Knitting All Around Stitch Dictionary: 150 New Stitch Patterns to Knit Top Down, Bottom Up, Back and Forth & in the Round

By Wendy Bernard and Thayer Allyson Gowdy

The author of the Up, Down, All-Around Stitch Dictionary returns with 100s of inspiring new stitch patterns in this essential reference volume.

Wendy Bernard’s innovative reference book Up, Down, All-Around Stitch Dictionary was the first of its kind to provide stitch patterns written for top-down, bottom-up, back-and-forth, and in-the-round constructions. Since its release in 2014, it has become a beloved, contemporary classic.

 

In The Knitting All Around Stitch Dictionary, Bernard picks up where the first volume left off, adding hundreds of new stitch patterns organized similarly by type—knit and purl, textured stitches, ribs, lace, and cables—plus a chapter on mosaic knitting. Each chapter of The Knitting All Around Stitch Dictionary includes a customizable pattern so that knitters can easily swap out stitch patterns to make their own unique knitted items.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Apr 26, 2016
• ISBN: 9781613129463

Book preview

CHAPTER 1

KNITS & PURLS

KNITTERS OF ALL LEVELS can form super-attractive, and even intricate, designs by using the most basic knits and purls. No fancy maneuvers or acrobatics—like knitting below or slipping stitches, twists or yarnovers—needed. In most cases, these stitch patterns are easily memorized and show off to great effect, especially when worked in solid colors. An extra bonus of using only knit and purl stitches in stitch patterns is that the finished product often looks good on both sides, or is even totally reversible. Two examples of reversible patterns are Lozenges on this page and Crenellated Pattern on this page. Either would be perfect for a scarf or a stole where both sides will show. xx

STITCHES

STOCKINETTE STITCH

GARTER STITCH

STOCKINETTE STITCH TRIANGLES

BOX STITCH

DIAGONAL CHECKS

STRING OF BEADS

DIAGONALS

MOSS CIRCLES

MOSS STITCH ZIGZAG

BROKEN DIAGONAL CHECK

PURL TEXTURE

THERMAL STITCH

BANDED BASKET STITCH

HARRIS TWEED

PENNANTS

RIPPLE PATTERN

KNIT AND PURL DIAMONDS

PURL ZIGZAG

FLUTED TRIANGLES

IMITATION LATTICE

LITTLE CHECKS 1

LITTLE CHECKS 2

SWEDISH BLOCK

LOZENGES

CRENELLATED PATTERN

DOUBLE DIAMOND BROCADE

SEERSUCKER STITCH

SQUARES

PROJECT

SEERSUCKER PULLI

A

Stockinette Stitch

FLAT

(any number of sts; 2-row repeat)

ROW 1 (RS): Knit.

ROW 2: Purl.

Repeat Rows 1 and 2 for Stockinette Stitch Flat.

IN THE ROUND

(any number of sts; 1-rnd repeat)

ALL RNDS: Knit.

A

Garter Stitch (FULLY REVERSIBLE)

FLAT

(any number of sts; 1-row repeat)

ROW 1: Knit.

Repeat Row 1 for Garter Stitch Flat.

IN THE ROUND

(any number of sts; 2-rnd repeat)

RND 1: Knit.

RND 2: Purl.

Repeat Rnds 1 and 2 for Garter Stitch in the Round.

A

Stockinette Stitch Triangles (FULLY REVERSIBLE)

BOTTOM-UP FLAT

(multiple of 5 sts; 6-row repeat)

ROW 1 (RS): Knit.

ROW 2: *K1, p4; repeat from * to end.

ROWS 3 AND 4: *K3, p2; repeat from * to end.

ROW 5: *K1, p4; repeat from * to end.

ROW 6: Knit.

Repeat Rows 1–6 for Stockinette Stitch Triangles Bottom-Up Flat.

BOTTOM-UP IN THE ROUND

(multiple of 5 sts; 6-rnd repeat)

RND 1 (RS): Knit.

RND 2: *K4, p1; repeat from * to end.

RND 3: *K3, p2; repeat from * to end.

RND 4: *K2, p3; repeat from * to end.

RND 5: *K1, p4; repeat from * to end.

RND 6: Purl.

Repeat Rnds 1–6 for Stockinette Stitch Triangles Bottom-Up in the Round.

BOTTOM-UP FLAT & IN THE ROUND

TOP-DOWN FLAT

(multiple of 5 sts; 6-row repeat)

ROW 1 (RS): Purl.

ROW 2: *P1, k4; repeat from * to end.

ROWS 3 AND 4: *P3, k2; repeat from * to end.

ROW 5: *P1, k4; repeat from * to end.

ROW 6: Purl.

Repeat Rows 1–6 for Stockinette Stitch Triangles Top-Down Flat.

TOP-DOWN IN THE ROUND

(multiple of 5 sts; 6-rnd repeat)

RND 1 (RS): Purl.

RND 2: *P4, k1; repeat from * to end.

RND 3: *P3, k2; repeat from * to end.

RND 4: *P2, k3; repeat from * to end.

RND 5: *P1, k4; repeat from * to end.

RND 6: Knit.

Repeat Rnds 1–6 for Stockinette Stitch Triangles Top-Down in the Round.

TOP-DOWN FLAT & IN THE ROUND

A

Box Stitch (FULLY REVERSIBLE)

FLAT

(multiple of 4 sts + 2; 4-row repeat)

ROW 1 (RS): *K2, p2; repeat from * to last 2 sts, k2.

ROWS 2 AND 3: P2, *k2, p2; repeat from * to end.

ROW 4: Repeat Row 1.

Repeat Rows 1–4 for Box Stitch Flat.

FLAT

IN THE ROUND

(multiple of 4 sts; 4-rnd repeat)

RNDS 1 AND 2: *K2, p2; repeat from * to end.

RNDS 3 AND 4: *P2, k2; repeat from * to