Field Guide to Knitting: How to Identify, Select, and Work Virtually Every StitchAt last, a field guide to identifying and working more than 200 knitting stitches, from stockinette to Orenburg lace! There are so many intriguing ways to knit yarn that it's often tough to pick the right stitch. Help is on the way with Field Guide to Knitting, the stitch dictionary that belongs in every knitting bag. This handy go-to reference book takes a comprehensive look at knit and purl stitches as well as cables, laces, ribs, and edge treatments. Learn to tell k2togs from ssks and to differentiate between ribbed basketweave and basket cable. Each entry reveals the history of the stitch, the best stitch gauge for achieving pattern definition, the garments most suited to the pattern, and more. Complete patterns for executing the stitch (and its variations) are also included. More than 200 full-color photographs make it easy to compare how stitches will look before committing yarn to needles. Whether you just need to know if moss stitch is the same as seed stitch or you're planning a complicated Aran sweater, Field Guide to Knitting has all the answers. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Notes on Using This Book | 2 |
Pattern Abbreviations | 4 |
KNIT AND PURL STITCHES 9 Garter Stitch | 9 |
Stockinette Stitch | 10 |
Seed Stitch | 12 |
Moss Stitch | 13 |
Double Seed Stitch | 14 |
Eyelet Flowers | 157 |
Eyelet Check | 158 |
Eyelet Diamonds | 160 |
Centered Eyelet Diamonds | 162 |
Cloverleaf Eyelets | 163 |
Eiffel Tower Eyelets | 164 |
Daisy Eyelets | 166 |
Braided Eyelets | 168 |
Rice Stitch | 15 |
Dot Stitch | 16 |
Simple Diamonds | 18 |
Plain Check Stitch | 21 |
Woven Stitch | 23 |
Ribbed Woven Stitch | 24 |
Basketweave | 25 |
Ribbed Basketweave | 26 |
Simple Chevron | 28 |
Deep Chevron | 29 |
Fancy Chevron | 31 |
Waving Flames | 32 |
Pavilion Pattern | 34 |
Pennant Stitch | 35 |
Pyramid Pattern | 36 |
Parallelograms | 38 |
Tumbling Blocks | 39 |
Ladder Stitch | 40 |
Lightning Stitch | 42 |
Horizontal Zigzag | 44 |
Sloped Ladders | 45 |
Gansey Motifs | 47 |
Brioche Stitch | 51 |
Linen Stitch | 52 |
SlipStitch Honeycomb | 53 |
SlipStitch Trellis | 54 |
Wildflower Knot | 56 |
Bricklayers Stitch | 57 |
Bow Ties | 59 |
Mock Cable | 60 |
Herringbone | 62 |
Bobble Stitch | 63 |
Popcorn Stitch | 67 |
Simple Cables | 69 |
Wave Cable | 73 |
Chain Cable | 76 |
SlipStitch Cable | 77 |
Double Cable | 79 |
OXO Cable | 81 |
Honeycomb | 82 |
Staghorn Cable | 84 |
Small Syncopated Cable | 86 |
Open Syncopated Cable | 89 |
Tree Cable | 92 |
Arrowhead Cable | 94 |
ThreeStrand Braid | 96 |
FourStrand Braid | 98 |
FiveStrand Braid | 100 |
Open ThreeStrand Braid | 101 |
Open FourStrand Braid | 103 |
Open FiveStrand Braid | 104 |
TwistedStitch Waves | 106 |
TwistedStitch Diamonds | 108 |
TwistedStitch Lattice | 110 |
Traveling Line Whorl | 113 |
Traveling Line Double Helix | 115 |
Ribbed Cable | 117 |
Waving Branches | 118 |
Simple Split Cable | 120 |
Garter Stitch Cable | 123 |
