Hi,
I am Knitting a lacey scarf and have a chart to follow with Yarn overs on both the knitting row and the purl row. Can anyone tell me if you wrap the yarn the same direction for the purl row as you do in the knitted row?
I am a continental knitter. I think you do but only because it doesn’t seem to work wrapping in the opposite direction
thanks for any help.
Wrap the purl YOs the same way you wrap the purl st, which should be the same as you wrap your knit st. A YO is made just like another stitch on the same row - knit or purl - only the right needle isn’t inserted into a stitch on the left needle.
It makes no difference if you’re a continental or english knitter. That’s just how you hold the working yarn.
If you are already purling so the yarn is in front bring the yarn over the top and back between the needles and purl normally. It creates the extra loop.
If you the stitch before is a knit then bring the yarn forward as if to purl then bring the yarn over the top and back through the needles. Knit normally to create the loop.
I’m a Continental knitter too. When you are purling the yarn will be in front. To do the YO move the yarn from the front up and over the top of the RH needle and then down and back to the front and then you are ready to purl the next stitch.
There is probably a video of how to do this in the video section under increases. If there are two different camera icons, use the pink on.
Thanks, Found the video and that helped. Now just have to remember not to leave out the yarn overs.