. Garter Stitch:
If you knit every stitch of every row, the result is garter stitch. The fabric you make has rows of raised ridges on the front and back. It's very simple and makes a reversible fabric. Knitted loosely, it's soft and springy. Worked firmly, the fabric lies flat, which makes it useful for bands and borders.

Works on any number of stitches.
Knit all rows.

. Stockinette Stitch:
Stockinette (or stocking) stitch is a basic knitting stitch. If you work one row of knit stitches followed by one row of purl stitches, and repeat these two rows, you will produce stockinette stitch (abbreviated St st), the most widely used fabric in knitting.

Works on any number of stitches.
Row 1: (RS) Knit.
Row 2: Purl.
Repeat these two rows for pattern.

Stockinette fabric curls on the edges.
The side edges curl towards the back of the fabric whilst the cast on and bind off edges curl towards the front of the fabric. This is why a garment in stockinette stitch usually has a rib or garter stitch edging.

If you’re working in stockinette stitch and you lose track of whether you knit the last row or purled it, look at the fabric on the left hand needle as though you were ready to start. If the smooth (knit) side is facing you, work a knit row. If the rough (purl) side is facing you, purl the next row.

If the back of the fabric is used as the right side it is called reverse stockinette stitch. This is commonly used as the background for cables and embosses knitting.



. Reverse Stockinette Stitch:
The Reverse Stockinette stitch is the same as regular stockinette, only the bumpy side is considered the right side, and the smooth side is wrong side.
Works on any number of stitches.
Row 1: (RS) Purl.
Row 2: Knit.
Repeat these two rows for pattern.


. Crossed Stockinette Stitch:
Works on any number of stitches.
Row 1: Knit stitch through the back loop (k tbl).
Row 2: Purl.


. Twisted Stockinette Stitch
Works on any number of stitches.
Row 1: Knit all stitches through the back loop.
Row 2: Purl all stitches through the back loop.