Knitting question, why does my purl stitch look the same as my knit stitch?!

[cathcat]

Learning to knit (well, relearn, since school days). I have 'Stitch 'n Bitch' and watched 2 videos on Youtube and think I am doing it right but it looks the same as the knit stitch I did!
Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

From what I remember a purl stitch looks like a knit stich at the back, are you sure you have turned it around?

yes, either way round it looks the same.

It only goes like proper knitting if you alternate a row of knit, followed by a row of perl (apologies if that is what you are doing)

oh, I was doing every row as purl. off to try alternating rows. Thanks for that.

How is it looking?

knit stitch is flat at the front, looped at the back. Purl is looped at the front, flat at the back. As Katy says, knit the right side of your work and purl the wrong side to get a flat stocking stitch.

Not bad for a non knitter....huh?

I have such problems correcting DD's knitting (as I don't knit)