Garter stitch
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Garter stitchEntry/Object ID
2020.1.2Description
From the book: "Garter Stitch is “plain knitting” —every stitch on every row, both right and wrong sides, being knitted when the piece is being worked from both sides. In circular knitting, however, Garter Stitch is made by alternating one round of knit stitches and one round of purl stitches. Garter Stitch looks the same on both sides: a series of purl-stitch ridges and knit-stitch troughs. It is a flat, firm fabric, having no tendency to curl, and thus is often used for borders, buttonhole bands, and edgings for articles made in lace or some other delicate pattern. It has more lateral spread than Stockinette Stitch, and less vertical spread. Indeed it was used. To make garters, or the tops of stockings where the most horizontal elasticity was required, whereas Stockinette Stitch was used for the stockings themselves; in England the latter is still called Stocking Stitch."Collection
Barbara Walker Swatch ProjectCategory
Chapter 2 : Simple Knit-Purl Combinations