How do I know the right side of my knitting?

The right side of your knitting is the face of the fabric. This is the side that will be on the outside of a garment. The wrong side is the back side of the fabric, and will be on the inside of a garment. When the right side of the fabric is facing you, you're working on a right side row.

Which is the right and left side in knitting?

Front and back refer to the orientation of the fabric as you are knitting it. The front is the side you are looking at as you knit. Sometimes the right side is at the front and sometimes the wrong side is at the front.

Is the first row you knit the right side?

Count your rows

Most patterns start on the right side. This means, that every odd-numbered row you knit is the right side, and every even-numbered row means knitting the wrong side.

Is the cast on row the right side?

The tail at the bottom of your work (the yarn leftover from the cast-on row) should fall to the right of your work. When knitting in stocking stitch, this is what the right-side of your work will look like. If your pattern tells you to end on a RS row, your final row would start with the tail on the right-hand side.

What is the side edge in knitting?

The edge stitch, often called selvedge or selvage (self-finished edge), refers to the stitches on the left and right sides of a flat knitting project. A selvage can be one or more stitches wide.

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What does right side facing mean?

When you sew two bits of fabric together it's common to hear the phrase, 'right sides together' or 'right sides facing'. This means that the 'right sides' of the fabric will be touching as you sew the seam. Then once its sewn and you turn the fabric over, you don't see the seam and it looks nice and flat.

What does ending with a right side row mean in knitting?

Ending with a right side row means that you complete a right side row before moving on to the next instruction in your pattern. So, in the next step, the wrong side is facing you (bumpy side).

How can you tell right side of wool fabric?

In some cases, identification can be done according to the way in which the fabric was folded, fabrics such as linen and cotton, for example, are folded facing outwards. Wool works a little differently: the right side is inside the fold.

What is right side and wrong side in knitting?

The easiest way to distinguish the sides is to look at a simple swatch in Stockinette Stitch. The flat side with all the V's on it is the "right" side. The bumpy purl side is the "wrong" side. If your pattern calls for Reverse Stockinette, it's the opposite.

What is a wrong side row in knitting?

Since the pattern says to end with a wrong-side row, that means that the last row you work should be a purl (WS) row. When you repeat a knit row and then a purl row for a number of rows, your are creating a pattern called stockinette stitch.

How do I get a neat edge when knitting the garter stitch?

To get a neat edge, on every row I knit to the last stitch, then slip the last stitch purl-wise with the yarn at the front of the work (abbreviated to "wyif").

Why is my knitting curling on the sides?

Knit stitches are a little bit shorter and narrower than purl stitches. When you're working a pattern that has knits and purls on both sides, this difference in stitch size doesn't matter, but when you're working in stockinette stitch, where all the knit stitches are on one side of the work, the knitting tends to curl.

How do you read a stitch pattern?

In the basket rib stitch pattern, Row 1 is the right side (RS), and Row 2 is the wrong side (WS). The RS row is the side you “show” and the WS row is the side you “hide”, or front and back respectively. This basket rib pattern in particular is the same on both sides so it's less important on this particular pattern.

How do you read a knitting pattern size?

Patterns that come in multiple sizes are typically written with the smallest size first and the other sizes in brackets or parentheses like S (M, L, XL). When reading the pattern, wherever the numbers differ between sizes, they will be listed in the same format, and you will keep track of your size based on that.

Does wool have a right and wrong side?

Cutting and Marking

Sometimes it is difficult to tell the right side of the wool fabric from the wrong side. Usually the fabric is folded with the wrong side out when purchased. If you can't tell the difference, be sure to use the same side as the right side for every garment piece.

How do you know which is the right side of the fabric?

If you look at the top and bottom finished edge of the fabric (this is called the selvage) you'll notice tiny holes. (These holes are caused by the pins holding the fabric when it's created in the textile factories.) If you look at the holes and the holes appear neat and smooth, that's the right side.

Is the Grainline stretchy?

You'll normally see the cross grain edge straight just slightly (assuming this is a non-stretch woven), and the straight grain stretch not at all. This is why, for example, waistbands are cut on the straight grain, not the cross grain. You want them to be stable and not stretch out.