Comments on: Slip knitwise vs slip purlwise.

By: Marita

Marita — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:40:54 +0000

Thanks! Your explanations and demonstration photos really helped put this novice knitter in the know for Sl#. Funny thing, I had been puzzling my way through a pattern that called for Sl1 until I held up a loop to the print and figured out the instruction referred to letter-letter-number! I really appreciate more language-oriented instructions such as the ones in Scarves and Shawls for Yarn Lovers: Knitting With Simple Patterns and Amazing Yarns (Spiral-bound) by Carri Hammett. I’m having so much fun knitting through her book! I’m going to look up Barbara Walker soon, since you have cited her as a reference…

By: Emilie G

Emilie G — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:05:57 +0000

I have a quick (I hope) question re: the slipping knitwise v purlwise. I am following a sweater pattern in stockinette stitch where I am cabling (slip 6, knit 6, knit 6 from cable needle) on the WS (purl row). Do I still slip purlwise? How am I knitting and purling in the same row?

Thank you.

By: lucia

lucia — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:52:54 +0000

To slip “knitwise”, you insert the tip of your right hand needle as though you are about to knit the next stitch. Then, let the stitch slide from the left tip to the right tip.

I’m afraid I was unfamiliar with the term “knitways”. So, I googled. Reading the entries, it appears the term “knitways” is just a different way to spell “knitwise”, so you do it the same way!

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 07:31:52 +0000

Please explain knitwise and knitways.

Thank you.

By: lucia

lucia — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 14:32:15 +0000

I didn’t either! And evidently Barbara Walker, and a bunch of other books didn’t either. So, I think this means we need to cope with the possibility the writer may be using the “Vogue” standard, or the “Simple Standard”!

Heck, you can’t even count on a particular author always using the same standard, since the editors for a magazine will use their own! I’m just going to make it a policy to *say* slip knitwise whenever the knitter needs to do that.

I’d rather be redundant than ambiguous!

By: wool winder

wool winder — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 14:27:28 +0000

I didn’t know about the “standards” of slipping knitwise or purlwise when it comes to decreasing. Thanks.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 23:13:50 +0000

Lucia:
Wow, I’m so glad you cleared up this slip issue for me and others. Your site has been very helpful thank you, thank you. I’ll be frogging and starting my project over, one last time.

I will learn how to add track backs to my site, thanks for your feedback and link.
* Kristin