A silly question on right & wrong

I really hate to ask another question so soon after my last one, but I'm
learning so much by being here!

I missed one of the basics for knitting, especially when knitting on the
round. When a pattern says Right side or Wrong side, ......take a pair of
socks for instance. When I'm knitting a cable on the leg, the side facing
me (the outside of the sock leg) looks rough. Yet when I peek inside the
circle, the inside of the leg looks great. So obviously I'm knitting inside
out when I knit in a round....correct? So then the right side of knitting
is the side facing AWAY from you when you're knitting in a round? Also, dd
asked for leg warmers for dance class which starts in two weeks. But she
wants them done in electric blue chenielle. (Lion Brand Chenielle Thick &
Quick). This is done as a straight knit, purl etc. then later sown with a
seam up the back of the leg. But now that I've got about 3 inches stitched,
I can no longer tell right side from wrong side. They look identical. Nor
can I tell how many rows I have on here just by looking, because the
chenielle is so thick that the actual stitches are hidden and both sides
look identical. Is there a trick to telling right side from wrong on
something like this?

Thanks so much, and sorry to bother everyone with this but I don't know
where else to try.

Maureen

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Thank you, you've solved my problem! I'm left handed, so everything I knit
according to a pattern comes out backwards from what the pattern says it
should be! But yes, I AM happy with the finished product so what does it
matter. (Whew!)

Maureen

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Maureen Miller
Http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/...5909&members=1
http://www.shorei-kancanada.ca/

"Wooly" nobody@nunya wrote in message
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The "right side" is the side that will be seen by the viewing public when
you're wearing the finished item. It matters not which side is facing you
while you work as long as you remember "right side is what they see!".

If the "right side" is on the inside when you're knitting in the round
you're managing to somehow join the two ends of the cast on inside-out.
Presumably the tips of the needles are on the far side of the work but
you're working off the left tip onto the right tip, yeah?

Really, this isn't a problem except when viewed by some other knitter who
knits "right side out" and can't make the mental translation to "inside
out". If you're happy with your finished goods there's really no reason
to change your method. And quite frankly some of us knit "inside out"
when doing colorwork to ensure we don't pull our floats too tightly.

Maureen In Vancouver, B.C. wrote:
I really hate to ask another question so soon after my last one, but I'm
learning so much by being here!

I missed one of the basics for knitting, especially when knitting on the
round. When a pattern says Right side or Wrong side, ......take a pair
of socks for instance. When I'm knitting a cable on the leg, the side
facing me (the outside of the sock leg) looks rough. Yet when I peek
inside the circle, the inside of the leg looks great. So obviously I'm
knitting inside out when I knit in a round....correct? So then the right
side of knitting is the side facing AWAY from you when you're knitting in
a round? Also, dd asked for leg warmers for dance class which starts in
two weeks. But she wants them done in electric blue chenielle. (Lion
Brand Chenielle Thick & Quick). This is done as a straight knit, purl
etc. then later sown with a seam up the back of the leg. But now that
I've got about 3 inches stitched, I can no longer tell right side from
wrong side. They look identical. Nor can I tell how many rows I have on
here just by looking, because the chenielle is so thick that the actual
stitches are hidden and both sides look identical. Is there a trick to
telling right side from wrong on something like this?

Thanks so much, and sorry to bother everyone with this but I don't know
where else to try.

Maureen

Wooly wrote:
The "right side" is the side that will be seen by the viewing public
when you're wearing the finished item. It matters not which side is
facing you while you work as long as you remember "right side is what
they see!".

If the "right side" is on the inside when you're knitting in the round
you're managing to somehow join the two ends of the cast on inside-out.
Presumably the tips of the needles are on the far side of the work
but you're working off the left tip onto the right tip, yeah?

Really, this isn't a problem except when viewed by some other knitter
who knits "right side out" and can't make the mental translation to
"inside out". If you're happy with your finished goods there's really
no reason to change your method. And quite frankly some of us knit
"inside out" when doing colorwork to ensure we don't pull our floats too
tightly.

It may be a problem when you go to do the heel, but you can flip the
sock inside out and it'll come out right. This happens not so much when
you join, but when you start knitting with the tips away from you. If
you look at that circle as being like a water glass, you want the needle
tips to be closest to you, the side you'd `drink' from.

sue

Maureen,

I don't know if the same applies to knitting as crocheting, but after a
row (or round) or too place some sort of marker (colored string or safty
pin) on the "right side" of your work as a reminder. I crochet and I
sometimes use a bobbypin (hairpin) as a marker. : )

Christy

"Maureen In Vancouver, B.C." wrote in
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But now that I've got about 3 inches stitched, I can no longer tell right
side from wrong side. They look identical. Nor can I tell how many rows
I have on here just by looking, because the chenielle is so thick that the
actual stitches are hidden and both sides look identical. Is there a
trick to telling right side from wrong on something like this?

On Aug 25, 1:30 pm, Wooly nobody@nunya wrote:
Maureen In Vancouver, B.C. wrote:

Thank you, you've solved my problem! I'm left handed, so everything I knit
according to a pattern comes out backwards from what the pattern says it
should be! But yes, I AM happy with the finished product so what does it
matter. (Whew!)

Maureen

Handedness shouldn't affect how you join and knit in the round,
honestly. I know lefty knitters who knit mirror image of me who knit in
the round right side out. But as we've already agreed - if you can work
the pattern and produce the desired result, who cares.

I am right-handed -- and my socks turn themselves inside out while I'm
knitting the tube. When it's long enough that it won't turn itself
back on its own, I turn it outside out. Just the way the fabric wants
to go!

Remember: there is no wrong way! If it works, it's fine.

Cece

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Remember: there is no wrong way! If it works, it's fine.

That's my rule for all things in Life :-)

Mary