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A plain knit is simply knitting each stitch on the front or public side of the fabric and purling each stitch on the back or private side of the fabric. This stitch is called stockinette stitch.
Garter stitch, where each and every row is knit across, regardless of whether you are working the front or back side, produces horizontal ridges that are somewhat similar to ribbing turned 90 degrees and somewhat stretchy, but not as stretchy as ribbing.
Ribbing is created by knitting a sequence of knit and purl stitches to create raised vertical ridges in the fabric which are especially elastic and well suited to cuffs and necks.
The most common ribbing patters are 1 x 1 and 2 x 2.
For 1 x 1 ribbing: *K1, P1, repeat from * across
For 2 x 2 ribbing: *K2, P2, repeat from * across
There are other combinations possible, such as 3 x 3 or 2 x 3 or what ever your heart desires, but 1 x 1 and 2 x 2 are the most commonly used rib patterns.
A plain knit is simply knitting each stitch on the front or public side of the fabric and purling each stitch on the back or private side of the fabric. This stitch is called stockinette stitch.
A rib knit is created by knitting 2 stitches, and purling 2 stitches, over and over.
Example: cast on 10 stitches.
knit 2,purl 2, knit 2, purl 2, knit 2
next row: purl 2, knit 2, purl 2, knit 2, purl 2
Repeat these rows for about 4 inches, and you'll see the rib knit pattern.
Another version of rib knit, is, knit 1, purl 1, knit 1, purl one.
You'll get the same pattern as above, just in more narrow rows.
Rib knit is commonly seen on sock cuffs, and sweater cuffs.
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∙ 13y agoStockinette stitch is the meat and potatoes of the knitting world. You knit on the front and purl on the back. that will fill up large spaces in a jiffy and translate really well into tubes, socks, and forth. Rib stitches are patterns set to make the yarn stretchy. You'll see it in the cuffs and collars of shirts, pullovers and jerseys. The basic rib stitch pattern is with an even number of stitches, Knit then purl on both sides. This will look like you have knitted on both sides, will not curl and will be very stretchy. A very common one used a lot in pullovers is on even number of stitches, K2 P2 continuously on both sides.
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∙ 11y agoThe difference is between the stitches, with yarn being useful for either knit or rib.
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