Tips for Tidy Ribbing Knit Flat 

one thing only to say... what an excellent teacher you are!!!!!

Thank You! I really like that you demonstrate the "why" instead of just saying "do this".

Your technical analysis is of a high level and therefore very valuable. It ensures that you understand your own knitting and do not ( cannot) forget the improvements you show us. I'm still a great fan of your tutorials!

Many thanks from me...really clear and helpful, so simple when you explain it, but I couldn't work it out and cursed my loose columns. Knitting is so calming in these difficult times and it's comforting to know we are supporting eachother.

you're the first person who has shown how to fix wonky edges. Thank you.

Thank you for passing on your technical expertise. Your explanations and demonstrations have elevated my knitting. Thank you!

I am so happy to know you. You are the best teacher. Every video is a gift for all of us. Thank you so much. 😀 ❤️ 💞 👍 🌻🌷

Thank you so much. I love how you get in depth and search for the reason which causes the problem. I’ll use this techniques to improve my ribbing.

Brilliance! I love your analytical approach to these knitting issues. It feels like a light bulb moment. Thanks so much. It is greatly appreciated!

Such precious info! You're a treasure for a knitter. Thank you for your work! Truly appreciated! 🌟❤️

I love that you showed the why.

Great explanation of the process and effects! I like that you edit out unimportant parts.

Thanks Suzanne. This was very helpful. It enabled me to understand my problems with ribbing. 😊

I am danish and everybody here knits continental - we do purling in rib, letting the thread stay behind the work all the time. We fetch the thread with the right needle and the tension stay the same - its quicker because you dont have to take thread back and forth while ribbing. But of course it does not feel easy, if you are not used to it.

This is so easy and the effect is so great! How your deductive mind is a joy for many knitters.

Hi Suzanne☺ And again a really helpful tipp!! I have studied to knit in the english/french way with the yarn on the right hand. in a few weeks I've got it!!! And I can say it is wonderful! And I found out that the stitches are stronger than with yarn on the left hand! As you have showed thats the trick!! The yarn has another distance (?😆), so to call. Therefore your knittingwork has a more evenly structur. Thank you very much for your clearly explanations! Have a good time, all the luck of the world for you and all you love! GittaLloreley from Germany🍀😇😇🍀🌹🌹🌳🌳💗

I'm currently swatching for an all-over 4x4 ribbed garment, so I thought it was time to tidy up my ribbing. Unfortunately, your advice for me only made a marginal difference, with the adverse effect of being VERY strenuous on my hands and wrists. However, your comment about how much you like figuring out why things do or do not work encouraged me to try and figure this out, and your demonstration on the distance traveled by the yarn between purls and knits gave me an idea which seems to have done the trick! Firstly, I am a combination knitter - meaning I work my knits in a Western manner (wrapping the yarn anti-clockwise) and my purls in an Eastern manner (wrapping the yarn clockwise), meaning I ALWAYS wrap my yarn towards the left-hand needle and my knits and purls are perfectly symmetrical. It puzzled me that you (and other sources) mentioned that the problem only occurs when changing from a purl to a knit. For me, it occurs in both instances (because as said, the way I work my stitches gives the exact same result if it's a purl or a knit). So obviously, the way the yarn is wrapped makes the difference. So it occurred to me, if this is true for the transition from a knit to a purl - then it must be true for the transition from a purl to a knit as well. So I tried wrapping my LAST knit stitch in Eastern style (so clockwise) and wrapping my LAST purl stitch in Western style (so anti-clockwise). This has tidied up my ribbing MUCH more effectively WITHOUT putting any additional strain on my hands! (For 100% Western knitters, all you would have to change is how you wrap your LAST knit stitch before changing to a purl. Be mindful however that this will result in a differently mounted stitch when you come to work it again.) Thank you Suzanne for the insight and especially the encouragement to use my mind rather than my hands to solve this problem.

Just started implementing the pearling mounting technique you shared mid-row!! I'm in awe, thank you!!

