You Should Definitely Not Knit This If: You are not into
garter stitch as a fabric, and the very idea of picking up all those outer border edges makes you cringe.
With the eyelash and ribbon yarns together work four rows of
garter stitch as described in Step 1.
Not exact matches
Anyway, I was looking for just the right project - something that I could carry around easily when leaving the booth to visit another stage, something that wouldn't require pen and paper to keep track of, something I could be interrupted from without messing it up, and yet, something that wouldn't bore me to tears (no
garter stitch this weekend,
as much
as I sometimes do love it).
Because the right side of the work is always facing you
as you work in the round, knitting every
stitch of every round gives you Stockinette Stitch, not G
stitch of every round gives you Stockinette
Stitch, not G
Stitch, not
Garter.
Another easy way to make
Garter Stitch more interesting is to throw in stripes,
as in this super warm baby blanket.
If you're using a
stitch pattern other than Garter Stitch, you may find it easier to work the increase and the decrease on the same row, as I did with my Bias Knit Scarf, which is worked in Stockinette S
stitch pattern other than
Garter Stitch, you may find it easier to work the increase and the decrease on the same row, as I did with my Bias Knit Scarf, which is worked in Stockinette S
Stitch, you may find it easier to work the increase and the decrease on the same row,
as I did with my Bias Knit Scarf, which is worked in Stockinette
StitchStitch.
Garter Stitch Faggot uses the same pattern row
as Turkish
Stitch, but it is alternated with a row of
Garter Stitch, which makes the fabric a little firmer and more solid (it also biases thanks to all those right - leaning decreases; you could alternate a row of k2togs with a row of ssks to reduce this tendency).
Pick up and knit 20
stitches as before and knit in
Garter Stitch for 20 inches.
When you're comfortable with
garter stitch, learn how to purl and you can try some stockinette projects
as well!
You can counteract the curl if you want to by adding a border of ribbing,
Garter Stitch or another non-curling pattern to the edges (
as in the washcloth linked above) or use the curl
as a design element.
Many new knitters start with a basic
garter stitch scarf
as their first knitting project because it's quick, easy and a project you're sure to be proud of when it's done.
You can find a knitting pattern for anything you could possibly want to knit worked in Stockinette
Stitch, and you can go a lot of your knitting career only knowing
Garter Stitch, Stockinette and ribbing, though I hope you'll branch out and learn other things
as well!
Yes - a very similar sweater -
as in a sideways knit,
garter stitch, pullover, knit in white cotton infant sweater.