Test fishermen’s rib with cotton yarn

The cotton is the Sugar ‘n Cream, Earth Ombre color, worsted weight; it calls for US #9, 5.5 mm needles. I used #10 needles.

As usual my borders are a mess.

It’s fairly light and fluffy; I could see using it for a scarf. Although the yarn would probably snag on everything since it’s so loose.

I’m going to try it again on #7 needles.

I used the first one, A. The square brackets delineate what to repeat.

Fishermen’s rib A

Cast on a multiple of 2 stitches, plus 1

Foundation row: knit

1. slip 1, [[ knit 1 below, purl 1 ]]
2. slip 1, [[ purl 1, knit 1 below ]], purl 1, knit 1

Fishermen’s rib B

Cast on a multiple of 2 stitches, plus 1

Foundation row: knit

1. slip 1, [[ knit 1 below, knit 1 ]]
2. slip 1, [[ knit 1, knit 1 below ]], knit 2

Fishermen’s rib C

Cast on a multiple of 3 stitches, plus 1

1. slip 1, [[ knit 2 together, yarn over, slip 1 purlwise ]], knit 2 together, knit 1
2. slip 1, [[ yarn over, slip 1 purlwise, knit 2 together (the yarn over and the slip 1 of the previous row) ]], yarn over, slip 1 purlwise, knit 1

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