Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Lunch Knitting
Ok, I casted on for my Internation Scarf Exchange Scarf and quickly encountered a problem. The problem: how in the world do you do a purl f&b? I know how to do a knit f&b. There is something that has to do with the how the yarn is moved. When I just do it, I somehow end up with three stitches on the needle instead of two or the stitches just look all wonky.
So I put that away and brought out the sock. I am now working on the heel and loving every minute of knitting this sock. A few more rows and I will be ready to turn the heel.
I'm stopping by Fiddleheads tonight for some more yarn shopping and help with that purl f&b. One of these days I need to sit down and finish up Sven, probably sometime this week.
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this is a good question!
do you see how on the needle the stitch goes from the front right to the back left?
to do a purl, you purl into the front right part of the yarn (as you normally do).
to do the increase - do the purl, but do not remove from the left needle. take your right needle and go to the stitch's back left part and purl into there - it will be a little tight and twisty. once you have the two new stitches on the right needle, slide the stitch off the left needle.
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