JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. You must have JavaScript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website. The two swatches in the image above are the same pattern, except one swatch has slipped stitches at the beginning of each row, and one does not.
First and foremost, unless the instructions indicate otherwise, slipping stitches is always done purlwise. In this first photo, I am getting ready to purl across the back of the work, and I am slipping the stitch the same way I would purl. In this second photo, I am getting ready to knit the pattern on the right side, but the first stitch still gets slipped as if to purl.
On the knit side, the yarn stays in back because I am getting ready to knit the next stitch. If you are experiencing general trouble with uneven edges and the last stitch of every row ends up as an annoying giant loop, then slipping edge stitches will help you create neater and more even edges.
Take a look at my Knitting SOS article about uneven edges. There are countless ways to incorporate slipped stitches into a pattern, but let me just give you one example here. The slip stitch rib pattern!
I like to combine the slip stitch rib with the chain selvedge I showed you above. To obtain a stretchy bind-off edge, bind off in pattern on the right side of the work with the slipped stitches replaced by knit stitches: k1, p1, bind off one i.
There are countless ways to use slipped stitches in knitting. Leave us a comment and join the discussion. And if you are new to slipped stitches — Amazing! Let me know how it goes, trying out your new skill. You can comment and ask questions below or on the Knit with Henni Facebook page. If you want more knitting patterns, tips, and advice delivered directly to your inbox, then sign up for the Knit with Henni Newsletter.
You will stay updated on new blog posts, and from time to time I send out exclusive material, such as free patterns and cheat-sheets. You can unsubscribe at any time. I had no idea that the default slip is purlwise! Thanks for this — I love how detailed and informative your posts are. Thank you! I try to always bring a little extra information to the table so that even intermediate knitters might learn something new. My Tupperware celery keeper is about an inch too short for almost every bunch of celery I have ever bought.
Lop off a generous amount I never lop off enough and have to go again to get it to fit. To use or not to use the lopped off pieces? Lopped pieces go in a ziplock in the freezer with the trimmings of onions, the tops of carrots, the tiny cloves of garlic too irritating to peel, the slowly wilting parsley…When bag is full: stock.
Thanks for this! Not really sure how I got started that way but it works for me. Thanks for the insight! I have not been able to train myself to slip that first stitch when I am knitting something like a scarf, where that more finished edge would look nice.
Just on autopilot too much when I knit — which is one reason I love to knit. I find it very meditative. Except when I discover I meditatively made an error 6 rows back, and I have to rip it all out. Then my muttered or yelled curses are far from meditative!
My husband no longer asks if I just injured myself badly when I yell. SL the first st….. It changes the stitch ,of course; degrees. So, my test now is to work five rows slipped correctly but KIB the last st. How does that look? Anyone else tempted to KIB on that last stitch? Decades ago dear Vogue Knitting did an article on selvedges for knits. They had oodles of methods and styles, some quite robust.
I lapped it up. For my own purposes, selvedges are a wonder for ease of assembly, and for scarves and shawls. For the latter, if worked in garter st, the old slip as if to purl with yarn in front for the first st, and knitting the last st of the row, is perfect. On that rare occasion I am doing flat knitting, a stitch worked as a knit on each side, making a garter edge, is best as that method does not deform the adjacent st.
The little bumps making matching-up a snap. Knitters have done without the refinement of selvedges for an awfully long time.
Happens pretty often. Selvedges certainly aid the knitter who has not yet got control of their edges, have to say. So, Happy Knitting, however you do it! I prefer to slip the last stitch wyif and knit the first stitch of each row. Using every bar on the edge to mattress stitch can cause some puckering issues or too much firmness for garments that want for softer drape, so the bars of slipped selvedge stitches are perfect for seaming, in my opinion.
I have a question. Do I slip purlwise in both cases? And would you mind explaining slipping the first stitch purlwise with yarn in back? I can only find instructions for that midrow. Notify me of new posts by email. Skip to main content Skip to header right navigation Skip to site footer.
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