Cozy Woodland Cottage Knits: What's that stitch?

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Welcome to our new stitch series!

I have been so excited about starting the what's that stitch? series and sharing different knitting stitches. What's that stitch is a library of knitting stitches organised so you know which are the easiest to start with or which ones are more suitable to your knitting skills. Most knitting stitches are just a combination of knit and purl stitches so you really only need to know these ones to get started.

Each knitting stitch tutorial includes:

Written instructions on how to do the stitch
Instructions for knitting on the flat (straight needles).
Instructions for knitting in the round (circular needles and double pointed needles) as these sometimes are not the same.
Free printable guides for you to keep in a knitting journal, knitting book or you could keep them on a key ring.
Photos of the finished stitch square.
Close up photo of the stitch.
A few project ideas so you can try out the knitting stitch on your own project.

Rib Stitches

Rib stitches create a stretchy fabric making it perfect for the cuffs on jumpers, socks, rim on beanies and are also sometimes used on scarves. Diagonal rib and Oblique rib both create a rib that is quite similar but the stitches used are slightly different, not to be confused as the same stitch.

Mock Rib
Beaded Rib
Farrow Rib
Pique Rib
Diagonal Rib
Oblique Rib
Fancy slip stitch Rib

Easiest stitches to start with

These are the easiest stitches to start with as they only include knit and purl stitches allowing you to focus on your knitting and the stitch so you can master these stitches before moving on to harder stitches. If you need any help with anything please contact us or ask in our community Cozy Woodland Cottage Knits Place.

Stitches with a 1 row repeat

Garter Stitch
Farrow Rib
Bobble stitch (harder than the others as includes knitting into a stitch).

Garter stitch
Farrow rib
Bobble Stitch

Stitches with a 2 row repeat

Beaded Rib
Sand Stitch
Seed Stitch
Stocking Stitch
Mock Rib

Beaded rib
Sand stitch
Seed stitch
Stocking stitch
Mock Rib

Stitches with a 4 row repeat

Garter Ridge Stitch
Waffle Stitch
Chevron Seed Stitch
Purl Ridges Stitch
Pique Rib
Moss Stitch
Oblique Rib
Hurdle stitch

Garter Ridge
Waffle Stitch
Chevron seed stitch
Purl Ridges
Pique rib
Moss stitch
Oblique rib
Hurdle stitch

Stitches with a 6 row repeat

Caterpillar Stitch Oblique

Caterpillar stitch oblique

Stitches with a 7 row repeat

Seed Stitch Simple

Seed Stitch Simple

Stitches with a 8 row repeat

Caterpillar Stitch Horizontal
Grating Stitch
Harris tweed
Diagonal rib
Tile stitch
Basket weave

Caterpillar stitch
Grating stitch
Harris tweed Stitch
Diagonal rib
Title stitch
Basket weave

Stitches with a 10 row repeat

Garter check stitch
Pique zig zag stitch

Garter check stitch

Pique zig zag stitch

Stitches with a 12 row repeat

Basket stitch
Pique triangle stitch

Basket stitch
Pique triangle stitch

Other stitches

These stitches include other stitches for example slip stitches, yarn forward, knitting through the back loop and make along with knit and purl stitches, however they are quite easy to pick up once knit and purl stitches have been mastered. If you need any help with anything please email help@cozywoodlandcottageknits.com or ask in our community Cozy Woodland Cottage Knits Place.