1838 xi. 274 Reticules knit with other stitches look very pretty, as..the two coloured rib-stitch.
a1884 E. H. Knight Suppl. 756/2 Rib Fabric Machine, a knitting machine adapted to make the rib stitch.
1994 2 June 49/1 Knitted in a fashionable wide rib stitch.