How to knit the fisherman's rib - The ultimate tutorial [how to decrease, fix mistakes, etc]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2024
- A step-by-step tutorial on the fisherman's rib knitting stitch pattern, how to decrease, the best selvage, cast-on, bind-off options, etc.
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The fisherman's rib stitch is a lovely and quite voluminous knitting stitch pattern that's remarkably easy to knit and will be perfect for scarf and other warm winter wear. You knit it by knitting every second stitch into the row below. As a result, the fabric will be twice as thick but you will also need twice as much yarn for the fisherman'S rib stitch.
In this tutorial, I will show you altogether 4 different ways to knit the exact same pattern, beautiful cast-on alternatives, a lovely selvage stitch, and the bind-off. I will also talk about how to decrease the Fisherman's rib stitch with left- and right-leaning options. At the very end of this video, I will also show you how to fix mistakes and how to knit the two-colored fisherman's rib stitch. Enjoy!
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction to the fisherman's rib
0:50 How to knit the fisherman's rib stitch
6:50 The fisherman's rib stitch purlwise
10:11 Fisherman's rib stitch vs brioche - where is the difference?
15:28 Brioche style purlwise
19:10 An invisible cast-on
22:07 A neat selvage
25:34 How to decrease the fisherman's rib stitch
29:07 How to fix mistakes in fisherman's rib stitch
32:19 The best bind-offs
36:24 How to knit the two-colored fisherman's rib stitch
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I've had difficulties learning brioche stitch from other videos...you've made it clear and concise, and I finally get what I was doing wrong! Always go back to the source....Normanpedia!! Thank you!
haha....thoughh there is so much I don't know about knitting...but between me and my swatch there is nothing we cannot uncover!
I agree other tutorials made it seem way more complicated. Norman has me excited to try brioche again❤
Again, thank you! How is it that you are the only one that can show me how to pick up a dropped fisherman’s rib stitch!!! ❤
ha! awesome!
I've been knitting for years but still struggle. My poor Oma tried so hard to teach me as a teenager but I just couldn't get my tension right. Each year, she would gift each grandchild two pairs of hand knit socks! She passed away in 1996 and I still wear some of them! Anyway, I've watched innumerable knitting tutorials and believe yours are the most helpful. Thank you so much!! Maybe this will be the year I can finish projects.
Thanks for a great tutorial, Norman. I consider myself an accomplished knitter but have always shied away from fisherman's rib. You make it look so easy. I can't wait to cast on a sweater using your techniques. Thank you so much for creating what I believe are the best knitting tutorials on YT.
oh wow. thank you so much. both for your generous support and these kind words. It means a lot!
Thank you for the explanation Fisherman's vs Brioche!! I always looked at the two and was like... why are they made out to be so different when they produce the exact same fabric... now I know :D
Yeah, it always annoys me when two same things get two different names just because you do one little step differently 🙈
@@NimbleNeedles brioche v fisherman rib
This is hands-down, the best fisherman /brioche tutorial on the net. thank you for making it
very happy to hear that, Bendie. I put in a lot of work into this tutorial!
All the other tutorials I checked before this one were ridiculously overcomplicating a stich that is here presented simple and common sense.
I'm still a novice knitter, and am so glad I found this video! So concise, clear and confidence building! THANKS!
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Norman, you are so right, I found too many different methods being called "fisherman's rib" on the interrnet and did not know which one I should study and incorporate into my latest sweater project. Your tutorial is super informative and I will be viewing it often as needed. Thank you for your clear and explanitory instructions!!!
Norman this is truly the best fisherman rib tutorial I’ve ever seen! Well done and You made learning fun once again👍🏾
I appreciate that, lori!
Norman, about time someone who has been earning credibility, and respect for the clear, concise and correct instructional videos, gave us the best practice instruction of this st.
THANK YOU!!!
Thank you! I'm doing my first fisherman's rib project and I'd have been lost without you!
Thanks for all you do for me my knitting is improving 💗
The best of the best, period!
