List of knitting stitches

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This is a list of knitting stitches. Over the long history of knitting across the world, hundreds of different knitting stitches have been created. This page contains the beginnings of a comprehensive catalogue of the types of stitches available to hand knitters.

An alphabetical list of these stitches can be found below.

• Cable stitch, textures of crossing layers are achieved by permuting stitches
• Casting on
• Casting off (or binding off)
• Decrease
• Dip stitch
• Elongated stitch
• Garter stitch, simply knit every row. This is the simplest stitch, very common and good for beginners.
• Increase
• Knit stitch
• Moss stitch also known as seed stitch
• Plaited stitch
• Purl stitch
• Rassberry stitch
• Rib stitch
• Slip stitch
• Stocking stitch
• Yarn over
• Ball under

See also

• Basic knitted fabrics
• Knitting abbreviations

References

External links

• Knitting Stitches Knitting styles used in clothing.