44 comments on “Fancy Stitch Combos – Fisherman’s Rib”

1. I really enjoy your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with all of us!

   How often should a lifeline be inserted?

2. Erika – you can string a lifeline as often as you like…many people do it every couple of inches, to be especially safe. You can do it less often if you don’t mind ripping back more stitches, or if you feel pretty confident about the pattern you’re knitting.

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3. Beautiful stitch – I would love to knit a scarf using it – thank you, Staci ! I so enjoy your teaching and patterns, and have learned a lot from you over the years. When I want to know something about knitting, you’re my go-to person.

4. VERRRY cool. Can this be done in two colors?

5. Hi Cherann – anything can be worked with two colors. I haven’t tested it, but I’m sure the k1below stitches would make it cool looking!

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6. Hi Staci,
   Would you then not recommend this stitch pattern for a hat?

7. Annie – yes, this is a good stitch for a hat.

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8. I want to make a hat in the fisherman’s rib in the round and I’m a little confused. Since you are working in the round (always knitting on the “right” side), why must you Purl? I’ve worked other projects in the round, and never needed to purl. Perhaps I’m not understanding something??
   Just love your videos!! Thanks…

9. Kathy – that’s a good question. I got to know this stitch pretty well as I was breaking it down to make it work in-the-round, and the purl stitches are important. Purling one into the stitch below give us the herringbone look in what would be the normal “purl” part of the rib.

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10. First of all I have to say I love your videos, I’m a big fan!! I’m a new knitter and I’ve learnt a lot with your videos. Now I’ve finished an infinity/circular scarf with the Fisherman’s Rib. However, now it comes when I’d like to seam the beginning with the ending and I don’t know how to start. Is there a way to join the two pieces to make it one continuous piece (seamless looking)? If not, how should I finish my project? Thanks a lot!

11. Marta – thank you for the note. The seam you’ll probably want to use is the mattress stitch. It leaves a ridge on one side, but looks perfect on the other, and is a strong seam:
    https://verypink.com/2010/11/17/mattress-stitch/

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12. Hello!

    Thank you for sharing this pattern. I’m knitting it in the round and my right and wrong side do not look the same. The wrong side definitely looks like the back and does not have a rib appearance at all. I wonder what I’m doing wrong. Any ideas?

13. Sorry, Cindy – I haven’t heard of other knitters having similar problems to be able to quickly identify what might be going wrong, especially without seeing your work. If you’ve cast on the correct number of stitches and you’re following the pattern row-by-row, it should work out as planned!

    Sorry I can’t be of more help here.
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14. Do you know of a video for purling into the stitch below? That’s the only thing I can think of that I’d be doing wrong. Is tgere a way to attach a pic to a comment here? 🙂

    Merry Christmas!

15. Sorry – I don’t have a video on purling into the stitch below, at least not yet.

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16. I really enjoyed your video on fisherman knit on straight needles. I’m a clover needle fan as well. Your video rely helped. But I’m confused by the instructions for in the round. I’m trying to do this for a hat. Normally in the round all rows are RS rows. Purl is not typically switched for k it I. The next row when worki g the round. Can you help me with that? Do you think you’ll do a video for this stitch in the round? Thank you.

17. Let me see if I have this right. For the round- wherever you purl will be creating the portion of the stitch that has the herring bone part of the rib? And the column where you always knit from one below is the stockinette portion that stands out in relief? Is that why you change from knit to purl on every other stitch on alternate rows in the round?

18. Elizabeth – in the ribbing, the “purl” stitch between the obvious columns of knit stitches aren’t really purls. Yes – that is the herringbone part. I promise you can trust the written instructions!

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19. Hello Elizabeth

    The BO in the written instructions for the Fisherman’s Rib in-the-round is confusing. Do I drop the K1 after I knit into the stitch below?
    BTW..I love all your stuff. You are the best teacher I have found.

    Deanne

20. Deanne – work an EXACT Round 1, but every time you have two stitches on the right needle, pull one over the other, as in a normal BO.

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21. Thank you for your video! I have successfully made several scarfs in the fishermen’s rib pattern, and have finally gotten up the nerve to attempt a hat. I understand the instructions you have here, but how would you recommend that I decrease stitches?

22. As soon as I finish the Downton Abbey KAL, I’m doing a fisherman’s rib knit hat in a good quality wool aran yarn. Thanks. I love the internet; it has helped me renew my love of knitting. i have also learned new things on web sites like yours! Thanks again.

23. I went to Youtube to find Fisherman’s Knit instruction and watched a bunch, but I just could NOT get it. (Not to mention that the instructions for my poncho have a video in which the stitch is worked completely differently. Not sure about that part!) Your video is hands down the clearest, most usable video out there. I’m glad I found it and will dig into your archive for more instruction. Thank you so much!
    Kathleen

24. Hi Staci! Thank you for your many great videos! I always look for yours when I do a search!
    I’m working a sweater in the round in st st, with just once stitch in each side on fisherman’s rib. They say to P first row and K underlying stitch on the second round, and repeat on following rows. Since I’m knitting in the round and all the rest of the stitches are in st st, I’m afraid I’m not doing something right because it’s really not looking good….any ideas on what I should do on just this single stitch situation?
    Thank you so much!

