The pattern I am reading says to "end with a WS row". What does that mean? I am kniting in garter stitch.

Question

The pattern says to knit in garter stitch (knit stitch each row). If it is the same on both sides, I'm not sure why it would specifiy to "end with a WS row".

Thanks everyone for all your help.

Answer 1

If you knit on your stitches when you cast on or used a backwards loop even in garter stitch the *wrong* side (I hate that term) is the side where the tail is on the right hand side as you start to knit.  If you used a long tail cast on the tail is on the left when you start.  When working in garter stitch, one trick to remember is to put a small safety pin on the public (right) side so  you can tell.  However, in garter stitch it really doesn't matter as long as you make a choice and stick to it, otherwise you'll have problems remembering and putting things on the incorrect face.

Answer 2

ws row usually means a wrong side row, which is usually a pearl row.

Does that pattern say to knit in garter stitch?

Answer 3

WS' is an abbreviation for 'wrong side'

Some knitted pieces have a right side and a wrong side; the right side being that which will be displayed on the item and the wrong side being that which will not be displayed. Your pattern may specify which side is the right side, and which is the wrong side. If your piece is all garter stitch (knitting only, no purling), then both sides should look the same, so there isn't a side that is right or wrong, per se. However, in this case, traditionally, bu not necessarily, when looking at your piece, the side that has the tail from casting on on the left will be your right side.