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Monday, December 10, 2018

What's that stitch? Pique rib

Picture of 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.


Picture of knitting stitch pique rib


Picture of close up of pique rib in knitting

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.

Picture of knitted pique rib square

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

2 comments:

  1. An interesting one, I've not seen it before. I'd love to give it a try.
    Amalia
    xo

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    1. Awh thanks, glad you like it. If you do give it a try i'd love to see what you make.

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