Many a knitter struggles with the Kitchener stitch at times. We know that it is a combination of knit/purl and purl/knit, but remembering the order gets even the best knitters frustrated.
The Kitchener stitch is performed as follows:
The initial Kitchener set up is – Front needle: knit and leave on; Back needle: purl and leave on
Then for the remaining stitches:
Front needle: “Knit and take off, Purl and leave on”
Back needle: “Purl and take off, Knit and leave on”
Here is my best hint for Kitchener:
The stitches on the front needle look like knit stitches, so work them knit-wise first.
The stitches on the back needle look like purl stitches, so work them purl-wise first.