Edges

#1

Hello Everyone:

I am new to this site and new to knitting. Can anyone tell me how to get better looking edges/salvages. My instructor said to slip the first stitch but I don’t think that look nice either. :thinking:

Thanks and look forward to you answers.

#2

If you slip the first stitch as if to purl and knit the last stitch in every row, you get a nice edge. If you’re planning to seam the piece, the edge really isn’t as important.

#3

for the life of me i couldn’t get a nice edge via slipping a stitch until i figured out i needed to wrap the yarn around the front needle and then to the back prior to knitting the next stitch… i practiced on a couple swatches until i got it right!

#4

Yes, this makes a lovely edge for a scarf!

#5

I am working on a cardigan and it calls for 9 st for the band and then ends with an edge st. Is an edge st a slip st?

#6

Thanks bunches for your help with my edges. I will definitely give it a try and let you know. :smiley:

#7

Yes, when they call for an edge stitch, you slip the first and knit the last.

#8

Yes, when they call for an edge stitch, you slip the first and knit the last.[/quote]

Really? You learn something new everyday. Hmm, don’t think it should affect a sweater too much if I haven’t been doing that, huh? I thought edge stitch was the same as selvedge stitch.

#9

They are the same, in how you do them. Selvedge is extra, usually, though. Edge is part of the pattern. When you have a cardigan, that front edge isn’t seamed, so you do this on the edge to keep it looking spiffy.

#10

Thank you so much, I think I figured it out. We’ll see. I’m using such a thick yarn that it may not even show much anyhow. Thanks again, it seems to make sense to me now.