Thank you so much, Norman! Alles gute!
Wow! Norman, I can't believe I'm knitting the fisherman's rib now! Your instruction is so clear, it's just what I've been looking for, I like that you explain how fisherman's rib and brioche are the same but with different method and they're a type of double knitting, that's amazing! I've watched many tutorials but never understood the concept, as I'm not the type that follows pattern blindly, I prefer this kind of explanation leading to understanding. Thank you very much! I'm so happy!
awesome! Very happy to hear you were able to tackle this knitting stitch pattern!
Beautiful stitch! Thanks Norman for the tutorial
Thanks for watching, Aggie!
I started my first sweater in Fisherman's Rib and didn't even know it was called that! I put it on hold because I messed up by knitting it way too long and didn't know how to fix it. This answered all my questions. Thank you!!! Can't wait to pick it back up again!
Happy to hear that 🥰🧶
Made my first project with this, thanks!
WOW THE BEST WAY TO KNIT BRIOCHE STITCH THANK YOU VERY MUCH 👌👌
Thank you so much Norman! You have taught me so much about knitting!
very happy to hear that !
My favourite stitch,everything looks beautiful made this way. 🥰
I can only agree....such a pretty stitch pattern!
You are genie 😊. Very nice. You are good teachers.
Thank you for the very informative tutorial
WOW!!! You never cease to amaze me. Thanks for this wonderful tutorial.
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed this tutorial
Very, very helpful, esp how to fix a dropped brioche stitch. Thanks so much!!!
Thank you thank you, thank you this video is so clear. It took me a couple of playbacks to grasp, but now I get it. You have a great way of explaining your knitting work to get across to your viewer. Keep up the good work, it's actually easier than what we think. I'm so grateful. Regards to from South Africa
Great tuto 🙏🏼
You literally just blew my mind! The way all the points connected
heh...happy to hear that
This was an AMAZING tutorial!!! Thank you so much. 😁😁😘
i am very happy to hear that. Really tried to put my everything into it :)
Wonderfully comprehensive. I can’t wait to try some of the brioche variations. I’m going to take your advice and do some swatches to see which ones I prefer best.
Please do!
I think you are WONDERFUL.Ihave used the fisherman.Really brioche is easy but finally have gotten familiar with fisherman.I jave tried to fix mistakes in fisherman.Cannit do it 😢.Am stubborn dobt give up.Have watched COUNTLESS videos.Keep Coming back to yours . very knowledgeable.What is your accent.german? Sonetines sounds oriental.But seem european.Waste lot of time knittibg and ripping out.Lot of time knittig and ripping out. But I think I finally finally have the fisherman with the three stitch salvage edges.
Excellent tutorial!
Concise and to the point packed with tons of valuable instruction!
Thank you for this great reference video!
you are very welcome, Susan! Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for this tutorial. It has been very helpful.
Glad to hear that, Linda!
Well explained and illustrated, thanks again, excellent tutorial 🌺🌷🌸
Glad it was helpful!
I was so confused with all the different names and techniques. You cleared it all up, awesome. Like the brioche technique it has such a nice flow. Keep up the good work.
I shall! 😎
I recently knit a sweater that used the k1b. I had to rip back at one point.. I finally figured out that I needed to do the wrong side row first so the I would have the stitch to knit one below into. Thanks for the video, you are very clear in your instructions.
awesome that you were able to figure it out yourself and happy to hear you liked watching!
very practical and logical tutorial! Great! thank you.
you are very welcome. glad my video was able to help you
Absolutely gorgeous! Thank you!!!
You are so welcome!
Thqnks again for one more very clear video. I really love the 3 sts border.
yeah, it looks quite seamless, doesn't it?
@@NimbleNeedles It look a bit like an iCord border
Oh my Goodness!!! You are absolutely WONDERFUL! I get it! I was thinking the fisherman’s rib is exactly like brioche you have proven so by making it so easy to understand! You’ve shown how the stitch travels. For years I’ve wanted to learn brioche; but it seemed the tutorial were much too complicated so I never bothered.
