Jan 6, 2022 23:21
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Spanish term

Punto de espina

Spanish to English Other Textiles / Clothing / Fashion Knitting stitches
This is from a list of various knitting stitches in Spain. An image appears at the following URL: https://www.guiaparatejerbien.com/2008/07/muestrario-de-punt...
Is there any equivalent stitch in British English?

Discussion

Helena Chavarria Jan 7, 2022:
In my experience, not all knitting stitches have names, apart from the usual ones: plain, purl, moss/rice stitch, rib, garter stitch, stocking stitch, etc. In Spanish, they're often all referred to as 'punto de fantasia' and there's a diagram that shows what you have to do on each row. In English, you usually get written instructions telling you to what to do.
Helena Chavarria Jan 7, 2022:
I'm afraid I don't have time to help you but the stitch looks like a vertical or bi-directional herringbone stitch.

Proposed translations

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Rickrack rib

Montar un número de puntos múltiplo de 2, más orillos.
1ªh: 1 pd, *2 pd juntos retorcidos y sin sacarlos de la aguja tejer del derecho el primero de ellos, dejar caer los dos puntos a la vez* Repetir de *a* y terminar con 1 pd.
2ªh: 1 pd, 1 pr, *tejer 2 pr juntos y, sin sacarlos de la aguja, tejer del revés el primero de ellos* Repetir de *a* y terminar con 1 pr y 1 pd.
Repetir siempre estas dos vueltas.

Work on a multiple of 3 stitches, plus 1

Row 1: P1, *Knit through the back loop of the second stitch on the left needle, then knit through the front of the first stitch, and drop them both from the needle at the same time, P1*

Row 2: K1, *Purl the second stitch on the left needle, then purl the first stitch, and drop them both from the needle at the same time, K1*

Repeat these two rows for the pattern.

http://www.theweeklystitch.com/2011/

I think this is as near as we're going to get. The pattern is practically the same, except that instead of knitting/purling two together, you knit or purl the second stitch on its own.

'Puntos retorcidos' is the same as knitting into the back of the loop, instead of the front. The resulting stitch looks twisted.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Tentatively going with this one, mainly because your knowledge of knitting is far superior to mine. Thanks so much."
11 mins

Thorn stitch

Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : I never thought I'd find myself watching knitting videos, but the stitch in yours looks very like the one in Hartley"s picture.
2 hrs
Thank you!
disagree Althea Draper : Thorn stitch is an 8 row repeating pattern but 'Punto de espina' is a 2 row repeating pattern - see the pattern for your video here - https://sowoolly.net/how-to-knit-the-thorn-stitch-pattern-us...
11 hrs
No comment.
neutral Helena Chavarria : I’m sorry I don’t agree with you but I wouldn’t want Asker to mistranslate the term.//I'd love to help but don't have time. I have to finish a translation by Monday. As Althea mentions, thorn stictch is an 8-row repeating pattern, not 2 rows.
14 hrs
Well why don't you enlighten us, you knitter of over half a century's standing?// Fair enough; you obviously know more about this than me.
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1 day 11 hrs

Houndstooth stitch

Not really my area of expertise, but it looks a bit like houndstooth stitch.
Example sentence:

There’s nothing like a classic houndstooth pattern!

Peer comment(s):

disagree Althea Draper : This is a simple stocking stitch (stockinette stich) pattern using two colours of yarn i.e. one row plain, one row purl with some stitches knitted/purled in the different colours to give the dogtooth effect. It's much simpler than the asker's example.
1 day 1 hr
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Reference comments

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Reference:

Spine stitch

Spine stitch exists in English but it's not knitted quite the same way as in the link you provide in the question.

CO: Cast on

st: Stitch

RS: Right side of the work

K: Knit

P: Purl

CL (Left-leaning cross): Knit the second stitch on the left-hand needle through the back loop. Without taking it off the needle, knit the first stitch through the front loop. Drop both stitches.

CD (Right-leaning cross): Knit the second stitch on the left-hand needle through the front loop. Without taking it off the needle, knit the first stitch through the front loop. Drop both stitches.

BO: Bind off

How to knit the Spine stitch

CO multiples of 4; i.e.: 4 * 3 = 12 stitches.

1º and every odd row (RS): *CL, CR*. Repeat from * to *, to end.

2º and every even row: Purl across.

These two rows form the pattern. Keep repeating them until the desired length is reached. When finished, BO purlwise after a row 2.


https://sowoolly.net/spine-stitch-a-two-row-repeat-knitting-...
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