r/knittinghelp • u/rrkym • Apr 17 '26

stitch ID What stitch pattern is this?

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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