Photo tutorial for km1 and pm1
31 July 2012
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PDFThe Boardwalk Ripple Edged Afghan uses km1 and pm1 stitches. This is a photo tutorial for how to make these stitches.
km1 = knit-make one: Move yarn to back. With left needle pick up thread between last and next stitch inserting front to back. With right needle knit back loop.
pm1 = purl-make one: Move yarn to front. With left needle pick up thread between last and next stitch inserting front to back. With right needle purl back loop.
Thanks for the tutorial – however because I knit the continental way – I still can’t figure it out – especially that the yard is a dark brown. I’ve been knitting for well over 50 years – but this stitch I can’t figure out.
I make a km1 right and a km1 left.
That should be fine. What I was trying to accomplish with the km1 and the pm1 was to have make stitches that either looked like a knit or a purl depending on what kind of stitch column it was beginning.
Dark colors are difficult when trying to see stitches.
Yellow is a good color for tutorials.
Sometimes when a project is done in a dark color you can highlight and hold the image as you move it to a lighter part of the page. Then you can see what you want. SOMETIMES !!!!