I’ve recently discovered the double stockinette stitch pattern and am interested in using this for my next project (a sweater). I have two questions however. The first is, as I will be knitting in the round, how do you do this pattern? From my looking around the internet I have not found a definitive answer. Secondly when I get to my increases/decreases would I have to do these in ‘normal’ stockinette stitch and, if so, would there be a visible difference between the two methods?
I assume that by double stockinette you mean the pattern where you (k1, s1 wyif)* till the end of the row and then turn and again doing (k1, s1 wyif)* till the end of the row (knitting the previously slipped stitches and slipping the previously knitted stitches).
If so, when converting to be worked in the round you need an odd number of stitches all around. Then on every second row you do (s1 wyib, p1)* instead of (k1, s1 wyif)*.
When doing an increase or decrease you have to do it on two rows after each other (both for the knit and for the purl), so you take out a whole pair or increase a whole pair.
Yes, that’s the stitch pattern I mean. I found somewhere where it said if you are knitting it in the round on your even number rounds to knit the slipped stitches and slip the knitted stitches and another where it said on your even number rounds you purl the stitches and slip with the yarn at the back
You would knit every other stitch on one round and purl the slipped sts on the next round. Cast on an even number of sts because you’re working these sts as pairs. You’re essentially working every row twice.
Here’s another way to double knit that alternates knits and purls so that you knit each row once around.
Just something to think about.
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That’s great! Thanks for your help. Won’t be for a short while that I will need it. Got to finish knitting my husband’s sweater first!