So, one edge of my…whatever this turns out to be (I’m guessing a scarf) is smooth and straight.
However, the other edge is jagged and irregular. I have no idea why, or what I’m doing wrong.
Anyone out there with knitting experience know what the problem is?
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That is a super common problem for new knitters. I remember being frustrated with that. It’s caused by changing tension of the yarn – so how tight your stitches are. You’ll get better at it with time, there’s no quick fix. Just focus on not pulling the yarn too tight. Often your first attempts will have to be unwound and started over anyway.
The peaceful thing about knitting is the process, not the end result. Keep trying!
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Thank you!
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One thing that might help is to slip the first stitch at the beginning of every row. It helps to create a clean selvedge in garter stitch. Good luck!
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I’m not sure what you mean by that, but I’ll try Googling it when I get home.
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It means that you’ll slide the first stitch from the left needle to the right one without knitting it and then you’ll knit all the other stitches to the end of the row. When it’s time to do the next row, slip the first stitch from left to right and so on. It makes the edges look neater. This blanket is a good example: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/new-super-easy-baby-blanket
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It is a good practice to learn how to do this because adding borders (especially crochet ones) can be easily done as the SL st edge is easy to follow.
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