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Help interpreting a knitting pattern from a magazine I bought

1245 Posts Recent Started
Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 3:21 PM
Hi dear knitting pros, 

Basic pattern
RS: 1 purl stitch, 1 twisted knit stitch
WS: work the stitches as they appear

Question: On the WS rows, do I also knit twisted knit stitches, or “regular” knit stitches?

9211 Posts Recent Started
Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 3:28 PM
On the wrong side row, the knit stitches are actually the purl stitches from the previous row. Since you’re supposed to knit the stitches as they appear, I would just knit them normally.

Why don’t you do a gauge swatch and compare it to the picture in the pattern? 

1245 Posts Recent Started
Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 3:34 PM
Thanks, Petra!
I’ve already done the gauge swatch—both look a bit odd. It looks really nice when I knit the purl stitches crossed too, but that’s a real finger-breaker ;)

The photo doesn’t really show much.

4475 Posts Recent Started
Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 4:17 PM
What does the stitch pattern look like if you knit the knit stitches normally on the right side row instead of as twisted knit stitches?

1245 Posts Recent Started
Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 6:15 PM
So just a normal rib pattern, then.
I’ve switched and am doing half brioche now—it looks much neater that way. 

4475 Posts Recent Started
Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 6:44 PM
Half brioche—that’s also a possibility.

I took a look at how to knit a twisted purl stitch.
Since I hold the yarn in my right hand, I knit my purl stitches this way almost automatically.
The only difference is that I wrap the yarn around the needle once instead of twice.

647 Posts Recent Started
Monday, December 23, 2019 at 2:30 PM
If the stitches are to be worked as they appear, then on the wrong-side row the purl stitches are knitted, and the twisted knit stitches are worked as twisted purl stitches!
Good luck!

1245 Posts Recent Started
Monday, December 23, 2019 at 4:31 PM
Oh dear, a twisted purl stitch... that’s where the fun of knitting ends... ;-)
Thanks for the feedback ♡

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