User:JerushaNeely/Basic knitted fabrics

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Stocking stitch (in US, stockinette stitch) is the most basic knitted fabric; every stitch (as seen from the right side) is a knit stitch.[1] This fabric has also been referred to as Knit or Knitted, Front, Smooth, Jersey, Plain, Vertical and Plain Sweater Fabric. In the round, stocking stitch is produced by knitting every stitch; by contrast, in the flat, stocking stitch is produced by knitting and purling alternate rows. Variations on this fabric can be made by twisting stitches (knitting or purling through the back loops) on one or both sides ; Barbara Walker calls these "Crossed" (only knitted stitches twisted) and "Twisted" (knits and purl twisted) Stockinette.

Reverse stocking stitch (also called Reverse Stockinette, Rough Fabric, Wrong Fabric ) is produced in the same way as stocking, except that the purl stitches are done on the right side and the knit stitches on the wrong side. In the round, reverse stocking stitch is produced by purling every stitch.