backwards knitting
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Thank you so much. I just needed to see it to understand. Appreciate your help. :-)
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Can't really see what you're doing with such small needles.
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i think this is good for people who is left handed
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@beinuppity in the description he/she said he/she was AVOIDING purling.
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Interesting!
RMK
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I'm a continental knitter and this method makes the most sense to me. It's hard to figure out how to knit backwards watching American/English throw method.
The Knitting Guild Association recently came out with a good written tutorial.
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Another nice way to use this technique is if you are knitting with two colors (Fair Isle or Norwegian knitting) in flat rows (ie. not in the round). Rather than purl in two colors every other row, you can knit back, backwards. I believe that is what Meg Swansen calls this technique, "knitting back, backwards." Great demo!
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@beinuppity I was thinking the exact same thing, I was watching like "that's the way I always knit" then realised this person must be a right handed knitter
Oh! This is very menacing. Play it backwards and the true message emerges. Be afraid, be very afraid.
fitzclarence29 3 years ago 6
I watched this 3 times & couldn't see how this was purling, it looked just like knitting to me. Then I realized - I'm left-handed! Now I get it - I have to reverse it for myself (as I ALWAYS do) which then makes it backward knitting for a leftie. Ingeniuos! Thanks for a great video (even if it IS wrong-handed - LOL)
beinuppity 3 years ago 5