I never really noticed having this problem when I first started knitting, but, it has recently surfaced and I was wondering if this happens to anyone else:
When I’m looking at something I’ve knitted in stockinette, at first look, the V’s all seem to be pointing downward, but, if I look at it for a bit, the V’s flip and point upwards, like an upside down V. It goes back and forth like this, and, even if I look away for a while and look again, I still see the V’s upside down, then after a bit, they’re pointing downward again.
The V’s are supposed to point downward, right? Like a normal V…I swear, it’s making me doubt the way stockinette is supposed to look…lol…
lol…I know! It’s one of those things where it makes you start doubting what you know…I’ve been like wait a minute, were they always upside down and I just never noticed, have I not really been paying attention, or is my mind completely messing with me! Then, I concentrate on seeing the V’s pointing downward but no matter how hard I concentrate, I don’t see it…so, I keep staring until they “flip” again. I was starting to think maybe something was wrong with me…lol
Nope not just you… In fact I usually see the upside down V’s first… To see them the right way I block off just one stitch… a lot of times it’s the only way I can see it that way…