What's that stitch? Pique rib

Welcome to what's that stitch series! Pique rib creates a broken up rib with a ripple through it, making it more interesting than plain rib.  Learn what this stitch is, how to do pique rib and get few project ideas for using this stitch.

What is pique rib?

Pique rib looks quite different than most rib, as it has a ripple through it created by doing a knit row across the rib creating a more in depth rib.   That is both pretty and the rib is broken up from the usual K3, P3 rib

What does pique rib look like?

Below are a few photos of what pique rib looks like and the texture of this pretty stitch.

How do you do pique rib?

To do pique rib you only need to know how to:

• Knit
• Purl

Knitting abbreviations

K - knit
P - purl

Knitting abbreviations - Free printable knitting abbreviations sheet

To do pique rib 

Cast on multiples of ten
Row 1: *P3, K1, P3, K3*
Row 2: *P3, K3, P1, K3*
Row 3: *P3, K1, P3, K3*
Row 4: knit
Repeat these four rows

Knitted pique rib square

I am making a patchwork blanket using all of the squares from the what's that stitch, below is the pique rib square for my blanket.

What can you make using pique rib?

Using pique rib you knit blankets, scarves, snoods, cowls, beanies, jumpers or a cushion cover  and blanket would also look quite nice.

Have fun learning how to do pique rib and making a project using this stitch, a new stitch in the stitch series what's that stitch will be posted next Monday.

Related posts

What's that stitch? - Page of photos and links to all posts in the what's that stitch series.
Knitting abbreviations - Free printable knitting abbreviations cheat sheet in downloadable pdf file
Free printable knitting sheets - Free printable handy knitting sheets all in downloadable pdf files