Welting

Welting has several rows of smooth knitting (stocking) followed by the same number of knobbly knitting (reverse stotcking). The photo shows 2 rows of each in turn.

The simplest form of welting is garter stitch, which has one row of each. Garter stitch is very simple to knit, as it is knit stitch, backwards and forwards. However, it becomes more complicated for welting with more than one row of each. The first knit stitch row is smooth, but since you turn the knitting around, the second row must be purl stitch to keep the two smooth sides together. When you change back to knobbly, then you keep the stitch the same (to get a different effect). See the patterns below

Patterns for welting

2 rows of each	3 rows of each

Other comments

Welting looks much the same on both sides. The rows are offset slightly, but it isn't noticeable.