row.
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In garter-stitch fabrics, the "purl" rows stand out from the "knit" rows ( a similar effect is used in
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Stockinette/stocking stitch and reverse stockinette stitch
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Group of knit fabrics based on common stitching techniques
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Index

references
inline citations
improve
introducing
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knitted fabrics
right side
wrong side
right side
round
asymmetry
wrong side
purling
Stockinette stitch front
Back of stockinette stitch, also same appearance as reverse stockinette stitch
stockinette stitch
reverse stockinette stitch

welting
right side
round
shadow knitting
elasticity
symmetry

basketweave pattern

lace knitting
yarn over
decrease

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