Thank You Norman! What a genius.
You are an excellent teacher
Thank you! 😃
awesome tutorial love it❤❤❤
Thank you Norman you are the best knitting teacher on you tube I recommend your videos especially your tips and tricks to everyone I know who knits 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Amanda xx💕💖
Wow, thank you. always happy to hear when people share my work. thank you so much for supporting me!
Love this stitch- very simplistic ❤ thank you Sir 6:44
L I am amazed at your knowledge and skill in teaching! I have previously tried fisherman’s rib and brioche, but couldn’t get it. You have shown me how so beautifully. Now I have confidence to try a scarf for my son. 🥰
Wonderful! I am sure he will love it and it will keep him warmm.
Thank you!! The Fisherman’s Rib is the most difficult stitch to correct a mistake. In the past, I’ve gone so far as to rip it all out and knit an entirely different stitch pattern.
hope the little section about fixing it will help you in the future. Tho...admitteldy it's a bit fiddly but doable if you ask me!
Norman you did it again! Made a simple stitch even easier. Thank You again!!!!
Your devoted fellow knitter,
😄😄😄🙃🙃🙃Martha from San Diego
You are so welcome, Martha!
Perfect timing with all these helpful hints~!! I'll be starting a sweater soon and wanted to do it in fisherman's stitch,which is a stitch I've never tried yet! Thank you Norman,your tips are always so helpful~!!🧶🥢
awesome! a sweater in fisherman's rib stitch is perfect for a cold winter day!
I’ve been trying to figure out how to do this stitch for a toddler’s sweater, top down in the round.
After watching this video I considere I have completed my PhD in rib stitch now.Such a detailed and clear video.Thanks for sharing
haha. well..i'm gonna print out your certificate quickly...gimme a sec :P
Thank you. Great instruction!
Glad it was helpful, Linda!
thank you so much!
Great tutorial...i always had doubts about the dropped stitches , casting off , but not anymore....from India.
Glad it was helpful, Kalpana!
Norman, Yay. You are brilliant. I probably wouldn't have listened to this video if I had know it would include Brioche. Brioche and Double knitting have always frustrated me. I understood the (in my mind) harder fisherman's stitch through the first part of your tutorial. Then you showed me how to do it without purling! OMG. Low and behold that is Brioche. I have had a class in brioche and two classes in double knitting and could do neither at the end. 20 minutes into your tutorial I am confident that I can do them now. I love that you explain what is going on. I am not able to just follow instructions, I have to "get it." Thank you.
awesome, Jane! Glad my way of teaching clicked for you..now onwards to your first little brioche potholder, eh? :)
You make it look so easy 😁
I would say that's because it is *Grin*
I’ve always known that fisherman’s rib and brioche were related, but I never realised how. Thank you!
Happy to help!
You're a better tutor
Fascinating
Thank you !
You're welcome!
Thanks.
Such a great tutorial! I’m a thrower and just repeat k1 k1b instead of having any purling, makes it much quicker for me. The fabric ends up slightly flatter, with the rib’s slightly further apart.
R. Duncan
You're a thrower?????
@@cheekypiper512 picker Vs thrower or continental Vs English
Very helpful. I am thinking I need to knit a huge fishermen's rib blanket.
that would be absolutely lovely and squishy!
I’ve been trying to work brioche stitch for YEARS. This is so helpful. It goes into my YT learning library list. Thank you.
Wonderful! and feel to come back anytime in case you need any help Suzanne!
I did the same! Knitting tips and tricks!
Brilliant tutorial. Thank you Norman. I'm always learning, no matter how many decades I've been knitting. This makes me want to make a lovely fisherman's rib jumper/pullover now. Could you please give some insight into the best way to transition from regular rib (around cuffs for example) to fisherman's rib; ie needle size differences etc. Thanks again.
that's a tricky question as it will depend on how stretchy you want your cuff to be. Now brioche/fisherman'S rib stitch is double knitting,....so the best theoretical way to transition was to decrease all doube stitches, just *k2tog, p2tog* across. that however, might be too tight.. so...i actually would test it out on a swatch
Amazing
happy to hea your like my little video :)
I learned it as a little gi rl In Copenhagen 🇩🇰.. We called it "Patent-strik." I've created hundreds of items using this stitch. I still have my first scarf knitted in 1954. Ahh, memories....
yeah, it's called Patent in Germany as well!!
