Learn to knit a fish scale stitch (or smocking stitch) with this knitting video tutorial!
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Welcome to Little Red Window! I’m Cassie, a professional craft and knitwear designer working in the field for more than 10 years. I have a degree in Art History from Northwestern University and a Master's Degree in Architecture and Design from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. I've designed more than 300 separate knitting patterns, hundreds of craft projects, and I love to bring joy to your crafts and knitting with well-designed, easy to understand tutorials and patterns.
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Alice Davis says
I have a question about the fish scale stitch. Can it be done in the round? Also, do you knit a plain row in between the fish scale rows?
Thanks in advance, Alice Davis (an avid sock knitter.
Cassie May says
Yes, I’m knitting it in the round on a hat, in the video.
And yes there is a plain row between. And then every other fish scale row is offset by one stitch like bricks, if that makes sense.
Hope that helps!
Sarah says
That looks so good. I cant wait to try it 😀
Marcia Pena says
Where did the video go? There’s just a blank spot on the page.
Marcia Pena says
Oh, sorry. I blocked notifications sometime in the past which caused the video to not be visible, I guess. When I unblocked, back it came!