Ending with a ws row

#1

When it says " work stocking stitch 4 inches, ending with a ws row.". Does that mean the next row you work would be the back that you normally purl.
Thanks so much folks.

#2

It means the last row you work should be the ws (the purl side of stockinette).

#3

Thanks for the quick response. That is the opposite of what I was saying, so glad I asked the question.

#4

Well…I looked at the next line of instructions and it said to P1 then p2tog, so I’m guessing it may be what I originally thought, right? My last row before I start the decreasing row would be knitting, as I’m in stockinette.

#5

Ending with a wrong side row means that the next row is a right side row. If your pattern looks like straight stockinette st at this point (no reverse stockinette edging or change in pattern) then it may be a mistake in the pattern. In that case, go ahead with the directions as you think they should be and end so that your next sts go on a wrong side or purl row.
Check the following rows and the picture to make sure that’s right.

#6

Thanks. It is a Sirdar1752 pattern, but it has to be a mistake. As I interpreted it both ways, I thought I would ask the experts to be sure. Maybe they meant to say “ending up on a ws row?”

#7

Could be. Or “ending on a rs row”.