Stockinette is the knitting stitch pattern you're probably most familiar with! It has knit stitches on the front (aka, the "right side" of the fabric), and purl stitches on the back (aka, the "wrong side" of the fabric).
These 2 stitch types - the knit and the purl - are the ONLY stitches you need to learn in knitting. Yep, you read that right!
For all stitch patterns, you combine the knits and purls in different ways.
If you're curious how to create a knit and purl stitch, you'll learn how in this video.
And, in the process, you'll create a stockinette stitch pattern!
Stockinette is knitting on the right side, and purling on the wrong side. So, once you know how to knit and purl, you can easily create stockinette with your knitting.
Here are the steps for stockinette -
Step 1: With the right side facing you, you'll begin by inserting your right needle into the loop on your left needle, at the back of the loop. The right needle should be behind the left, with both creating an X shape.
Step 2: Grab your working yarn (the yarn connected to the ball of yarn you're using) and wrap it around the right needle from behind.
Step 3: Move the right needle in front of the left needle by pushing it under the left needle. Make sure the yarn you just wrapped around the right needle travels with it.
Another way to do this is to have the left needle hop over the right needle.
Step 4: Remove the left needle from the stitch. You've now created a new knit stitch that's sitting on your right needle.
Step 5: Repeat steps 1-4 until you've knit all the stitches on the left needle.
Step 6: Turn your work around so you're looking at the back. Now you're going to purl the stitches.
Step 7: Insert your right needle into the loop on the left needle, so it's in front of the left needle. You'll still have an X shape, but this time the right needle is in front of the left needle.
Step 8: Wrap the yarn around the right needle, over top of it.
Step 9: Push the right needle behind the left needle, taking the yarn you just wrapped around it with you.
Step 10: Pull the left needle out of the stitch. You may find this naturally happens as you work step 9, and that's totally fine.
Step 11: Repeat steps 7-10 until you've purled all the stitches on the left needle.
Step 12: Turn your work again, so now you're looking at the front. You'll notice the front of the work shows 2 knit rows, and the back shows 2 purl rows. That's because in stockinette, the front of the stitch shows the V (knit stitch) and the back shows the bump (purl stitch).
You'll repeat knitting the right side and purling the wrong side for as long as your pattern calls for. And that's it!
Now you know how to knit stockinette!
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