Knit the purls, purl the knits

[suzeeq]

@redwitch

I think the reason people get confused is that when you look at your knitting about to start a new row, with full needle in your left hand, if you ‘see a purl’, that stitch was actually knitted, so many people would think ‘I just knitted that, that makes it a knit’.
When it’s in your left hand, you’re knitting onto the right hand needle, if you are looking at the purl side of that stitch (the bump), that’s what they call a purl. Regardless of how you made it, if the purl side is facing you, it’s a purl, so knit it. That’s what they mean.
Sarah

You knit the purl facing you if you’re doing seed stitch. If you’re doing ribbing, you’d knit it…

sue