I’m making a beginner baby blanket but I don’t know what it means by “over” and “across”.
It says : Row 7- Work seed stitch over first 6 sts, knit across to last 6 sts, work seed st over last 6 sts.
And another question : I just learned how to purl today. I was making a scarf with garter stitches, then I wanted to do purl stitches too so I started doing them in the same scarf, but then they all looked like garter stitches except they were much looser. Did I do something wrong?
The pattern just means use the seed stitch pattern for 6 stitches, then just do knit stitches until you have 6 stitches left on that row, and do seed stitch again for those last 6 stitches. I am assuming that the seed stitches on either side of the blanket are for the border. (I am also guessing that the first 6 rows and the last 6 rows are seed stitch, too, right?)
Many people (myself included!) purl with a different tension than they knit, so your purl stitches are looser than your knit stitches. Your tension may even out with more practice. You’re not doing anything wrong, though!
When you do garter stitch, you see a purl ridge every other row, because the back of a knit stitch is a purl stitch.
When you do stockinette stitch, all the purls are on one side, but without a knit row in between, but it still is all bumpy. If you purl every row, you’ll get garter stitch, too.
[color=violet]So purling every row is the same as a garter stitch? Then what’s the difference?
Angelina - Yes, the first 6 and last 6 rows are seed stitches[/color]
Knit garter stitch and purl garter stitch are really the same.
That both purling every row and knitting every row creates garter stitch is the magic of knitting! The only difference is that knitting every row is MUCH easier 