Learning to purl was easy. What I did not realize was that purling every row would look the same as knitting every row. Initially I thought I was doing something wrong. It turns out, when every row is knitted (or purled) it creates what is called a
Garter Stitch. What I also noticed, was that the row I switched from a knit row to a purl row, a nice "v" was created. The alternating knit and purl creates what is called a
Stockinette Stitch. The stockinette stitch creates a flat side with a repeated 'v'-pattern, while the reverse side looks like a garter stitch. This occurs as the
Right Side is all knit stitches, while the
Wrong Side is all purl stitches. The photos below show what the right side and the wrong side look like.
While knitting, I found the number of stitches kept increasing. As it turns out, I was accidentally adding an extra stitch every time. Upon some research, I found this is a common error, which occurs when
turning the work. Suggestions on how to prevent this include: slowing down, and ensuring the working yarn is in the right place, and having a knit counter (There's an
app for that!). These things I will keep in mind moving forward. I felt with all these extra stitches, it would be a good place to learn how to
bind-off. Turns out, this is a tricky task, that I was unsuccessful at.
Going into next week week I plan on learning the long-tail cast-on, and will explore different ribbing patterns. I have decided that, for my first real project, I will be making a dishcloth, as they have been known to be an "easy" beginners project. I will start this once I feel more comfortable, and when I am able to keep consistent stitch counts.
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