I’ve read that the stockinette stitch always leads to curling edges, but I’m not doing that– I’m just purling, and the edges of the scarf I’m making curl quite a bit. I tried adding a border of two knit stitches at each end of each row, and at first, this seemed to work, but once I completed about eight inches, the edges started curling a lot again 
. Is there anything I can do to avoid this (other than wet blocking)?
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Your having an age old problem. If you weave it to something else ..no curl. Forget the 2 knit stitches at each end that won’t help either as it is going the same direction. If this is to be one piece and not connected to anything make an edging along the long side of the material after you have finished. I have tried it this way and it seemed to pull out the curl.
If you are doing reverse stockinette, it will curl. If it’s just purl every row – like a reverse garter stitch – it should not curl so much. However, two stitches of knitting is not enough of a border to keep the edges flat, and you may end up with curl at the sides where the border meets the main part of the scarf.
There are other patterns that will keep a scarf flat if that is your goal, like basketweave or seed stitch.
Easy peasy. Just slip the first stitch and knit the last stitch of every row.
Result no curl.
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