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    How do you easily count knitting rows?
    Jen Webber
    Knitting Specialist
    Jen Webber is a Knitting Specialist and the Manager of The Quarter Stitch, a crafting store based in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. With over 17 years of knitting and crafting experience, Jen helps educate customers and the public on best knitting practices for their DIY projects.
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    That can be tricky because it varies depending on the pattern you're using. If it's a basic knit fabric, then you're counting Vs, because each stitch is going to look like a V.
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    If row 1 is knit and row 2 is purl, and the pattern says to repeat rows 1 and 2, 32 times, does that mean a total of 64?
    Kat Nordstrom
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    Yes it does. You are going to be doing 1 and then 2, 32 times. If it helps, think of 1 and 2 as one block, and you have to do 32 blocks.
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    How do I find the right width and length of stitches when sewing?
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    Most machines are equipped with stitch adjusters. Read the manual. It shows where they are located.
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    I have been doing a knit one row purl the next row. I need to know how many to cast on for the next panel. I forgot to write down the number that I cast on for the last panel I did. Any advice?
    T. Chinsen
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    The article explains how to count the stitches on the knit and on the purl sides. Unless your panel has to be exact in number of stitches for a particular pattern, being short of a stitch or over will not be obvious. Make the remaining panels all the same and simply attach the first panel at the end. Any error will be less obvious when positioned at the edge of a finished piece.
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    Do the "V" knit stitches have to be backed with a purl stitch to get that look or another knit stitch?
    Verin
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    Knit stitches are the opposite of purl stitches and vice-versa. This means that the back of every knit stitch is automatically a purl stitch, and the back of every purl stitch is a knit stitch.
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    If it says 11 stitches x 15 rows, is that 2 x 11 = 1 row?
    Verin
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    It means to knit 15 rows, with 11 stitches in each row. To put it in terms of knitting on the right side or wrong side (assuming you're using straight needles), you'd knit one row on the right side, the second on the wrong side, the third on the right, and so on. Thus, an even number of rows will end on the same side of the fabric you started on, while an odd number of rows will end on the opposite side.
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