I’m trying to learn how to do continental knitting, but the knitting comes out as garter stitches or something like that. there’s two rows of knits (the V’s) and a row of ridges. I can’t seem to find out what I did wrong.
what is a knit piece of work suppose to look like?
If you knit every row, you get garter stitch, which has ridges on both sides.
When you do stockinette stitch, which is knit one row, purl one row, you end up with all the knits on one side–the v’s and all the purl bumps on the other.
Continental knitting is just a way of knitting. Knit stitches make the little v’s and purl stitches make the dashes. So if you knit to the end of the row, flip your work and start knitting again- you will have a garter stitch regardless of whether you continental knit or english knit. If you want all v’s on one side then you need to knit one row, flip the work and purl the next row. Does that make sense?
ok thanks for the help!! :cheering:
I have a question is it possible to make both sides the same with the “v” shaped pattern?
Only if you do double knitting. K1, sl1 on all rows. This creates a double sided/double thick fabric.
that kind of double knitting will be a tube. If you want a double thick fabric that is not tubular but has "V"s on both sides, I recommend double knitting with 2 yarns. If you use the same color yarn and cross them over every few stitches, you will get that result. If tubluar is ok for you: work like suzeeq’s description.