What does "knit the knit stitches and purl the purl stitches as they face you" mean? Many of CEY's patterns use the terms "knit the knit stitches and purl the purl stitches as they face you" or "knit the purl sitches and purl the knit stitches as they face you". In order to help clarify what these phrases mean, please take a look at the images below. Image 1 shows what is meant by "knit the knit stitches and purl the purl stitches as they face you" A knitted stitch looks like an upside-down U, and a purled stitch has a horizontal strand. The instructions tell us to knit the knit stitches, so when we arrive at a stitch that looks like an upside-down U, we knit into that stitch, and into the stitches with the horizontal strand, we purl. Image 2 shows what we mean when we write "knit the purl sts and purl the knit stitches as they face you". This is commonly used for the repeating row of Seed Stitch. The instructions tell us to purl the knit stitches, so when we arrive at a stitch that looks like an upside-down U, we purl into that stitch, and into the stitches with the horizontal strand, we knit.
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