Thank you Norman, easy to understand as always. I am having trouble increasing just one stitch at each end of a row which I would like to do every alternate row rather than two double increases every 4 rows. It seems to me the way to go is by picking up the yarn underneath but I'm not sure which yarn or which way round to pick up and which way to knit.
By the way I recently had one of your Eureka moments when I came upon this pattern for Fisherman's Rib:-
Cast on an uneven number of stitches.
Row 1 : knit all stitches.
Row 2 : Knit 2, * knit 1 below, knit 1*. Repeat from * to * till there is one stitch left, and knit that last stitch.
Row 3 : Purl 1, * knit 1 below, knit 1*. Repeat from * to * till there are 2 stitches left. Knit 1 below and knit the last stitch.
Repeat rows 2 and 3.
Michael
hm....well you can deconstruct the increases as well. But i don't have a video for that yet.
Thank you
You're welcome, Isa!
I really appreciate your understanding of the mechanics of knitting. So few people do and even fewer have the desire to learn it. I've never done fisherman's rib before but I had no idea that it's the same as brioche knitting. I've done brioche once and hated every minute of it but now I want to try fisherman's rib to see if I like it better.
So few people know the Italian cast on as well. It's such a good cast on that needs to be more widely known.
I am also so thankful for your section on fixing mistakes and droped stitches. Incredibly helpful and makes me feel even more confident in trying this stitch.
I sure hope it does. feel free to ask your questions here in case you need any further help!
So the selvage plan for a rib pattern is to slip the first stitch knit wise in EACH row and Purl the last stitch on EACH row. These are two extra stitches. These are ‘outside’ the pattern.
I’m not really worried about creating a beautiful edge but I REALLY want to avoid that big loopy first stitch that I always feel like pulling tight. I hope that adding these two selvage stitches will eliminate that big loopy first stitch of the row in my knitting. Great, clear video here. Thank you.
well..selvage for ribbings and fishermans rib are two different things. Tho, often the same techniques work as well!
Danke!
Bitte sehr!
Very happy to hear my little lesson was able to help you
I took of about 6 months from knitting to get back in the groove I just watch one of your tutorials and am excited once again. I love doing fisherman’s knit by the slip stitch method. Thank you once again
Amazing tutorial norman. im trying to make a headband in fishermans rib and looking for a good stretchy selvage to use. I tried this double stockinette one but wanted something to let it stretch out more. Thanks for all your amazing content
double stockinette stitch is already quite stretchy, tho..hm..
@@NimbleNeedles oh okay let me try again maybe i was being too tight
I remember doing Fisherman’s Rib years ago and it was no big deal. Then along comes Brioche and I couldn’t for the life of me see any difference in the end result. I’ve even done 2 colour Fisherman’s Rib with no problem. I’ve also been in heated discussion with someone saying that they are 2 different stitches! Different executions of a stitch with the same end result as I see it. Personally, I don’t mess up Fisherman’s Rib but I sure do when doing Brioche!
well...I hope my unraveling explanation helped to proof they are the exact same thing :)
Great tutorial. I finally understand the decreases from you. Do you have the increasing tutorial? I really want to knit a fisherman’s rib sweater. Thank you
Hmm..no sorry..no separate increase tutorial yet
You are brilliant! Thanks a lot Norman for this excellent tutorial. I want to make a scarf in fisherman's stitch 🥰 Which yarn would you recommend?
I personally love alpaca yarn and fisherman's rib...i dunno...it's just a squishy cloudy dream. But I guess it depends on if you want very distinct ridges (then superwash merino or so) or not.
