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Knitted Fabrics: Slip-Stitch Knitting, Pashmina, Knitted Fabric, Lace Knitting, Basic Knitted Fabrics, Fair Isle, Jersey, Entrelac
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-05-04.
ISBN 9781155535456
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Slip-Stitch Knitting, Pashmina, Knitted Fabric, Lace Knitting, Basic Knitted Fabrics, Fair Isle, Jersey, Entrelac, Shadow Knitting, Fishnet, Ribbing, Velour, Medallion Knitting, Jersey, Welting, Drop-Stitch Knitting, Basketweave, Terrycloth, Lamé, Coolmax, Milliskin, History of Knitwear. Excerpt: A few types of knitted fabric are so fundamental, that they have been adopted as part of the language of knitting, similar to techniques such as yarn over or decrease . Examples include stockinette stitch , reverse stockinette stitch , garter stitch , seed stitch , faggoting , and tricot . In some cases, these fabrics appear differently on the right side (i.e., as seen when making the stitch) than on the wrong side (i.e., as seen from the other side, when the work is turned). Stockinette stitch and reverse stockinette stitch Stockinette stitch Stockinette stitch (in the UK, Stocking Stitch ) is the most basic knitted fabric; every stitch (as seen from the right side ) is a knit stitch. In the round , stockinette stitch is produced by knitting every stitch; by contrast, in the flat, stockinette stitch is produced by knitting and purling alternate rows. Stockinette-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 asymmetry of its faces. Reverse stockinette stitch is produced in the same way as stockinette, except that the purl stitches are done on the right side and the knit stitches on the wrong side . In the round , reverse stockinette stitch is produced by purling every stitch. Garter stitch Garter stitch Garter stitch is the most basic form of welting (as seen from the right side ). In the round , garter stitch is produced by knitting and purling alternate rows. By contr
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