Garter stitch
🧶 Overview
Garter stitch is a reversible symmetric knitting texture produced by alternating rows of K stitches and rows of P stitches.
Garter stitch creates visible horizontal lines called ridges on every 2nd row.
When knitting flat, garter stitch is the easiest texture to knit.
📜 Instructions
↔︎️ Flat
K every row.
🔄 In the round
- Even rows: K
- Odd rows: P
📏 Gauge
- Lang Yarns: Carpe Diem, 6 mm needles: 0.57 cm per stitch
- Apu Kuntur: Baby Alpaka regular, 4.5 mm needles: 0.48 cm per stitch
- Lang Yarns Merino 120, 4 mm needles: 0.43 cm per stitch
- Lang Yarns: Baby Cotton, 3 mm needles: 0.385 cm per stitch