Firstly, thanks to all who answered my posts 18mths ago on my efforts to replicate Claudia Winkelman’s Traitors cable jumper for my daughter. I found a similar pattern in the end, and knitted it up in a lovely olive green wool/acrylic blend, of aran weight; hit the spot at Xmas! This year she admired one of CW’s Traitors jumpers in fair-isle! I’ve put a design together (at last; where does the time go?!) and was just about to start, when I remembered something I wanted to ask about rib.
Years ago in a Sasha Kagan book she decribed half-twisted riib as knitting into the back of every knit stitch. So I did that for years, on both plain and pearl rows, without thinking about it much. But then I realised that to get every plain row twisted, I needed to knit into the back of the purl stitiches on the purl row as well! I just wondered if anyone else had got it ‘wrong’ like that, and got the effect of twisted plain stitches only on every other row? I actually quite like the effect, tbh; it’s just that little bit tighter than no twist at all, but not too much.
I’ve made twisted rib by just knitting into the back loop of the knits and purling the purls as usual. I actually prefer that to twisting both the knits and the purls. I don’t think there’s a right or wrong here, just different designers and patterns and of course, personal preference.
Thanks; is that on both right and wrong side? I realise my post was confusing , as I used the words ‘plain’ and ‘purl’ rows instead of saying right and wrong side! I might start a new clearer thread!
You were very clear. What I’m suggesting is that there is no “standard” way to work twisted rib either RS (knit) only or RS plus WS (purl). If the pattern doesn’t define the stitch as the designer wants then you can work it either way.
You might try a swatch to see which method or look you prefer.