Whenever I hear about garter stitch they are always talking about knit garter(garter that is all knit stitches) but wouldn’t purling every row(doing purl garter) give you the same result just backwards?
You’re right. Purling every row will produce the same result as knitting every row. The back of a knit stitch is a purl stitch, the back of a purl stitch is a knit stitch therefore whichever one you choose to do will produce the same result. Most people prefer to knit rather than to purl.
You and GG are both correct, purling every row does give garter stitch. I saw somewhere (can’t remember if it was in one of my books or online) that there is a slight difference in the appearance of all knit garter stitch vs. all purl garter stitch,and that at least one of the older knitting instruction books showed it.
Its not enough of a visual difference though to arbitrarily say one is better to the other, or for me to see it. :shrug: