Been bouncing this idea around for a while: garter stitch on the knitting board. Today I worked it up and it is easy and fast and I even had a serendipitous discovery: the seed stitch. Actually the seed stitch was the result of my flawed thinking but...well, we won't go into that. Now mind you, both of these stitches do not produce a double knit fabric like one expects from a knitting board but hey, who cares? If it doesn't curl I don't care what stitch it is.

The whole idea derives from knitting each row of stitches on opposite sides of the board. In other words, for the garter stitch you will cast on your stitches on one side of the board and after knitting each stitch place it on the opposing peg on the other side of the board. You will knit every row, no purling required! (Those of you who can't master that purling thing will love this.)

The seed stitch is only slightly more difficult. Cast on alternating every other peg from one side of the board to the other. It will look like a big zigzag across the board. Knit each stitch on one side of the board and place it on the opposing peg. Turn the board and repeat on the other side.

I will be posting a video for both of these techniques soon. I have a full plate this weekend with motorcross today and air show tomorrow so Monday looks like a good day.

I've been working a rag rug on my homemade knitting board. Can't say that I'm having a great time with it although I'm really liking the results. The knitting is somewhat slow because I'm using a lightweight cotton not cut on the bias so there is absolutely no give to the rag strip. If I attempt this again, I will use a knit fabric, something like a t-shirt weight and the garter stitch.