It is an easy stitch to learn, as it only involves two basic knitting techniques: knit and purl. Moss stitch creates a really lovely texture for your knitting projects. It’s stylish, understated ...

Alternating purl and knit stitches is the easiest way to embed your project with a secret message, and it’s harder to see from a distance. Sandra Gutierrez G. Once you have your pattern ...

When you alternate rows of purl stitches with rows of knit stitches, you get what's called a stockinette stitch or pattern, which is the basis of many beginner projects. If you alternate purl and ...

Any two-colour cast-on will do. Slip the first stitch knit-wise, then alternate knit then purl stitches as when working a (k1,p1) rib, but work all the knit stitches with one colour and all the ...

you knit the stitches that present themselves as knits and purl the ones that present themselves as purls. On row 3, you knit the stitches that present themselves as purls and purl the ones that ...

Seed stitch is made by alternating between knit and purl stitches and then using the opposite combination on the next row. This results in a lovely textured and uniform knit that is fully reversible ...

For instance, a fabric made of just one stitch type, such as a knit or purl, tends to curl at the edges. But combine the two stitch types together in alternating rows or columns, and the fabric ...