When i start to knit something....

Question

the beginning(where i cast on) of the piece that im knitting rolls up. why does it do this and how can i change it?

Answer 1

you can't do anything about that really. It will come out when you finish and block your peice. Or you might try washing the yarn before you start but the only way to fix that is block the finish piece

Answer 2

Stockinette stitch (one row of knit stitch, one row of purl stitch) curls.  Garter stitch or patterns that have both knit and purl will not roll - or at least, not as much.  Depending on what you are knitting, you can do the first few rows in garter stitch, seed stitch, or another pattern.

Answer 3

If you are knitting in stockinette stitch it will always roll (it is knit 1 row purl the 2nd row) ,even after you block it . Unless you are going to do the border in crochet ,you should use garter stitch (they are all knit stitches). If you are beginner this is the easiest . If you do this for the first few rows you'll be fine .You could also do it at the end and beginning of each row . Good luck and happy knitting !

Answer 4

Stockinette stitch should not roll that way in particular, it rolls right to left (because there is more of the stitch on the front than on the back and the sts are wider than  they are taller)  Does it happen with every sts pattern you do? If it does your tension is wrong, and you need to loosened.  It can also be because your cast on is too loose.  What kind of cast on are you using?

Answer 5

The bottom edge will continue to curl unless you use a non curling stitch pattern.

This link shows you stitches to use during the first couple of rows to eliminate that edge curl.

http://tinyurl.com/5rnmvq

This is an explanation of why stockinette curls, sometimes top to bottom or side to side.  This will help you understand WHY this is happening, so in the future, you can recognize this is going to happen and you can take the steps to change a pattern if this effect isn't what you want.

http://tinyurl.com/5r4z2e

Another fix can be to crochet onto the curled edge once you are done with the knitting portion, but since you didn't anything about being able to crochet, I won't get into that explanation, but just throw this out and you can research it on your own.

http://www.sheeptoshawl.com/charity/arch...

It is frustrating, but by using a different stitch on the edge of a project, this can be overcome!