knitting stitch name?

What is the name of this stitch in English?

It is called "costa inglese" in Italian and it is worked:

one stitch knitted double

one stitch knitted normal

on the reverse same story, you just work the normal stitch double and the double normal.

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Hello Paula

That looks like what we would call 'fisherman's rib'.

 

exactly the one...I remembered it was a word to do with fish-but that is not enough-thanks!

 

I have to say Mira., in all the years I've been knitting, I've never heard of 'one stitch knitted double', (not that I'm the world's expert by any means - just because I haven't heard of it .....!)

From your picture though, it looks to me like stocking stitch (one row plain, one row purl) or possibly ribbing (one stitch plain, the next purl).

The only reference I can find to 'double stitches' as such, is this:

Short Rows: Double Stitches

but somehow, I don't think that's what you mean.

As a BTW - always ready to learn - how do you do a stitch knitted double?

 

It's a very long time since I've picked up a pair of knitting needles but perhaps Paula means that you knit down into the row below (P1, K1B). You end up with a chunky rib which is suitable for the body of the sweater, not just the stretchy border at the bottom.

 

I to would have said it looked like stocking stitch.

 

I have just finished another cosy hat to match my sweater I have just made.



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It's sometimes difficult to tell from a photo, but to judge from Mira's picture I would say it doesn't look like stocking stitch, which produces a flat fabric, and it doesn't look like plain ribbing either. Mira, is this the sort of thing you had in mind?

Fisherman's Rib Scarf + Cowl - the purl bee

 

what makes the fisherman's rib easy to recognize is:

if you look in between the stitches, the backing is entirely different.

In the fisherman's rib it is much more substantious, slightly raised, and has a good weight and it looks like 2 lines in a v shape, whilst in the stockinet is straight line.
STOCKINET
FISHERMAN'S RIB

here is the correct instruction:
http://briochestitch.com/brioche/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10&Itemid=4

 

Yes, exactly - you have purl stitches on the indented vertical rows as well as the raised rows. Years ago, my sister knitted herself a jumper in this stitch. It looked lovely but she need a lot of yarn to get it finished!