Reversing direction on Circular Needles

#1

HELP! I know somewhere along the line I have reversed directions while knitting on circular needles but cannot remember how it was done. I want to change direction while knitting on circular needles WITHOUT leaving a hole in my work on the first stitch in the opposite direction. I have already converted my pattern to knit the front and back at the same time on circulars and am carrying two colors - I think I’m on overload, but I hate to keep snipping after I knit the little bit of color change needed, and could carry the other color back and forth if I could change direction - am I making any sense? Does anyone out there know how to do this?
Thanks,
Willow

#2

I’m not sure I understand. Are you knitting in the round or flat? What is it you are making?

#3

It sounds like you’re trying to do intarsia in the round.

At beginning of a knit round, yarn over, knit to the end of the round adding your inntarsia colors. When you reach the end of the round k the last stitch tog with the yarn over.

Turn. You will now purl. YO to put the yarn in the correct position. Purl the round working your intarsia motif. At the end of the round purl the last stitch together with the YO.

Turn and repeat the knit round and so on.

I haven’t actually DONE this, mind you,. They’re just the instructions I snagged for doing intarsia in the round on socks some day.

#4

Thanks - I’ll give it a try - I’ve lost 2 days on this project because I did not want to snip my yarn - I’ve already converted 2 patterns into one (sweater pattern and design pattern) and then brought the two together onto circular needles because my sweater finishing talents leave much to be desired - and I have done this once before, but for the life of me I cannot remember what pattern I used this technique on! Thanks again, I’ll let you know how it goes!