For instance, you can knit a striped pillow with one color of stripes in stockinette and the next stripe in reverse stockinette. The same approach can be used for a simple but very interesting reversible scarf. Shetland shawls are mostly worked on garter stitch ground, and most Orenburg shawls are too. When I used the stockinette on the caplette I noticed I had trouble keeping tension on the stitches. In the round, garter stitch is produced by knitting and purling alternate rows. Reverse stockinette also holds the potential problem of rowing out, which is when the uneven tension between your knit and purl rows shows. SS is smoother on one side but requires the dreaded purling and has that curling habit so needs a border of some sort, which sometimes gets floppy.
For Estonian and Austrian lace knitting, the stockinette stitch ground is more common.Stockinette-stitch fabric is very smooth and each column resembles a stacked set of “V”‘s. It has a strong tendency to curl horizontally and vertically because of the asymmetry of its faces.I have used both garter stitch on a Faroese shawl and Stockinette on a lace caplette, I have just finished. Often it is paired with cable stitches to help them pop more. I like Stockinette and Purling the same–in a simple one- or two-color pattern. Unless you really enjoy purling, you may want to consider treating your project as if it were stockinette. Also, using blocking wires on the edges makes this process even easier.
You can also simply cast a dozen, or so, stitches onto your needle and work the stockinette stitch back and forth to create a scarf. Straight needles – garter stitch; circular – stockinette. is another basic knitted fabric; every stitch (as seen from the right side) is a knit stitch. I do use two different size needles when working Stiocking stitch because I abhor those “corn rows” on the right side of the fabric. In some cases, these fabrics appear differently on the right side than on the wrong side. It's simply easier to see from the other side if you're having trouble.There are not as many patterns that call for reverse stockinette. You don’t want to actually press the item as that will flatten the knit. May also have something to do with the fact that I’m not keen on purling #I prefer stockinette stitch. The Hipster hat is mostly reverse stockinette, for a rustic effect. The Reverse stockinette stitch is literally the opposite of stockinette. No, it’s not reversible, which can be a pain, but when I do lace patterns, I think stockinette showcases the lace best.For me, it depends othe needles. The purl stitch is naturally done a little looser than the knit stitch so I compensate for this by using a smaller needle on the WS of my work ( the purl stitches)Basic knitted fabrics are so fundamental that some types have been adopted as part of the language of knitting, similar to techniques such as yarn over or decrease.
Stockinette stitch, worked on its own, has a strong tendency to curl. While it is knit in the same manner, what is normally the wrong side is made public. In a shawl, I like to add an edge strip of garter stitch. By contrast, in the flat, garter stitch is produced by knitting every stitch (or purling every stitch, though this is much less common).I really love lace against the garter stitch background. Yet, a lot of things that are worked in stockinette could be used with the "wrong" side out to make them reverse stockinette if you'd like to show off the extra texture.While stockinette stitch produces smooth V's across the fabric, reverse stockinette is all bumps on the right side.The texture of reverse stockinette is a nice touch for certain projects, particularly when combined with stockinette stitch.