HOW TO GRAFT GARTER STITCH
& Set up as for stocking stitch; needles need to be positioned with wrong sides of knitted fabric facing. Arrange stitches so that the opposing stitches are directly under the live stitches on the needle. You want one needle to have purl bumps under the live stitches on its right side and the other needle to have knit stitches under the live stitches on its right side. In this example the front stitches have the purl bumps showing on its right side and the back needle has the knit stitches showing on its right side – as you look at it you’ll see two sets of purl bumps under the live stitches because you’re looking at the wrong side of the back needle. Cut your yarn tail as before and thread it onto a tapestry needle.
& Using the tapestry needle, thread the yarn tail purlwise through the first stitch on the front needle and purlwise through the first stitch on the back needle.
Thread the yarn knitwise through the first stitch on the front needle and take that stitch off the front needle.
Thread the yarn purlwise through the next stitch on the front needle.
Thread the yarn knitwise through the first stitch on the back needle and take that stitch off the back needle.
Thread the yarn purlwise through the next stitch on the back needle. Repeat steps 4 to 7 until you’ve worked all your stitches. Fasten off and weave in the end.
HOW TO REVERSE IT
If the stitches are set up the other way around, so that you have knit stitches on the right side of the front needle and purl bumps on the right side of the back needle (which means as you look at your needles there are two sets of knit stitches facing you) then you need to do the opposite of the above as follows:
Using the tapestry needle thread the yarn tail knitwise through the first stitch on the front needle and knitwise through the first stitch on the back needle.
Thread the yarn purlwise through the first stitch on the front needle and take that stitch off the front needle.
Thread the yarn knitwise through the next stitch on the front needle.
Thread the yarn purlwise through the first stitch on the back needle and take that stitch off the back needle.
Thread the yarn knitwise through the next stitch on the back needle.
Repeat steps B to E until you’ve worked all your stitches. Fasten off, weave in end.