
Tidy chain edging
Selvages – the side edges of a piece of fabric – are tricky places to keep order. For almost all of the pieces I knit these days I begin each row with a slipped stitch in order to make a chain of elongated stitches up each edge.
Chain Selvage / Slipped Stitch Edge:
Follow these instructions for the first and last stitch of each right-side (RS) and wrong-side (WS) row:
RS: Slip first stitch knitwise with yarn in back … knit last stitch.
WS: Slip first stitch purlwise with yarn in front … purl last stitch.
The swatches in these photos show what it looks like with a stockinette fabric. Making a purl stitch directly next to the slipped edge stitch changes the look – try it out!
Sl1kw wyib
Slip 1 stitch as if to knit, with yarn held in back:

Sl1pw wyif
Slip 1 stitch as if to purl, with yarn held in front:

Double Edging
If you follow the instructions above while holding two strands of yarn together it creates a bulky chain that works nicely as a simple edge for blankets. In the photo below the left swatch has double edging compared to the single edging of the swatch on the right. See my full post here.



One Comment
Wilna
Is it possible to download the chain edging and double edging with the photos?