25. Sorry, Astrid – I don’t think I understand your question. I suggest contacting the pattern designer directly on Ravelry. They will be much better equipped to answer questions on their own pattern.

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26. Thank you! Will do.

27. Lindo e fácil,parece depois de pronto com o brioche stitch, gostei muito <3 Thanks!
    Brasil- Ilha de Itaparica na Bahia.

28. Staci,
    Can you demonstrate on video how to work this stitch in the round? I have looked online, and most of the videos are for the brioche stitch pattern. I’m working on a scarf and it looks great.

29. Staci,
    Your video is very clear. Thank you for showing that stitch. My question is, I was wondering if it was a good stitch for a pair of hand warmers? I was hoping to use that stitch instead of the regular knit stitch in the round. Do you think it could complicated around the thumb gusset?
    Thank you,
    Elsa

30. Elsa – this stitch would work well for hand warmers, since it is stretchy and thick. When you increase for the thumb gusset, you’ll need to incorporate those increases into the rib – shouldn’t be very difficult.

    Good luck!
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31. Thank you for the video! What if I would like a slipped edge? Would it look like this:

    Row 1 (WS): Sl 1 knitwise, *P 1, K 1 into stitch below*, repeat between *s to last stitch, P 1, K1
    Row 2: Sl 1 knitwise, K1, *K1, K 1 into stitch below*, repeat between *s to last 2 stitches, K 3

    ?

32. Hi Staci,

    Thanks so much for all your video tutorials, they are brilliant and so so helpful for a beginner like me! I’ve recently tried fishermans rib and I love it! Such a chunky cosy fabric! I’d really love to make a striped version for a scarf but I’m reeally struggling to work out how to get started, as I can’t seem to find any tutorials for two colour fishermans? I’ve seen two colour Italian cast on for brioche, but would that apply for fishermans too, and how do you then carry the stripes down? If you could point me in the right direction, I’d be ever so grateful!

    Thanks Again,
    Mel
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33. This is great, but I am wondering how to increase and decrease in pattern while in the round. Could you give some pointers please?

34. Cathy – you really need a pattern for that. If you google it, there are some written versions available for free. Good luck!

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35. Hi Staci. I hate to bother you but a pattern doesn’t answer my question. When it says to M1, and I do, I end up with a hole, I assume because of having to knit 1 below on subsequent rows. What am I missing?

36. Cathy – if your Make 1 stitches are leaving holes, it means you aren’t working them correctly. This video should help: https://verypink.com/2010/07/22/make-1-m1/

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37. Staci, I wish it was as simple as me not makin a stitch correctly. With any other type of stitch, M1 works just fine, but when working with a fisherman’s rib, there really doesn’t seem to be any way to increase gracefully while maintaining the rib pattern. It does leave a bit of a jog or a hole because of the simple nature of the knitting below in subsequent rows. Have you increased successfully within a fisherman’s rib in the round?

38. Cathy – no, I have never increased in Fisherman’s Rib pattern, only decreased. You may want to google some written instructions for the best looking way to increase in this stitch..now that you mention it, I don’t think it’s as straightforward as it seems it would be.

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39. Thanks Staci. There really isn’t anything simple or straightforward that I can find. It makes sense now why there seem to be so few patterns around with this stitch in a sweater!

40. Love your videos and website; they’re both so helpful to a new knitter! Would this be a suitable stitch for making a blanket?

41. Hi Staci – this is the first time I’ve visit your (excellent) site in the hope of finding some way of decreasing in the round in a two colour fishermans rib hat I’m making – I’m guessing from comments here that it may end up as some quirky thing to be made into part of the pattern for the hat when you get to the crown to decrease? by the way i was reading Cathy’s comments above and i made up my own pattern in full fishermans rib to make a sweater for my hubby as i could no way find one anywhere – apart from the sleeves being a bit batwing (my fault toooo many stitches) it was great and he loved it (here in our Canadian winters it’s awesome) i increased at each end of the rows like you would normally but knitting into the front and back of the first stitch and it worked fine – the first and last stitches should be selvedge as its too loose a knit to seam up if you don’t (just thought I’d mention) – again love the site – have a great day – Niamh

42. Could you explain how to fix a dropped stitch in Fisherman’s rib? Thanks!!

43. Hi Staci – I’m trying to knit the Ribbed Vest (fisherman’s rib) in the latest Vogue Knitting. There are instructions for the needed increases…..M2 after marker (pick up the purl st in the row below the last worked st, k into the front and back of st –2 sts inc’d) and….M2 before marker (insert needle under strand between last st worked and next st on needle, knit into front and back of strand — 2 sts inc’d). I’m just not getting it! No matter what I try to do these increases, I get holes or something that just doesn’t look right. Are there any videos that would help…I’ve been searching but no luck. Any ideas would help!

44. Hi Judie – no, sorry, I don’t have any videos specific to increases in Fisherman’s Rib. I encourage you to contact the designer with your questions, and/or look up the sweater on Ravelry and participate in the forums there. There will undoubtedly be other folks who have encountered the same problem, and will be willing to help you!

    Good luck!
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