I ,may be confused but I thought I read somewhere on KH that if you knit in the round but are only using garter stitch it creates stockinette stitch. Is this right or am I way off? and if it is right WHY is it stockinette not garter stitch??
to anyone that can answer this for me… :notworthy:
it is true and i am pretty sure it has to do with the fact that you are only working one side of the stitch the whole time. if you want garter then you have to knit 1 round purl one 1 round
When you knit in the round, you always use knit stitches, no purls. This is because you are always knitting on the same side of the garment. The purl stitch is the back of a knit stitch. When you knit in the round, the knit stitches are on the outside and the purls are on the inside.
When you knit back and forth, and you want to make stockinette, you knit on the front side, but turn it over to where the purls are–you’re working the back of the knit stitches. Make any sense at all?
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so if I understand correctly
stockinette is 1 row of garter stich followed by 1 row of purls (on straight needles)
so how many rows am i making on 1 round of :?? a circular needles
Garter stitch fabric is produced when you knit every row on straights–each side shows one row of knit stitches and one row of purls, alternating–it’s bumpy.
Stockinette stitch fabric is produced when you knit one row and purl one row.
Each pass down the needle, whether knit or purl, is one row. The knit stitches end up on one side and the purls on the other.
One round of knitting is equal to one row of knitting.
going to mull this over for a while!!! :?? :??
thanks Ingy for replying!!
It DOES look like stockinette stitch when you’ve knit in the round although technically you are only doing garter or the knit stitch. Pretty neat that you don’t have to purl! :teehee:
Garter is the pattern stitch produced when you knit each row on straight needles, or knit one round/purl one round on circular needles. Stockinette is the pattern stitch produced when you knit one row/purl one row on straight needles, or knit every round on circs.
One round on circs = one row on straights.
sue
Hope i don’t confuse matters…
It really helped me when I realized that a knit stitch produces a purl stitch on the reverse side, and a purl stitch produces a knit stitch on the reverse side. Garter stitch when worked flat is knitting all stitches, as we’ve established. But taking into account what I just wrote above, when you knit a whole row on straight needles, you produce a whole row of purl stitches on the reverse side. So when you look at garter stitch, it really is one row of knits, one row of purls, one row of knits, one row of purls, etc., even though it was made with only knit stitches.
So knitting in the round, though you’re knitting all stitches it is not the same as ‘garter stitch’. To achieve garter stitch in the round you have to knit one row, purl one row, knit one row, purl one row, etc., essentially the same thing as looking at JUST the right side (or JUST the wrong side) of a piece of garter stitch which was knit flat.
It might help to think of it this way: a round is a row with its ends stuck together.
thanks everyone for helping to explain to this me…
I will probably review this again until it sinks in my big fat head!!
thanks to all of you :cheering: :cheering: :notworthy:
The more knitting you do, the easier it will be to actually see what your stitches produce and what effect different stitches have.
That’s very true Ingrid. It may help to take some scrap yarn and knit a sampler… knit every row for a few inches, then switch to k 1 row, purl 1 row, then ribbing - k 2 sts, p 2 stitches and you’ll see what produces what and how it looks.
sue
Question!!!
I am getting ready to attempt knitting horizontally on circular needles, for a scarf project. In this case, with the circular needles, I would actually turn my work when I got to the end, correct?
I just taught myself to knit about 1.5 months ago and have completed a few projects, but I’m still a bit tentative.
and I’d love to knit cable, but I"m scared to death!
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Yes, turn the work if it is knitted flat.
Right this instant–look at the video on how to do a cable, or look in a book or magazine.
Throw some yarn on a needle and do a cable. You’ll be astounded at how easy they are. Be not afraid!!! It’s yarn!!!
I agree. I was initimidated by cables until I saw the steps. It looks complicated, but once you realize where the magic lies, they are no longer scary!
Thank you! 
I am planning to try this weekend.
I am making myself finish all the projects I’ve started, 2 left, and for a break in my coursework, but I plan to attempt some cable hopefully this weekend. :passedout:
You have now placed yourselves in the zone!
I am going to come to you with all of my questions and I warn you I can be like a 2 yr old at times, forever: Why?
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