What does "turn" mean?

#1

I’ve been looking at sock and Entrelac patterns, and they all say to “turn” after knitting a few stitches of the row. For example, here is the Base Triangles section of an Entrelac pattern I’m looking at:

CO 24 sts.
Row 1: (RS) k1, turn
Row 2: and all WS rows: purl all sts in that section
Row 3: sl 1, k1, turn
Row 5: sl 1, k2, turn
Row 7: sl 1, k3, turn
Row 9: sl 1, k4, turn
Row 11: sl 1, k5, turn
Row 13: sl 1, k6, turn
Row 15: sl 1, k7. Do not turn.
Repeat from * to * to end of row, turn.

Can some helpful person please explain what turning is? :slight_smile:

#2

It means to turn the work as if you had finished the row, even though there are stitches left.

#3

Ah, okay. So I would just switch the needles? If I were knitting the pattern above, I would k1, then swap the needles and p1 for R2?

#4

You got it!

#5

Yes, for entrelac, you purl whatever stitches you knit the row before.
You’d start with k1, then switch the needles and p1.

Entrelac is a great reason to learn to knit backwards. All that turning can get tiresome.:roll:

#6

Thanks for the explanation. I watched the backwards knitting video on the site, but I don’t know if I’m ready for that! Looks like I have a lot of turning in my future. :wink:

#7

That is soooo true; I thought entrelac was so beautiful, but all the turning got me down until I learned to go backwards! It was very free-ing! :woot:

#8

It bothers me less to turn, than to knit backwards, it’s faster. And I use larger blocks too; I did a throw for my so that has 15 st blocks.

#9

I want to learn Entrelac is there a basic pattern on here that I could practice with?

#10

Not at this site that I know of, but a good tutorial is the Yarnpath’s one -
wolfandturtle.net/Yarnpath/index.php/Yarnpath/comments/all_aboard_the_entrelac_express/
I followed the basic instructions for the throw, just casting on more sts and making the triangles and blocks larger.

#11

suzeeq, thank you sooo much for the link. I so appreciate that. It’s just what I was looking for. Now I need to look at the ‘Backward Knitting’ is there a video on here to teach the knit backwards? If there is I couldn’t find it.

is there a purling backwards?

#12

There’s a backward knitting video somewhere on the 'net, you would need to google for it. But you can experiment and figure it out yourself, take a piece that you’ve knit across, turn and purl a couple sts, then start a purl, turn it around and see how it works to finish it on the other side.

#13

Thank for this reply I think you have answered my question What is Turn Thanks again