garter stitch in the round

[candy]

I am just starting a man's sweater and after 2" of ribbing they are telling me to do two rows of garter stitch. That is kind of strange isn't it? The rest is in stockinette. Because I am in the round does that mean I would do two rows of purling?

[brendajos]

if you are doing garter stitch in the round you would have to do the opposite of flat...knit one round purl one round.

if you have a picture of the finished sweater, i would guess you can see somewhere on there that they have the rows of garter...maybe it is just a design detail?

[suzeeq]

Purl a row, knit a row, not 2 purl rows.

sue