Just learning to knit how to purl?

If you are knitting a flat piece of fabric, and you use the knit stitch for every row, what you are doing is called garter stitch. The purl stitch does indeed look like the back side of a knit stitch. And if you purl every row, you do get garter stitch the same as if you knit every row. When you alternate knit rows with purl rows, you get stockinette. When you alternate knit stitches with purl stitches (not rows, but individual stitches) you get either ribbing or seed stitch.

There are only two stitches in knitting: the knit stitch and the purl stitch. Everything else derives from either combinations of those two or manipulations of those two. There are an infinite number of ways you can alternate knits and purls, whether to create something simple like basket weave:

On a multiple of 10 stitches:

rows 1-5: (k 5, p5) repeat to end of row

rows 6-10: (p 5, k5) repeat to end of row

repeat rows 1-10 until piece is as long as you want it to be.

Or even make a drawing of a killer robot:

http://www.entropyhouse.com/penwiper/who/dalekclot...

Just get out a piece of graph paper and decide where to put your knits and your purls and then knit it up.

If you want to learn common textures or even fancier ones that others have created, get a stitchionary. You may find one at your local library. Vogue Knitting has some nice ones and the Walker Treasury collection is extensive. Most books on knitting will include a section in the back on various textures you can create to embellish your knitting, whether it be for a scarf, sweater, socks, hat, afghan, or anything else you make.

Now that you can knit and purl, look up increases and decreases. http://knittinghelp.com/ has lots of videos (over 100) to teach you various knitting techniques. You might also want to check out http://ravelry.com/ which is an online knitting community where you can meet and interact with other knitters, see what they're working on, show what you're working on, ask and answer questions about knitting, or just chat. It's also a great site to find inspiration for future projects.

once you combine knit and purl stitches you ought to flow the yarn from the back to the front. Knit 10 flow the yarn to the front and purl 10 then flow the yarn to the back and knit 10 be confident to maintain the stress on the yarn so which you have not have been given a loose loop each and every 10 stitches. in case you're knitting a rib you knit a million deliver the yarn to the front purl 2 then flow the yarn to the back for the single stitch. I shop recommending Sally Melville's books 'The knit stitch' and 'The purl stitch' they're astounding beginner books.

Purling is just knitting backwards, so if you just purl it will look like you just knitted (garter stitch).

YouTube has TONS of really good videos on knitting. I'd like to suggest you take a look there to learn new stitches. Good luck!

If you knit every row that is called garter stitch.

If you purl every row it does look like garter stitch. It is supposed to. Do not worry. YOu are doing it right.