MossStitch Lattice | 125 |
MossStitch Diamonds | 129 |
Cupped Cable | 131 |
Moss Cupped Cable | 133 |
Cupped Heart Cable | 135 |
OPENWORK AND LACE | 136 |
Moss Cupped Hearts | 137 |
Saxon Braid | 139 |
Snakes and Ladders | 141 |
Split Cable | 143 |
Plaited Cable | 145 |
Serpentine Cable | 147 |
Plaid Lattice | 149 |
Smocking Stitch | 151 |
Basket Cable | 152 |
Eyelet Spots | 154 |
Eyelet Ribbon | 156 |
Cabled Eyelets | 169 |
Cats | 172 |
Grand Eyelet Lace | 173 |
Cats | 174 |
Faggot Check | 176 |
Faggoted Zigzag | 177 |
Faggoted Trellis | 178 |
Herringbone Faggot | 180 |
Double Herringbone Faggot | 182 |
Purse Stitch | 183 |
Lace Chevron | 184 |
Lace Feather | 185 |
Horseshoes | 186 |
Trellis Lace | 187 |
Lattice Lace | 188 |
Lace Scales | 189 |
Falling Leaves | 191 |
Staggered Leaves | 192 |
Flickering Flames | 193 |
Candle Flames | 194 |
Beech Leaf | 197 |
Drooping Elm Leaf | 198 |
Dayflower Lace | 199 |
Bead Stitch | 201 |
Foaming Waves | 202 |
Snowdrops | 203 |
Fir Cone | 204 |
Swinging Triangles | 205 |
Feather and | 207 |
Shetland Fern | 208 |
Madeira | 209 |
Birds | 211 |
Print o the Wave | 212 |
Obstacles | 214 |
Catherine Wheels | 215 |
Rose Leaf Lace | 217 |
Apple Leaf Lace | 218 |
Flemish Diamonds | 220 |
Arrowhead Lace | 221 |
Candelabra Panel | 223 |
Harebell Lace | 224 |
Grand Trefoil | 225 |
Starlight Lace | 226 |
Rosebud Mesh | 228 |
Gracenote | 229 |
Veined Leaf Panel | 230 |
Orenburg Lace | 231 |
RIBBINGS AND EDGINGS 236 Plain Ribbing | 236 |
Diagonal Ribbing | 238 |
Broken | 240 |
Embossed Moss Stitch | 242 |
Mistake | 243 |
Fishermans | 244 |
SlipStitch Ribbing | 245 |
Faggoting | 246 |
Cable Ribbing | 247 |
Plain | 249 |
Picot Edging | 250 |
Knitted Pleats | 252 |
Kick Pleat | 257 |
Ruffle CastOn | 259 |
Small Bell Ruffle CastOn | 261 |
Large Bell Ruffle CastOn | 263 |
Point Edging | 265 |
Wave Lace Edging | 266 |
Zigzag Lace Edging | 267 |
Leaf Edging | 269 |
Twin Leaf Edging | 270 |
Narrow Van Dyke | 271 |
Cypress | 273 |
Aran Braid with Fringe | 274 |
ICord Edging | 275 |
278 | |
285 | |
Acknowledgments | 292 |
Table of Equivalencies | 294 |
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Common terms and phrases
0-6 Pattern 12 stitches amount of yarn bands bobble cable crossings Cable panel cable pattern cn and hold decreases Description diagonal double edge eeee Suggested elasticity end kl end last repeat excellent drape eyelet faggoting garter stitch give the fabric hold in back hold in front increasing yarn consumption k1 tbl k2 from cn k2tog k3tog Knit all knit knit stitches knit sts last 2 sts lateral stretch LH needle loop moss-stitch motif multiple number of stitches p2tog pattern creates pleat Properties purl all purl purl stitches purl sts Repeat Row reverse stockinette ribbing ROW 9 ROW I WS s2kp seed stitch shawls sk2p sl 1 wyif Sl 2 sts slip-stitch stitch pattern sts and purl sts to cn sweater traveling lines trellis twice Variation vertical strips wave cables wyib yarn consumption noticeably yarn consumption substantially yarn-overs open