Knitting: Eastern European Method: Purl Stitch

Unlike English and Continental Method, in Eastern European Method you Knit and Purl through the back of the Loop or Stitch

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• Knitting:
• Eastern
• European
• Method:
• Purl
• Stitch

[dog1boy1]

The main problem with purling into the back of the stitch, is that the stitch gets twisted, so on the next row you would have to also knit in the back of the stitch to untwist it, or you're going to have some mighty funny looking stitches. This is ok if you live in a part of the world where patterns are written for this twisting and untwisting stitches, but in the U.S. the patterns are not written to acommodate this difference.

[Woodsia09]

Thank you! I learned to knit using the combination method (Eastern knit stitch and Western purl stitch) and I've always hated purling, and my stitches have never been as even as I would like. This is so much easier, and even my first few awkward rows using this method are neater and straighter.

[demelzabunny1]

Never saw my Eastern European grandmother purl this way. It just looks as if you're purling into the back of the stitch.

[myprophet1]

great vids, just like sitting and watching my granny when I was little, thanx for sharing:)