Anyone knows what this stitch is called?


Came across this on IG and i really want to try! Anyone knows what it’s called?

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I like it too, thank you for sharing. Who care for names of stich, just do it :smiley::+1:

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That looks pretty cool, I can follow videos sometimes, but I still prefer written instructions with some photos for most.

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Interesting. I can’t make out exactly what’s happening with the stitches from the video.

Still dont know what it’s called but i found her video on youtube!!

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Knit first stitch but dont slide it off left needle than knit that stitch and next one together.

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A Few Notes:

  1. the purls are worked in the combined style++ so the leading leg is to the back instead of the front.
  2. Slip first stitch, knit next st but do not take it off the left needle, knit same st again with next st together, repeat across, knit last st.
  3. (WS) slip 1, purl eastern/combined across, knit last st.

++ @engblom, @salmonmac , did I get the term right?

Does this qualify as a lace stitch?

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I would just say that along the knit row, the knits are through the back loop. That opens up the stitch again so that the purl sts can be worked by wrapping the yarn clockwise around the needle.
That’s an interesting question about what constitutes lace. The sts certainly create a light, openwork fabric which is one way of defining lace.

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You are right! The knitter in this video is using continental combined style purls. On the knit row you do something similar to a left leaning decrease (SSK), but without actually decreasing. In continental combined style you got the stitches ready mounted for this. If you do not use continental combined you need to first slip knit-wise twice and the put them back (changing orientation), before doing the actual stitch.

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Thanks. I thought after I read your reply I’d watch it again. This time it was a different video than before and it seems easier to see how it’s done but that’s probably because you already explained it.

Call it lace? Why not?

I try to explain in basic stitch, not going into what style of knitting is. I knit “my mom style” not even thinking about name just knitting. Knitting first leg or back leg of the stitch it will still make “v” stitch, that is why I didn’t go into explaining techniques of video, just result.

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A lot of people knit a lot of beautiful things before we learned the ‘right’ way to knit. I don’t knit like anyone else I expect. We all find what works. My mother crocheted thread doiles when I was a kid but I couldn’t learn how from her. I tried to when I was 10 or 11 or so. If I’d had yarn and a larger hook I might have.

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Had a look at the video the first 2 or 3 rows she did a purl row then she started to pattern , you will notice she did a slight orientation of patterns. She did knitted the next row then the following row knitted again then subsequently row. She slip 1knit 2 together .she then purled again and then knitted again the same pattern the last row she changed her pattern . I did not write it down it is from memory. Very nice pattern. She hold the thread very much like how my mum would hold her thread :slight_smile: and I do as well.

Heh, I don’t think I even knit the way my mum taught me. It’s not radically different but she did comment once on how I was throwing my yarn (I tend to make movements that might look a bit exaggerated sometimes, but I always say it’s the end result that counts, rather than the technique).

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The only reason I know that technique matters a lot is if the motions and movements involved cause issues like pain or repetitive stress.

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This is true, I guess it didn’t cross my mind because I haven’t had too many noticeable issues, at least not yet. I don’t know how often you tend to knit, either, but sometimes I can go weeks without doing any; I’m still thinking about the things I want to make, just less often actually “doing” the things!

I was thinking more along two other lines: when people kind of ‘police’ what a knitter is doing with their needles, because it doesn’t match their expectations of how knitting stitches should be executed.
Which segues into, if two (or more) ways of doing something can get you similar end results, it isn’t wrong to do things differently than most people might do it, whatever the reason, including avoiding injury or strain.

This isn’t to try and start an argument, it’s more one of those “I knew what I was thinking but didn’t articulate it (at all)” type comments :sweat_smile:

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Some years ago, for a short while, I was on Reddit discussing knitting. There it was so toxic that I left. Everyone just kept down voting the posts if someone knitted the “wrong” way. They could not accept that someone was using another style of knitting. This place is nice as here you can not down-vote, but instead likes are given. And here every knitting style is accepted. No knitting police here.

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Talking about things isn’t arguing. I don’t wish to argue but this can be an interesting discussion. I crocheted before I knit and did some damage to my right wrist because of how I crocheted. I mostly quit crocheting for years after I learned to knit but have learned different ways to to do things when I crochet and knit to keep it from getting worse. I think the real problem there is we don’t know what can be a problem until something makes it obvious there is one. There are no knitting police. If there are I’ll keep them busy enough they should leave you alone. Knit and let knit!

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When I first started here about a dozen years ago I was made to feel like I can knit, finally, after years of trying and giving up. I remember one person telling me that she encountered people who insisted Continental style is far superior to English. Nope. I can’t for the life of me knit English and am a little bit envious of those who do both and do them well. I still say that when I grow up I want to be a real knitter.

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