False English Rib

Hello you clever people
I have a pattern for a hat and it is done in False English Rib on circular needles. I’ve never heard of that stitch- I’ve looked up a video on how to do it, but it’s demonstrated in continental style (I can only knit English style)and there’s no sound on the video and I’m struggling to work out what she’s doing!
Anyone out there who can tell me how to do it - in the round, English style?
Thank you so much

Probably the Drops video. They’re for an international audience so no sound. It is a difficult video to follow because of the particular continental purl used.
It may be easier to read the text below to figure out the stitch. Basically it’s a repeat of rows 1 and 2, a kind of brioche stitch.
Row 1 (K1, yo, slip 1)
Row 2 (P, k2tog)

I always like to know what stitch from the previous row I’ll be working into. It keeps me on track.
For row 1 you are knitting into the purl stitch of the previous row, yarn over, then slip the knit stitch from the previous row.
For row 2 purl the knit stitch from the previous row, knit the yo and slip stitch together.

There are other ways to work this stitch.

Usually these patterns start off with a simple k1p1 rib to begin. What is the name of your pattern?

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Hello - yes it was the Drops video

Your written description it’s so helpful thank you so much. The pattern is called ‘Just a Hat’ - it’s on Ravelry

Here’s the link

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/just-a-hat-4

You have been great already- thank you so much

Thanks so much for the link. The pattern actually defines false english rib according to the designer as a staggered rib. See the top of page 2. Probably best to follow her design.
So not as fancy as the Drops video but it makes a lovely hat.

Ah - thank you for all your help and for taking the time to check out the pattern link etc - I really appreciate it. Happy knitting :blush:x

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Great thread. Salmon Mac, that is excellent clarification. There are 4 versions of false / mock / (no adjective) English rib & it seems they all look very similar on the front but very different on the back. Not all sources follow the same vocabulary, I’m finding… mock vs false vs downright treacherous - where will it end? :wink:

Your excellent version creates fabric that looks just as nice from the front & the back - both have knit “columns.”

The garnstudio video creates a very ‘purly’ back but ‘prouder’ knit columns on the right side & a slightly tighter tension.

I agree that the confusion, as you allude to, re: the garnstudio video is they are a continental-style knitter where the working yarn is ‘picked’ from the back towards the left). Many of us are the opposite - an English-style knitter who ‘throws’ the working yarn from the right with a (very non-ergonomic!) loop of the right index & middle fingers.

My thinking has evolved on this over the past 2 days as my attempts to master this progress (with the Rain Chain pattern). It is worth it & gets less awkward with a bit of practice.

Method 1: Try thinking of it as a ‘yarn under’ instead. Row 1 - k2 for selvage & first pattern st, *Bring the yarn up & under the needle from the right, k1 (The yo loop kind of completes itself as one knits the intervening plain stitch). K2 at end of row. Tension is a bit looser than this pattern intends but is a tad more straightforward.

Row 2 - knit ‘everything’ - *k1, k2tog

Method 2: I think I finally have it licked - a ‘thrower’s’ version of the aforementioned video.

Row 1, method 2: k2 at leading edge, *insert needle purlwise but wait a second while you yarn OVER around the tip of the R needle for just a moment & then complete the slip, K1. K2 at end of row.

Row 2 - as above

PPS - learning to knit continental (‘picking’) is the way to go! I so wish I could go back in time. ‘Throwing’ is hard on the hands at the best of times & rheumatism runs in my family so it has really caught up to me during flare ups! Many say picking is faster, as well.