For some reason I just decided to look at the knitting and purling videos just now and I was looking at Amy doing the purling and thinking to myself, Hmmm, thatās not how I do it?? What am I doing wrong?
But then I looked at my project and its turning out fine. Well, come to find out Iām doing the Combined Purling. Whoād of thunk??
And then I kept reading and sheās right, when I got to the next row and had to knit, the stitches were angled to the left instead of the right. Once I get to the row I need to knit, Iāll take a picture.
Just thought Iād share and see if Iām the only one on this planet who knits this way. (Besides those with poor vision, of course :oops: )
I actually intentionally taught myself to purl this way recently. I find that using regular knitting with combined purling makes my ribbing a whole lot neater!
I tried doing it the āoriginalā way and it seems so much more clunky to me now?? I guess as long as it turns out the same Iāll keep on doing it this way!
Itās combination/Eastern European knitting - just knit the next row through the back instead of the front, and it will look ānormal,ā i.e. untwisted. This is the way I learned to knit, and I really like it - itās really efficient and quick. However, you will need to adapt patterns because the increases and decreases work differently. I am just figuring this part of it out.
Iāve only used it on ribbing so far - mostly in the round (the inch or so done flat was interesting, to say the least). I find that regular āwestern/Englishā style purling is easier to get in the rhythm of for most applications. But I have never liked how my ribbing turned out, and the combined method appears to have solved that. Now that I am doing it more frequently my hands are adjusting - but the first few rows still require a bit of thought!
Hmmm, thatās not how I do it?? What am I doing wrong?
I actually intentionally taught myself to purl this way recently. I find that using regular knitting with combined purling makes my ribbing a whole lot neater!