Learn to Knit II - Seed Stitch Coin Purse!

[Shandeh]

Thanks for the love, zhanie!

[QueenE79]

Shandeh, I hope you feel better.

I have finished mine. I am not too happy with it as I still have to practice my cast off and I messed up a few times. I may have purled or knitted when I was supposed to knit or purl. So I came up with a system to help me remember which stitch was next. For me, all knit stitches were the odd numbers and purl the even numbers. It helped tons. I am currently working on my second one.
Enough rambling. Here is my coin purse (1st attempt). I used the left over Waverly yarn from my CAL blanket in Porcelain Red.

[zhanie]

Shandeh, I hope you feel better.

I have finished mine. I am not too happy with it as I still have to practice my cast off and I messed up a few times. I may have purled or knitted when I was supposed to knit or purl. So I came up with a system to help me remember which stitch was next. For me, all knit stitches were the odd numbers and purl the even numbers. It helped tons. I am currently working on my second one.
Enough rambling. Here is my coin purse (1st attempt). I used the left over Waverly yarn from my CAL blanket in Porcelain Red.

Beautiful work! It's lovely, well done!

[Shandeh]

Shandeh, I hope you feel better.

I have finished mine. I am not too happy with it as I still have to practice my cast off and I messed up a few times. I may have purled or knitted when I was supposed to knit or purl. So I came up with a system to help me remember which stitch was next. For me, all knit stitches were the odd numbers and purl the even numbers. It helped tons. I am currently working on my second one.
Enough rambling. Here is my coin purse (1st attempt). I used the left over Waverly yarn from my CAL blanket in Porcelain Red.

You did it! Congratulations.

After you get used to knitting more, you will learn to "read" the stitches, in order to know if you should be doing a knit or purl stitch. In the Seed Stitch design, you are knitting the stitches that look like they were just purled, and you are purling the stitches that look like they were just knit.

In Ribbing, you will do the exact opposite. You will be knitting the stitches that look like they were just knitted (knit the knits), and purling the stitches that look like they were just purled (purl the purls).

You can see the difference in the stitches, by looking closely at each stitch just after you work it. When you knit a stitch, it has a little V under it. When you purl a stitch, it has a little "bump" under it.

In this photo, the 3 stitches on the right end are KNIT stitches. The next 3 stitches are PURL stitches.

Knit Knits and Purl Purls PINK by Shandeh, on Flickr

[Shandeh]

I finished by coin purse last night, and made some videos.
I will post the videos soon. I'm still sick and weak right now.

Coin Purse Complete by Shandeh, on Flickr

[zhanie]

I finished by coin purse last night, and made some videos.
I will post the videos soon. I'm still sick and weak right now.

Coin Purse Complete by Shandeh, on Flickr

Very nice Shandeh:) now go to bed! I am just getting over a cold. I felt tired for more than four days! I hope you rest and feel better soon.

[Shandeh]

Very nice Shandeh:) now go to bed! I am just getting over a cold. I felt tired for more than four days! I hope you rest and feel better soon.

I must have exactly the same sickness! I have been in bed since Monday morning. Just getting up occasionally to eat, knit, and check on the forum.

Tonight, I had to take out the trash, then I took a shower and changed the bedsheets. My world smells better now. And I'm wiped out. Time for another nap.

[zhanie]

awe:( I hope you feel better soon! I went to work today, then came home feeling sick again, and went to bed for an hour. Like you I do a little spurt of laundry, taking a shower or cleaning kitchen counters, then I go for a rest lol. It's so weird, because otherwise, I don't feel that bad!

[QueenE79]

Shandeh, I hope you feel better.

I have finished mine. I am not too happy with it as I still have to practice my cast off and I messed up a few times. I may have purled or knitted when I was supposed to knit or purl. So I came up with a system to help me remember which stitch was next. For me, all knit stitches were the odd numbers and purl the even numbers. It helped tons. I am currently working on my second one.
Enough rambling. Here is my coin purse (1st attempt). I used the left over Waverly yarn from my CAL blanket in Porcelain Red.

Beautiful work! It's lovely, well done!

Aw, thank you!

[QueenE79]

Shandeh, I hope you feel better.

I have finished mine. I am not too happy with it as I still have to practice my cast off and I messed up a few times. I may have purled or knitted when I was supposed to knit or purl. So I came up with a system to help me remember which stitch was next. For me, all knit stitches were the odd numbers and purl the even numbers. It helped tons. I am currently working on my second one.
Enough rambling. Here is my coin purse (1st attempt). I used the left over Waverly yarn from my CAL blanket in Porcelain Red.

You did it! Congratulations.

After you get used to knitting more, you will learn to "read" the stitches, in order to know if you should be doing a knit or purl stitch. In the Seed Stitch design, you are knitting the stitches that look like they were just purled, and you are purling the stitches that look like they were just knit.

In Ribbing, you will do the exact opposite. You will be knitting the stitches that look like they were just knitted (knit the knits), and purling the stitches that look like they were just purled (purl the purls).

You can see the difference in the stitches, by looking closely at each stitch just after you work it. When you knit a stitch, it has a little V under it. When you purl a stitch, it has a little "bump" under it.

In this photo, the 3 stitches on the right end are KNIT stitches. The next 3 stitches are PURL stitches.

Knit Knits and Purl Purls PINK by Shandeh, on Flickr

Thank you! I see the difference. I guess practice makes perfect. I will get this...I will get this...

BTW, hope you are feeling better today.