There are many other reversible pattern stitches which don't necessarily
meet all of my four criteria but which are still suitable for reversible
scarves. Mary Lee Heerick has compiled a list of the reversible pattern
stitches found in Barbara Walker's pattern stitch dictionaries, A
Treasury of Knitting Patterns, A Second Treasury of Knitting
Patterns, and Charted Knitting Designs. This list is given
below, with Mary's permission. The page numbers given are for the original
books and may vary from the pages on which the pattern stitches are found
in the newly reprinted volumes. -- Esther
Reversible Pattern Stitches in Barbara G. Walker's Treasuries
Compiled by Mary Lee Herrick
This list is for such projects as moebius scarves, where both sides should
match, or baby blankets and dishcloths, where both sides should be nice to
look at.
Virtually all of these are based on Barbara Walker's comments, so it is
possible I missed some that she did not specifically point out.
Same on both sides means that they are either identical, or differ only in
direction (for example, slanting right instead of left) on the reverse.
Different on both sides means that the sides differ, but that Walker has
said something like "the reverse side is also interesting," which I took
to indicate that either side could be used as a front. It would also be
possible to alternate these: knit one pattern repeat, do a row of
something like knit 1, purl 1, and then do the pattern repeat again--the
extra row means it will face the other way. Then both sides of the
material will be similar, alternating the two sides of the pattern.
The third treasury, Charted Knitting Designs only had a few
mesh-type stitches that qualify for this list in the final uncharted
section, so I didn't include that book.
SAME ON BOTH SIDES
- First Treasury
- Basic Faggotting Stitch (p. 184)
- Brioche Stitch(p. 45)
- Broken Diagonal Rib (p. 24)
- Cane Stitch, or Grand Picot Eyelet (p. 182)
- Chevron (p. 26)
- Diagonal Rib (p. 24)
- Diagonal Wave (p. 275)
- Double Herringbone Faggot (P. 186)
- Double Seed Stitch (p. 11)
- Elongated Rib Check (p. 18)
- Feather Faggot (p. 185)
- Fisherman's Rib (p. 44)
- Garter Stitch(p. 10)
- Grand Eyelet Lace (p. 179)
- Half Herringbone Faggot, or Faggotting Rib Stitch (P. 185)
- Halved Diamond Pattern (p. 34)
- Harris Tweed Pattern (p. 22)
- Herringbone Faggot (P. 186)
- Horizontal Parallelogram Check (p. 25)
- Indian Cross Stitch (p. 112)
- Knit-Purl Block Stitch (p. 19)
- Knit-One Purl-One Ribbing (p. 39)
- Knit-Two Purl-Two Ribbing (p.39)
- Mistake-Stitch Ribbing (p. 40)
- Moss Stitch(p. 11)
- Purse Stitch (p. 185)
- Reverse Herringbone Faggot (p. 186)
- Seed Stitch(p. 11)
- Syncopated Brioche Stitch (p. 158)
- Turkish Stitch (p. 185)
- Twist Brioche (p. 126)
- Vandyke Check Pattern (p. 22)
- Vertical Parallelogram Check (p. 25)
- Second Treasury
- Cartridge-Belt Rib (p. 21)
- Crochet-Knit Mesh (p. 223)
- Double Garter Stitch, or Back Stitch (p. 134)
- Fluted Rib (p. 5)
- Grand Trefoil (p. 263)
- Porcupine Stitch (p. 282)
- Pythagorean Pattern (p. 15)
- Rib and Welt Diagonals (p. 9)
- Seeded Rib Check (p. 7)
- Roman Stripe (p. 219)
- Seeded Rib Pattern (p. 7)
- Steep Diagonal Rib (p. 5)
- Tilting Block Pattern (p. 263)
- Twin Rib (p. 4)
DIFFERENT ON BOTH SIDES
- First Treasury
- Broken Rib Pattern (p. 12)
- Diagonal Ribbing (p. 45)
- Double Broken Rib (p. 12)
- Elongated Diamond Pattern (p. 35)
- Giant Diamond (p. 32)
- Hourglass Eyelet (p. 173)
- Imitation Lattice (p. 34)
- Indian Pillar Stitch (p. 137)
- Italian Chain Ribbing (p. 47)
- Lace Rib (p. 48)
- Mock Ribbing (p. 97)
- Moss-Bordered Diamonds (p. 37)
- Double Woven Rib (p. 95)
- Sand Stitch (p. 12)
- Seeded Chevron (p. 27)
- Single Woven Rib (p. 95)
- Shadow Check (p. 103)
- Tunisian Knitting (p. 159)
- Woven Diagonal Herringbone (p. 96)
- Woven Diamond Pattern (p. 97)
- Second Treasury
- Belt Welt (p. 6)
- Berry Stitch (p. 221)
- Blind Buttonhole Stitch (p. 26)
- Blocks and Bars (p. 26)
- Candlelight (p. 279)
- Diagonal Brioche (p. 220)
- Dimple Stitch (p. 25)
- Double Pennant I (p. 16)
- Double Pennant II (p. 16)
- Drop-Stitch Honeycomb (p. 130)
- English Rose Tweed (p. 107)
- Jack-In-The-Pulpit (p.255)
- Little Pyramid (p. 8)
- Mist Drops (p. 233)
- Moss and Rib Block Stitch (p. 13)
- Parenthetical Rib (p. 130)
- Paving Stones (p. 112)
- Pillar and Web (p. 134)
- Pine Burr Pattern (p. 223)
- Purl-Twist Knot (p. 144)
- Rambler Pattern (p. 122)
- Reversible Two-Tone Pattern (p. 45)
- Ribbing Diamonds (p. 15)
- Rick Rib (p. 260)
- Rickrack Stripe (p. 89)
- Salt and Pepper Tweed (p. 49)
- Seaweed (p. 10)
- Swedish Weave (p. 90)
- Vertical Drop-Stitch (p. 219)
Last Updated: July 7, 1998
Esther S. Bozak
ebozak@cs.oswego.edu
URL: http://www.cs.oswego.edu/~ebozak/knit/esb-patterns/reversibles.hmtl