I am knitting my 1st sweater using this stitch. Thank you for your time and clarity in sharing all the versions of this stitch. I would like to see how to do this stitch in the round. Did I miss this part? Is there another place I can see this stitch in the round and make a swatch?
I only have written instructions for it (first link in the description)
Thank you so much for this tutorial! Do you know how I can do this pattern if I wanted to do it in the round for an infinity scarf? Thanks.
Click on the first link in the description
I learned some thing
Thank you for this very clear tutorial! Regarding knitting needle storage for my Addi Novel interchangeable. I am torn between buying Addis own case, a Bodolina case or Muud Stockholm case. I am interested in sustainability and I am worried that Addis own might not be esthetically pleasing after a while, any thoughts and recommendations are much welcome.
i have little to add there, really. I don't think it matters a lot and I wouldn't know anything about sustainablity because I'd have to investigate the resource and supply chain of these companies. Addi would probably be the only vegan choice as it's fake leather.
Thank you so much for making this video! I've been wanting to do the fishermans rib but couldn't get the purls right for where to "go below" on them.
Is there any major difference for what needs to happen to do it in the round though? Other than not doing the salvage stitches.
not really, I mean, you have to switch between knit and purl rounds but other than that, no.
Hi, Norman: Thank you for your very clear teaching methods--I really enjoy your videos. I wonder if for future videos you might consider including a time stamp for the various sections of the video: for example, I already know how to do the fisherman rib, but clicked on the video because I was interested to know what you said about its similarity to the brioche stitch. It would be nice to have a time stamp so I could skip ahead to that section. Thanks!
There are timestamps in the description? As in all of my Videos!
Sorry! I guess I failed to expand the list and didn't see them.
your tutorial is fantastic! how we knit the fisherman's rib in circle?
Round 1 and every odd row: *K1bo, P1*. Repeat from * to * to end
Round 2 and every even row: *K1, P1bo*. Repeat from * to * to end.
So the difference is just that you p1 below instead of k1below
I just frogged my whole project and restarted because I dropped a stitch and didn’t know how to fix it! Wish I’d found this video before. 😅
Oh noes...ah well..next time 😅
Hi Norman do you have a tutorial for half/mock fisherman rib? I am looking specifically how to have a neat selvedge for finally sewing parts of a garment together. Thank you.
I have one for the half brioche: th-cam.com/video/v7kRUx9At64/w-d-xo.html
Thank you, Norman, for this wonderful tutorial. Your analytic way of looking at the stitches is a revelation for me, even though i have been knitting for 40 years now. One remark/question: For me, Patentmuster has always been knit stitches only. It seems to be much faster than k1 p1 and in my opinion makes no difference. Do you mean this with the term 'double knitting'? Greetings from Germany, Antje
Patent is, at least in the German speaking countries, typically knit with "2 zusammenstricken". As you say, it makes no difference and you can definitely stick to whatever feels more comfortable for you.
That being said, doubleknitting ("Double Face" in German) means that you are actually knitting two sides. If you ever tried Patent in two colors, you should know that you have to knit each row twice. And also, even in standard Patent, you have to knit two rows to achieve one rib.
it is, essentially a form of double knitting :)
Thank you for the detailed video! I just have one question, if you wanted to knit brioche/fisherman’s rib in the round, do you mark the start of round and then alternate knit and purl rows? I could completely misunderstand as well 😅
well, marking the begining of a round is never a bad idea..but basically yeah, you got that right. Basically you knit one row for the front and one for the back.
This was really a very informative tutorial. I wonder how you would use the fisherman's pattern in knitting in the round for a cap. I find it confusing
i am not sure I understand the question..or rather your problem :)
place a stitchmarker so you know where your round starts and it should be fairly easy, no?
Thank you for making this video. Can you increase with fisherman's rib?
