stockinette stitch

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   knitting stitch having alternate rows of knit stitches and purl stitches, producing a fabric as for stockings

   Broaderknitting stitch

Questions about stockinette stitch

What does stockinette stitch mean?

stockinette stitch means "knitting stitch having alternate rows of knit stitches and purl stitches, producing a fabric as for stockings".

Is stockinette stitch a common word?

stockinette stitch is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.