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>>Continental Knitting

Lesson 1: Basic Definitions

Lesson 2: Cast On

Lesson 3: Slanting of a stitch

Lesson 4: Knitting First Row

Lesson 5: Purling First Row

Lesson 6: Forming selvage or edge stitch

Lesson 7: Working in rounds

Lesson 8: Analysing knit and purl stitches

Lesson 9: Types of yarn

Lesson 10: Types of needles

Lesson 11: Knitting gauge & happy knitting

Lesson 12: Basic Shapes

Lesson 13: Correcting Mistakes

Lesson 14: Cables

Lesson 15: Connecting Two Yarns

Lesson 16: Bind Off

Lesson 17: Seaming

Lesson 18: Picking Up Stitches

CONTINENTAL TECHNIQUE Lesson 8

Recognizing knit and purl stitches

Please, work these basic stitches to analyse knit and purl stitches. You should visually see which stitch is a knit stitch and which is a purl stitch.
When you see a knit stitch and you have to knit it or when you see a purl stitch and you have to purl it - it is called Work Stitches As Set. We work stitches as set to produce rib stitches, for example.
When you see a knit stitch and you have to purl it or when you see a purl stitch and you have to knit it - it is called Work Stitches In Reverse. We work stitches in reverse to produce Seed stitches, for example.
The termin Work In Stitches In Pattern or also can be referred as Follow In Pattern means that you can work either stitches as set or stitches in reverse as defined in the pattern you are working on.

Follow these exercises and work stitches in pattern for each exercise:

Exercise 1 - Garter Stitch	Cast on 20 stitches and work back and forth. Work stitches in reverse Row 1: knit Row 2: as row 1 Repeat from row 1 for 10 rows in total
Exercise 2 - Garter Stitch	Cast on 20 stitches and work in rounds. Work stitches in reverse Row 1: knit Row 2: purl Repeat from row 1 for 10 rows in total Did you place a marker to identify the start of the next row?
Exercise 3 - Stockinet Stitch	Cast on 20 stitches and work back and forth. Work stitches as set Row 1: knit Row 2: purl Repeat from row 1 for 10 rows in total
Exercise 4 - Stockinet Stitch	Cast on 20 stitches and work in rounds. Work stitches as set Row 1: knit Row 2: as row 1 Repeat from row 1 for 10 rows in total Did you place a marker to identify the start of the next row?
Exercise 5 - Seed Stitch	18 stitches + 2 Cast on 20 stitches and work back and forth. Work stitches in reverse Row 1: (knit 1 stitch, purl 1 stitch) repeat 4 times Row 2: (knit 1 stitch, purl 1 stitch) repeat 4 times Repeat from row 1 for 10 rows in total
Exercise 6 - Seed Stitch	Cast on 20 stitches and work in rounds. Work stitches in reverse Row 1: (knit 1 stitch, purl 1 stitch) repeat to end Row 2: (purl 1 stitch, knit 1 stitch) repeat to end Repeat from row 1 for 10 rows in total Did you place a marker to identify the start of the next row?
Exercise 7 - Rib Stitch	18 stitches + 2 Cast on 20 stitches and work back and forth. Work stitches as set Row 1: (knit 1 stitch, purl 1 stitch) repeat 4 times Row 2: (purl 1 stitch, knit 1 stitch) repeat 4 times Repeat from row 1 for 10 rows in total
Exercise 8 - Rib Stitch	Cast on 20 stitches and work in rounds. Work stitches as set Row 1: (knit 1 stitch, purl 1 stitch) repeat to end Row 2: (knit 1 stitch, purl 1 stitch) repeat to end Repeat from row 1 for 10 rows in total Did you place a marker to identify the start of the next row?