Knitting sample photos?

[asterroc]

I'm looking for photos that show what the result will be if I do various simple patterns, such as

* K rows only (which should be the same as only P rows)
* K rows alternating with P rows
* K1P1 repeat, flip, K1P1 repeat
* K1P1 repeat, flip, P1K1 repeat

And how do I get cables that go straight up something? I don't mean like braiding, just unbraided cables?

Basically, I've got K and P down now, and I want to make a scarf that doesn't look totally messy (edit: or boring), so I want to know what these different patterns will get me. I guess I could do like three inches of each and have a bizarre scarf like that.

Comments

[the-xtina.livejournal.com]

Yes.  I think of it as aligning bumps (a knit stitch, the bump is away; purl, close-in).  So that "straight cabling" is actually just K4/P4 (or whatever >1 number) ribbing.  I'm not sure off-hand what K4P4 1 row / P 1 row would result in, honestly.

All K rows would be the same as all P rows, except for the very first and last rows, maybe.  Just in how the stitches would relate to the cast-on/-off rows.