Yes you can! didn't include it in this tutorial really...was already too long as it is. BUt it works very similar to this: nimble-needles.com/stitches/how-to-increase-the-brioche-stitch/
Aha! Thanks so much. This tutorial answered so many questions for me. Thanks again. Can I ask about increases and having to tink when you make a mistake with a decrease or increase row? I mean all those slipped and doubled stitches going over. Is it more advisable to use a lifeline for that kind of pattern? I hope my question makes sense. I might take a look at your other videos to see if this has been addressed already. 💜💜💜
i havve some videos on brioche increases and it's basically the same thing. I actually don't know why I didn't include it in this video...probably because it was already so long.
As for tinking. Well, I typically unravel the stitch carefully off the needle and pick the stitches up right away. Sounds risky but as long as you don't tension the fabric it usually works very well.
@@NimbleNeedles ok, great. I tend to do that, but do muck it up a bit sometimes, to. I will check out the other videos, for sure. Thanks again. 💜
Merci ! Hugs from France Norman
thank you, amazing tutorial! are any of these methods the “half fishermen’s rib”?
no that's a different stitch yet.
@@NimbleNeedles thank you for your reply! do you have a video on that stitch?
@@morganunraveled no sorry. only on half brioche - which is technically the same
@@NimbleNeedles okay thank you! I will follow that one!! ☺️
Thanks for such a comprehensive video Norman!! I have nearly finished a Fisherman's rib scarf but wish I had used the dbl stock selvage you recommended! I used the slip 1 selvage but something strange happened where the some of the selvage stitches on one side became large/looser. Do you think blocking will help? Actually, is blocking in general appropriate for Fishermans rib? Thanks again!!
actually...i would be very careful with blocking fishermans rib...very easy to overstretch it. and I don't think the selvage problem will fix itself dramatically anyway.
Due to your individual tension and knitting technique, it's quite common for one side to be a bit looser. I'd say..that'S the case for 90% of all knitters
@@NimbleNeedles thanks for the quick reply Norman! I was leaning towards not doing the blocking so this has helped me decide 😊
Hi Norman, what are the needles you are using here and are the approximate for all flat knitting. I have been using the Addi circulars for most if not all of my knitting. could you explain why to choose different needles to a beginner? thanks and I really enjoy your videos!
those are double-pointed knitting needles used for knitting in the round. I only use them because they look good on camera and work well in the confines of my recording booth.
I can’t seem to understand how to get a stockinette edging.
How do you know when to slip purl or knit wise ?
well....do you mean stockinette or double stockinette stitch? I am a bit confused now :)
Hi! I want to learn how to knit, and I want to knit a warm, soft, thick but lightweight scarf that is suitable with Canada’s winter for my friend by this Christmas. I am deciding that I’ll start out with making a scarf using Fisherman’s rib pattern.
Is this pattern hard to learn for a total beginner?
Should I use superwash yarn to knit this pattern? My friend will definitely throw the scarf inside the washer and dryer.
I would say it isn't the hardest but you might want to knit a coaster or two in garter stitch before. Definitely superwash with a high content of nylon or so! :)
Great and detailed tutorial, but I hope you combined how to use italian cast on with the 3 stitched salvage. I just tried and gave up right away haha
The things I am confused about: If I want to make 19, and if I add 6 salvage stitch (3 for each side) then I'll cast on a toral of 25 with italian cast on right? But the last one, bcs my 24th stitch is a purl, I tried do the 25th stitch with long tail cast on, as you told in the video (to use longtail cast on for the last stitch) but it ended up weird when I tried to do the first row. I tried to do 3 of the salvage stitched but it looked like it's not working :(
I am not quite sure I can follow you. :(
Another method that I'm showing in my channel, but in Greek 😅 you should try it 😉
Cast on a multiple of 3 stitches (no selvedge stitches are required).
Then work: * 1 slip stitch purlwise, 1 yo, purl 2 together *, repeat from * to * on all stitches and all rows. Try it and let me know of what you think!
Merry Christmas 💜🎄
yes, you can also work the same pattern using a brioche repeat purlwise. definitely work. Most (western) knitters don't quite like purling all that much, tho :P
Do you have a half fishermans rib tutorial please.
hm...no. only half-brioche over on my second yt channel.