Purl Stitch - Continental

[muddpuddle49]

Do you have a video on how to prevent the edges form curling in when knitting a scarf?

[knitpicks]

@muddpuddle49 If you are working in stockinette stitch (knit one row, purl one row) - the only way to prevent curling on the sides is to make a garter stitch border where you always knit. The same is true for the beginning/end of your scarf (it will probably curl), you can start your scarf by knitting a few rows and then go into k1 row, p1 row. To work the border on the sides, you could for example knit across the knit row, then on your purl row, you could k5, purl to the last 5, k5.

[sazji]

If you hold the yarn a bit farther to the left, you can insert the needle so that it is right behind the yarn and the yarn lays back over the end of the needle (away from you). Then there is no need to do any wrapping; a simple lowering of the index finger will do it for you. Actually it looks like this what you're doing when you speed it up; but when I was learning and realized it, it was a revelation. :)

[sazji]

If you hold the yarn slightly to the left, the needle comes in underneath it and there is then no need to wrap the yarn around it. This is actually what you were doing in the faster purling, but it's a really handy thing to point out!

[GloriaC333]

thanks the book i got didn't make any sense even with pictures