How Do I Know If I Knit or Purl

Hold your knitting with the point of the needle to the right. If the work is smooth then your last row was purl and you are about to begin a knit row. If the work is bumpy then your last row was knit and you are about to begin a knit row.

How do I know if my last row is knit or purl?

Hold your knitting with the point of the needle to the right. If the work is smooth then your last row was purl and you are about to begin a knit row. If the work is bumpy then your last row was knit and you are about to begin a knit row.

What does knit 1 Purl 1 look like?

If you are to knit 1 purl 1, it means you will knit one stitch and then purl the next stitch. To make writing and reading patterns quicker and more efficient, knitting abbreviations are used so a pattern may show it as k1 p1. So whether you see knit 1 purl 1 OR k1 p1 it means exactly the same thing.