Wavy

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Wavy uses both knit stitch and purl stitch in the same row. It produces a decoratitive effect.

These waves are similar to diagonals , except after going in one direction, they then go in the other.Where there is a change of direction, there are two rows the same, to make a smoother curver.

The first row has four knit stitch, then four purl stitch. Since you are changing stitch within a wool, you must keep an eye on where the wool is. For knit stitch, the wool must be behind the knitting, and for purl, the wool must be in front. So when you change stitch, you must adjust the wool to the other side of the knitting. Do this by taking the wool between the needles.

The next row moves this along one. However, since you have turned the knitting round, you have to think a bit which way you want the diagonals to go, and whether you want three or one stitch to start with, and of which type (knit stitch or purl stitch).

This carries on for four rows. Then there are four rows in the opposite direction. The last row of one direction is the same as the first row of the new direction, to produce a smoother curver. When I say "same", I mean the same combination of smooth (stocking) and knobbly (reverse stocking). The knit stitches and purl stitches will be reversed, in the normal way.

Pattern for wavy

Wavy

Other comments

Wavy looks much the same on both sides, except the waves slope the other way.

While you knit both smooth (stocking) and knobbly (reverse stocking) waves the same, the smooth ones push themselves forward on both sides. This is weird, because with diagonals, it's the knobbly ones which push themsemselves forward. Knitting is very, very strange...