I’ve watched the video three times and followed pattern in book (Which doesn’t have the purl/knit start- just knit and off for first stitch) but each time I am getting what looks like purl bumps- not knit stitch. I have wrong sides facing and it is the end of a baby booty. It does not look invisible.
Has anyone had this issue? Any idea what I am doing wrong? If I reverse the pattern, would it maybe fix the issue?
You need right sides facing for kitchener stitch. Here’s a couple more tutorials that may help. I find that sometimes having it said a different way makes all the difference.
http://community.knitpicks.com/notes/Seaming_-_Kitchener_Stitch
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer04/FEATtheresasum04.html
The right side is facing me, but purl bumps are sandwhiched in together just like in all of the links. The knit picks link is like what I followed in the pattern but either way I get what looks like purl bumps. I guess I will take it out one more time and try again.
The only thing I can think is that you are inserting the needle incorrectly or removing the wrong stitch. :think:
That must be it. But I am consistant. I have now done the toe 5 times and each time I get bumps. I even tried looking at it and doing it step by step, but it is hard with the live stitches. I have woven bound off stitches before and done a 3 needle bind off just fine. This darn toe is giving me fits. Good thing it is a bootie and not a full fledged sock!
Here is how i teach it-
Knit a swatch–about 40 stitches wide–You’ll need regular needles and 2 double pointed needle or a circ
make an edge. (5 stitches either end of garter/and 6 or more rows of garter to start)
make center stocking knit.
work about 25 rows of plain stocking knit
the take some waste yarn
Knit 10 (border +5) knit the next 10 with waste yarn,
slip waste yarn stitches back onto left needle) REKNIT with real yarn(continue the row)
(you’ll have a row with 10 waste yarn stitches in middle)
knit 4 rows of stocking knit, and repeat waste yarn procedure.
(do this 4 or 5 times… )
then a few rows of stocking knit and some garter and bind off.
[B]now[/B]
take some waste yarn and in those first few row plain stocking knit, make 10 duplicate stitches…
2 rows above, do it again, and again and again…
get perfect with duplicate stitch–Learn how to go in and out of stitch and sew a perfect line of knitting
ok, then you’re at the waste yarn
Cut the waste yarn, 1 stitch at a time, and replace with duplicate stitches… (cut 1, sew 1, cut 2nd stitch undo waste yarn, replace with sewn in duplicate stitch (working from life stitches!)
[B]Repeat once [/B]
[B]Change again[/B]–
Now, cut the waste yarn (1 stitch at a time) and put the stitches onto DPN’s (or circ)
Now, work kitchener stitch (grafting) from needles! the movements are identical to duplicate stitch…
Repeat again.
doing this ([I]an evenings work[/I] to knit the swatch AND do the duplicate stitch and grafting ) and you’ll ‘get’ grafting.
(you could take a class–but why? you can teach yourself… KEY is practice, practice, practice --on a swatch, where it doesn’t matter!
i can’t understand why anyone would want to learn on a real (important!) project.
Learn on a swatch!
Thanks for the help. The bootie is not an important project- I promise. 
Even if the toe is not perfect it is closed and will work. I figured it would be a simple small project to try it out with. I can do duplicate stitch- that is how I weave in ends and finish my stockings- so maybe I just need something a little bigger to work on than this teenie bootie. Thanks again.