The reason many knitters make wrong stitches (e.g. purling instead of knitting and vice-versa) is that they become so fixated on a row that they are unable to change their mental script on the next row.
For example, on:
Knit Row: K1, sl 1, K1, sl 1
Purl Row: P1, sl 1, P1 sl 1
On the Knit Row, the knitter thinks to himself as he knits, "Knit one, slip one, knit one, slip one" repeatedly, so that when it is time to switch to the Purl Row, his mental script remains the same and is still reading, "Knit one, slip one, knit one, slip one" instead of "Purl one, slip one, purl one, slip one".
Instead of using the usual and traditional script such as that mentioned above, revise it to read, "Make one, slip one, make one, slip one..." and so on, on every row, being aware, before commencing each row, that you are on a Knit Row or on a Purl Row.
Do try it.
It works.
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