technique
Stockinette Stitch
Stockinette Stitch creates smooth V-shaped fabric on the right side and purl bumps on the wrong side.
What it is
Stockinette is made by knitting right-side rows and purling wrong-side rows when working flat. In the round, every round is knitted. Its edges naturally curl.
How Ruke patterns use it
Stockinette is one of the main fabric languages in Ruke patterns. Many garment bodies, sleeves and yokes either use stockinette directly or use it as the base fabric for shaping.
Examples
Green-Day Sweater gives gauge in Stockinette stitch after washing.
Several top-down sweaters in the corpus work yoke, body and sleeves mostly in rounds, where stockinette is created by knitting every round.
When to use it
Use it for smooth garment fabric, sleeves, bodies, hats and projects where the right side should show clean V-shaped stitches.
What to check
Check curling edges, knit and purl tension balance, and whether the pattern includes an edge treatment.