Thank you! I have been looking all over for tipps like this because my ribbing did not look Good. 🥰

Hi Suzanne, thank you so much for your tutorial, I have learned some good things here....soooo interesting ☺️ I love what you said about the 'engineering part of knitting', I also enjoy figuring things out from the "technical" side of things, as it were. It gives a clearer understanding of what I'm dealing with in my craft and improves my skill. I look forward to more videos. Thanks again

I knitted 3 practice swatches with 3 needle sizes and they all have ugly gaps. Glad I found this! Thank you.

Wow! This is wonderful! I always hated those unkept looking stitches on one side. Subscribed & Liked! I am thinking about learning Continental Knitting. I am hoping you have a tutorial for it. I love the way you explain everything and bring the work up close. Thank you so much for sharing.

Nothing worse than sloppy rubbing on a lace glove cuff Thanks & Love for everything you have taught me ❤

Wow! What a knitting mind !!

Have a Happy Blessed Easter ✝️🌷💓

What a great way to illustrate the extra yarn. Thanks!

i'm learning so much from you. thank you!

You make it so simple when I tried to purl in the back loop it's awkward, I very much like your videos they are very detailed and thank you

Oops! I found the technique in your "Fixing messy edge stitches" video" Thanks so much for all you do!

You are so clever and I love how your mind works in a similar way to my own as you investigate everything!. Have a fab eve 💞

Excellent information, and clear explanation and demonstration. Thank you!

Wow!! Thank you, this has been an eye opener for sure. Definitely putting these into practice.

Very helpful going to swatch my ribbing now. Thanks Suzanne

Great information. I keep forgetting to tighten up that purl after the knit. :)

Very helpful. Thank you ☺️

I always feel that the ribbed brims of my hats don't feel snug enough, even when I go down a needle size from the crown. I'm looking forward to seeing if this technique ameliorates that situation. Thank you for your generosity in sharing your knowledge and experience.

Thank you so much for the tip! I am a beginner so my work will look nice from now on :)

Thank you! Such valuable help!

I'm an engineer and one of the aspects that I love the most about knitting is the way the yarn moves. I think the geometry of knitting is very, very complex. I find my ribbing is different when I'm knitting socks toe up or cuff down (toe up is more relaxed and sometimes loose). Could you do a similar analysis? Thanks for sharing all your knowledge!

I found that tugging the knit stitch befire the purl made me tense. You showed in another video that the purl after the knit could be done through the back instead. That works better for me although the stitch mount is reversed in the next row. Thanks for analyzing the stitches.

Otro excelente tutorial. De gran ayuda. Muchas Gracias 👏👏👏

Thank you ❤🎉 awesome!

I just subscribed This was such a great tutorial !! Thank you so very much

omg this tip is amazing!!! thank you so much for such a great video 💖💖

I believe it was in the "Knitting Without Tears" book that I read that after you knit the first stitch in a row, you should insert the needle in the second stitch and then tug on the yarn to tighten things up before completing the second stitch. Do you think this method would be comparable to your technique? I know I should do a swatch :).

Thanks!

You are awesome! Thank you so much!!!

Спасибо большое!

I'm assuming you should always use this tightening of the knit stitch with ribbing approach in the round.

Great information and you explained it so well. I have a question, I have been watching your KAL on the cardigan sweater. Am wondering if I buy your pattern now will I be able to understand your pattern and do all the things that you have shown in the beginning of your KAL. I am not a experienced knitter but have done socks, scarf etc but never done a sweater.

Thanks again for this fantastic explanation. May I ask you the size of needles and yarn that you use for these swatches? They make such a nice combination. Have you a preference for the lenght of needles and type of needles ? Many thanks

I noticed that in the edge and bind off techniques, you didn’t pull the stitch tight when you changed from knit to purl. Isn’t it necessary in these cases?

In this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ravgF2nmc5I.html you were saying we should wrap the yarn clockwise on the KNIT before the purl, not on the purl after the knit. Is it the same result? Thanks.