Stitches

Are there any other easy knitting stitches for a different design? :)?

I have been knitting and pearling as my original pattern for a long while. Are there any other easy kniting stitch patterns so I can have different designs? Thx :) I need it to be easy so i am able to follow the steps correctly. :) I want to be able to make a scarf but with different patterns.

Public Comments

1. Depends on what you want. For fabrics that are reversible and lie flat (without curling): garter stitch http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-knit-the-garter-stitch.html ribbing http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-rib-stitch.html seed stitch http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-knit-the-seed-stitch.html moss stitch http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-knit-moss-stitch.html basket weave http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-knit-basketweave-stitch.html Your public library will have several books on knitting and most will include a "stitchionary" or a section dedicated to different textures you can create. --- edited to add --- All of the stitches I listed above are easy and all are reversible (so suitable for scarves). How to read a stitch pattern: Each pattern will repeat. How many repeats depend on you, on how wide you want the fabric, how big your needles are, etc. So the instructions are given as a "multiple" (how many stitches are in each section that is repeated) and there is sometimes an extra few stitches you tack on to the end. So if you see instructions that say "multiple of 4 +1" Then you figure out about how many stitches you want and round up to a multiple of 4. Suppose I want 21 stitches. If I round up to a multiple of 4, that would be 24 stitches. Then add one extra for the "+1" and I know I'm to cast on 25 stitches for my first row. For garter stitch, you never purl. You just knit every stitch of every row. For ribbing, you (k1, p1) -- repeat what is in the parentheses over and over to the very end. If you cast on a multiple of 2 (an even number of stitches) then you just keep doing that row over and over again. That's what they mean when they say this: "Next, work every row: *K1, p1; rep from * to end of row. " They just asked you to repeat what was between the asterisks where I asked you to repeat what was in the parentheses. You might find it written either way, and both ways create the exact same fabric. For seed stitch, it's "multiple of 2 +1." You (k1, p1) -- repeat what is in parentheses over and over until the last stitch, and knit that last stitch. Then you just repeat that row over and over again. I listed them in order of difficulty, so you might start at the top and work your way down. But all are easy, and all are just different sequences of knits and purls, with nothing fancy or complicated.
2. Lionbrand yarn web site has a catalogue of free stitch patterns, as well as complete garment patterns. In fact, most of the yarn companies offer free patterns (Red Heart, Patons, etc.) Here is Lionbrand's link to stitch patterns: http://cache.lionbrand.com/cgi-bin/faq-search.cgi?store=/stores/eyarn&stitchfinder=1
3. Rib stitch is fun for scarves, as are the seed and moss stitches. The basketweave stitch looks complicated but isn't. It's fun for scarves, too, as it is not your common scarf stitch. One fun pattern is where you k6 p2 all the way across and k2 p6 all the way back (be sure to cast on a multiple of 8, of course) but shift one stitch to the right on every knit row. It ends up making a diagonal stripe. Once you're comfortable with that, you can also switch it up so it becomes a zigzag.
4. You can do a feather and fan stitch for a scarf. It looks elegant, but is quite easy. I would use a variegated yarn.
5. http://www.ravelry.com/ That's the biggest and bestest online knitting community in the whole world. It's huge, and GREAT. Did I mention the world's largest pattern database? The mostly really friendly and often very helpful users? The thousands of groups and message boards for everything and anything you could think of, related and unrelated to yarn crafts? The many other useful features the site provides, like a project page all for yourself, where you can post pictures of and notes about what you are working on, not just to share your nice pictures and your experience with others, but also to keep all the important notes and hints for your projects in a place where they don't get lost... Give it a try! You'll find a lot of great simple to knit, yet impressive looking scarf patterns there, and much, much more.