When you turn your work, you will see that what was purled on the opposite side will look like a knit stitch on the reverse. So you will want to let your work be your guide. You need to purl the knit stitch and knit the purl stitch, if you found you made a mistake you can always tink (knit backwards) to correct it.
When you are doing a rib, you knit the purl stitches and purl the knit stitches in the next row. that way you keep the purl bumps lined up, thus creating the rib. if you are working on an even number of stitches, this is pretty easy, knit 1 purl 1, and on the reverse, knit 1 purl 1, You do have to be careful if you are knitting an odd number of stitches, so if you knit 1 purl 1, on the return you start purl 1, knit 1.
I want to clarify what the first two answers told you. You will purl the stitches that look like purls (bumps) every row of a ribbing, and knit the stitches that look like knits (smooth vees), on the side of the fabric facing you while you are working the row. The purl bump is the back side of a knit vee, and vice versa. So a stitch that you made by knitting on the “front” of your fabric will look like a purl and be purled when you come back to it on the “back.”
Hope this helps!
Carol in Chicago
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When you turn your work, you will see that what was purled on the opposite side will look like a knit stitch on the reverse. So you will want to let your work be your guide. You need to purl the knit stitch and knit the purl stitch, if you found you made a mistake you can always tink (knit backwards) to correct it.
When you are doing a rib, you knit the purl stitches and purl the knit stitches in the next row. that way you keep the purl bumps lined up, thus creating the rib. if you are working on an even number of stitches, this is pretty easy, knit 1 purl 1, and on the reverse, knit 1 purl 1, You do have to be careful if you are knitting an odd number of stitches, so if you knit 1 purl 1, on the return you start purl 1, knit 1.
you knit two stitches plain next two purl on each row and you get a nice rib.
I want to clarify what the first two answers told you. You will purl the stitches that look like purls (bumps) every row of a ribbing, and knit the stitches that look like knits (smooth vees), on the side of the fabric facing you while you are working the row. The purl bump is the back side of a knit vee, and vice versa. So a stitch that you made by knitting on the “front” of your fabric will look like a purl and be purled when you come back to it on the “back.”
Hope this helps!
Carol in Chicago
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