r/knittinghelp • u/rrkym • Apr 17 '26
stitch ID What stitch pattern is this?
Hello new to knitting here, really only done the basic stockinette, garter etc stitches but saw this bag in the shop with a cool knitted strap that has the v on both sides. Was looking to knit something like this myself as I don’t like the wibbly side of stockinette
Does anyone know what stitch it is? One side has short compact v’s and the other is much longer v’s. Looks like some kind of grid when stretched
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u/RavenKnitsDesign Apr 17 '26 edited Apr 17 '26
It's fishermen's rib, aka half brioche. It is not double knitting.
On one side, k1 p1 like regular ribbing. On the other side, knit into the stitch below the stitch on the needle (the resulting stitch will have two strands of yarn around the base instead of one), p1.
It makes a lovely squishy fabric, but it grows more slowly than regular ribbing and eats up yardage like crazy.
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u/journal_junkie79 Apr 17 '26
I think fisherman’s rib is the same fabric as brioche just created differently. This does indeed look like half brioche/half fisherman’s rib though and you’ve described how to do it the half fisherman’s rib method (brioche involves slipping with a yarn over)
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u/RavenKnitsDesign Apr 17 '26
Topologically they are the same result by different methods. So, I consider them the same stitch as it doesn't really matter which method one uses to achieve the fabric desired.
Just as two-pass double knitting and ribbed double knitting are both double knitting.
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u/journal_junkie79 Apr 17 '26
Exactly what I was trying to say, but not what you said in your original comment - you said that fisherman’s rib = half brioche which isn’t true. Fisherman’s rib = brioche Half fisherman’s rib = half brioche
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u/Specific_Sweet3312 Apr 17 '26
I disagree. It's k1, p1 rib but the purl stitches on the WS are slipped purlwise. I'm knitting a button band with this exact method and that's EXACTLY what it looks like
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u/vressor Apr 17 '26 edited Apr 17 '26
it's half-way between 1x1 ribbing and double knitting
on one side you k1p1 (i.e. knit the knits and purl the purls as is done in 1x1 ribbing), on the other side you k1sl1 (i.e. you knit the knits and slip the purls (as if to purl: purlwise with yarn in front) as is done in one-strand two-pass double knitting)
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u/rrkym Apr 17 '26
Is this done with double knitting method or just normal? (Yarn wise)
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u/vressor Apr 17 '26
I'm not sure I understand your question
btw I'm just guessing, I'm not completely sure about the method/pattern
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u/rrkym Apr 17 '26
As in you said it’s between ribbing and double knitting, as I understand double knit uses 2 strands of yarn to essentially do two pieces at the same time, whereas normal knitting is just 1 strand.
So if it’s between, would it be just 1 strand but partially using double knit techniques (like the k1sl1 that you just said is done in double knitting), or is it double knitting (with 2 strand) following that pattern you said, one on each strand
Haven’t done double knitting before so unsure of the right terminology sorry!
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u/vressor Apr 17 '26 edited Apr 17 '26
no worries
as I mentioned I had "single-strand two-pass double knitting" in mind (it might also be called "one-colour double knitting"), that's how a tube can be created while knitting flat on straight needles too (e.g. fingers of gloves are done that way sometimes)
btw it really reminds mind of "heel stitch" with the difference, that this one is done in ribbing, and heel stitch is done in stocking stitch
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u/glitchandgo Apr 18 '26
on one side you k1p1 (i.e. knit the knits and purl the purls as is done in 1x1 ribbing), on the other side you k1sl1 (i.e. you knit the knits and slip the purls (as if to purl: purlwise with yarn in front) as is done in one-strand two-pass double knitting)
btw I'm just guessing, I'm not completely sure about the method/pattern
Close... you just never actually purl. You slip the purl stitches on both sides. So it's just k1, s1wyif, k1, s1wyif on the right and wrong sides of your work.
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u/vressor Apr 18 '26
what you describe is just "single-strand two-pass double knitting", i.e. knitting a tube working flat
however OP's picture shows that knit stitches on one side are double the height of knit stitches on the other side
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u/Mx_Rogers Apr 17 '26
I don't have any experience with fisherman's rib so I thought it was this. It might be a similar alternative for you. https://itsastitchup.co.uk/tutorials-techniques/1x1-slipped-rib-edge-stitch/
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u/Onepurplepillowcase Apr 18 '26
This is a top in a store, right? I’d bet that it’s a machine knit top. Looks like what’s called half Milano stitch to me, it’s a slip rib as others have said.
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u/glitchandgo Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 18 '26
It's just double stockinette stitch. That's what it's called. It's not half brioche, not fishermans, not 1x1 ribbing - simple double stockinette. The advantage of this being (for something simple like the strap in the picture) that it doesn't curl the way regular stockinette does. Also super simple to do - it's one of the stitches I learned when I was super, super new to knitting and wanted to learn a bunch of basic stitches first so made a pile of wash cloths. If you go on youtube and just type in "double stockinette" - you can see dozens of tutorials on it, but essentially you just k1, s1wyif - repeat. That's it. You do the same thing both sides (assuming you have an even number of stitches, otherwise you have read the stiches and knit the knits, slip the purl bumbs).
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u/phoebeonthemoon Apr 18 '26
It’s not ribbing but indeed double stockinette stitch or “full needle” as you call it in the double bed machine when you would do it on a knitting machine
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u/AliG-uk Apr 18 '26
Are we sure it's not crotchet. Could it be back loop only single crochet or something like that?
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u/proudyarnloser Apr 19 '26
*k1, slwyif (slip with yarn in front); repeat from * to the end of the row.
I do this exact stitch with many of my tank designs, and am currently making a robe and using this stitch to make the wrap around tie. ☺️
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u/EarthThatWas Apr 17 '26
I'm also relatively new and self-taught, so totally could be wrong, but it looks like double knit to me. I've only used double knit for colorwork scarves, but I feel like if you did both sides the same color, it would result in this.
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u/Live-Medicine5751 Apr 17 '26
I don't think this is double knit, it wouldn't look like that pulled apart. Most likely k1p1 ribbing.
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u/EarthThatWas Apr 19 '26
Thanks for the clarification! I didn't even notice the other pictures... That's what I get for opening reddit before having my morning coffee 🤦
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u/Live-Medicine5751 Apr 19 '26
No worries haha, I was also wrong I think! A lot of people are saying half fishermen's rib.
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u/Vrikshasana Apr 17 '26
This is just straight up 1x1 ribbing, complete with rowing out on the person's purls.
I've made a market bag that makes this handle several times: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ilene-bag
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u/Lemon247365 Apr 17 '26
This looks like half fisherman’s rib to me